Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Spice Bag with Coconut-Flavour Rice, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Spice Bag with Coconut-Flavour Rice as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one dish, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Salt is the biggest issue: 7g is 117% of an adult’s daily 6g in one dish.
Lower saltSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt (25%), 535 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 117% for an adult to 233% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, salt is the bigger share: 7g is 233% of the day’s 3g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 50% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, salt is the bigger share: 7g is 140% of the day’s 5g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 30% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, salt is the bigger share: 7g is 117% of the day’s 6g limit in one dish.
Lower-salt swapSimple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice →1.5g salt, 25% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 23% of the adult limit.
42g of protein, #59 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 5.8g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 2,800mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
99g of carbohydrate, with 21% of the energy from fat.
Natural sugars in milk, fruit and veg don’t count. NHS →
For smaller portions: the most nutrition per calorie, against all 309 Wetherspoons items.
More protein per calorie than 89% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 11% of the 309 items on the menu.
Wetherspoons does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
The 2018 model indicates this dish is less healthy: it scores 11, above the line of 4.
Higher is less healthy; 4 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model. How the score works →
Joint #187 of 309 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →56 ingredients across 7 parts; 15 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Simple Mangalorean Cauliflower & Spinach Curry with Pilau Rice 10g protein, 2.9g salt563
Katsu Grilled Chicken Curry 42g protein, 2.7g salt584
Simple Chicken Tikka Masala with Pilau Rice 40g protein, 3g salt672
Katsu Quorn Nugget Curry 26g protein, 3.1g salt704
Spice Bag with Coconut-Flavour Rice 42g protein, 7g salt718
Simple Beef Madras with Pilau Rice 34g protein, 3.3g salt725
British Beef & Pancetta Lasagne with Side Salad 39g protein, 5g salt745
Thai Green Sweet Potato Curry 12g protein, 3.8g salt746718 kcal as published. 718 kcal is 36% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 233% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 29% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Simple Welsh Dragon Curry with Rice has 1.5g of salt, 50% of that salt limit.
5.5g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 5.5g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the chicken nuggets, sugar in the chicken strips, sugar in the spice bag seasoning: 1.4 teaspoons and 18% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
42g, 5.8g per 100 kcal. It ranks #59 of 309 items on the menu for protein. The Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives the most protein for the calories, 14.7g per 100 kcal.
11 on the UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018, calculated by Boone per 100g. Scores run from -20 to 40, and the higher the score, the less healthy the model rates the food. Foods scoring 4 or more would be classed as less healthy under this model.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes acidity regulators, colours, flavourings and stabilisers and thickeners.
As published, wheat and celery. Eggs, fish, soya, milk, mustard and sesame may be present.
Source. Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , per item as sold.
Collected. Copied by Boone from Wetherspoons’s published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.
Calculated by Boone. Labelled where it appears.
Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.
