Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Spicy Prawns with Sweet Chilli Sauce, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Spicy Prawns with Sweet Chilli Sauce as published, seen four ways.
3 of 3 limits are over 30% in one serving, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Saturated fat is the biggest issue: 10g is 50% of an adult’s daily 20g in one serving.
Lower saturated fatTenderstem Broccoli →0g saturated fat (0%), 18 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 33% for an adult to 67% at age 4 to 6.
For age 4 to 6, free sugar is the bigger share: 14g is 74% of the day’s 19g limit.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 3g limitFor age 7 to 10, free sugar is the bigger share: 14g is 58% of the day’s 24g limit.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 5g limitFor age 11 to 17, free sugar is the bigger share: 14g is 47% of the day’s 30g limit.
Lower-salt swapFresh Fruit Bowl →0g salt, 0% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 50% of the adult limit.
22g of protein, #174 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 5.0g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 800mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
39g of carbohydrate, with 45% 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 75% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 18% 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 serving is less healthy: it scores 16, 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 #244 of 279 on the menu for this score (lower is better). Portion weight estimated by Boone from similar items.
UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →36 ingredients across 2 parts; 10 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Children's Breakfast 24g protein, 2.6g salt435
Small Breakfast 24g protein, 2.6g salt435
Children's Ham and Cheese Pizza 21g protein, 2.2g salt437
Caesar Salad 8.5g protein, 1.4g salt439
Spicy Prawns with Sweet Chilli Sauce 22g protein, 2g salt441
Children's Mediterranean Vegetable Pizza 18g protein, 2g salt443
Children's Scottish Breakfast 24g protein, 2.8g salt445
Chilli Bean Non-Carne Jacket Potato 14g protein, 1.8g salt445441 kcal as published. 441 kcal is 22% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 67% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 74% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Fresh Fruit Bowl has 0g of salt, 0% of that salt limit.
14g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 14g of it is free sugar, from dextrose, sugar in the lightly spiced breaded king prawns, sugar in the sweet chilli: 3.5 teaspoons and 47% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
22g, 5.0g per 100 kcal. It ranks #174 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.
16 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, preservatives, stabilisers and thickeners and sweeteners.
As published, wheat, crustaceans, celery and sulphites. Fish and molluscs 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.
