Figures from Wetherspoon UK menu nutrition information , collected by Boone
Sweet Chilli Dip, as published. Calorie split calculated by Boone. How
The Sweet Chilli Dip as published, seen four ways.
1 of 3 limits is over 30% in one portion, the UK front-of-pack mark for high.
Free sugar is the biggest issue: 14g is 47% of an adult’s daily 30g in one portion.
Lower free sugarEmmental Cheese Sauce →0g free sugar (0%), 122 kcalNHS limits by age: salt goes from 13% for an adult to 27% 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 swapHot Honey Dip →0.4g salt, 13% 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 swapHot Honey Dip →0.4g salt, 8% 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 swapHot Honey Dip →0.4g salt, 7% of the 6g limitProtein counts in your favour here, but the saturated fat is still 0% of the adult limit.
0g of protein, #309 on the menu. Per calorie the Children's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg gives more: 14.7g per 100 kcal against 0.0g.
Most protein per calorieChildren's Wiltshire Cured Ham & Fried Egg →20g protein in 136 kcalHere the 320mg of sodium counts as useful after sweaty exercise.
15g of carbohydrate, with 0% 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 0% of the 309 items on the menu.
More fibre per calorie than 0% of the 309 items on the menu.
Wetherspoons does not publish vitamins or minerals for this item, so Boone does not estimate them.
12 ingredients across 1 part; 5 are additives or processed (orange).
Group 4 because of the additives or industrial ingredients listed above. How NOVA works →
Red Wine Gravy 0.5g protein, 0.6g salt34
Sweet Chilli Dip 0g protein, 0.8g salt62
Korean Sauce Dip 0.5g protein, 0.7g salt96Hot Honey Dip 0.5g protein, 0.4g salt109
Sticky Soy Dip 0.5g protein, 1.3g salt112Emmental Cheese Sauce 5g protein, 0.6g salt122
Chip Shop-Style Curry Sauce 1.5g protein, 1g salt135
Naga Chilli Dip 0.5g protein, 1.4g salt13662 kcal as published. 62 kcal is 3% of a 2,000 kcal adult reference intake.
For a child aged 4 to 6 it is 27% of the day’s 3g salt limit and 74% of the 19g free sugar limit in one item. A Hot Honey Dip has 0.4g of salt, 13% of that salt limit.
14g of total sugar as published. Boone estimates 14g of it is free sugar, from sugar in the sweet chilli: 3.5 teaspoons and 47% of an adult’s 30g daily maximum.
0g, 0.0g per 100 kcal. It ranks #309 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.
Yes, NOVA group 4. The ingredient list includes acidity regulators, preservatives, stabilisers and thickeners and sweeteners.
As published, none of the 14 major allergens are declared as ingredients.
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.
