Nando's Nutrition: Full UK Menu Breakdown

Boone uses the nutrition and allergen information Nando's publishes for each dish on its UK menu, then calculates free sugar and how much of the daily guidelines each item uses for your age and sex.

Boone updates the Nando's pages when Nando's changes its published UK nutrition information, including new items, recipe changes and items leaving the menu.

No. Recipes, ingredients and portion sizes vary by country, so Nando's figures from the US or elsewhere do not apply here. Boone only uses Nando's UK nutrition information.

Each Nando's item shows its calories, sugar, free sugar, fibre, saturated fat, salt and protein, along with the allergens Nando's declares. Every figure is also shown as a share of the daily guideline for your age and sex.

Open any Nando's item and set an age and sex. The calculator shows its calories, sugar, salt, saturated fat and protein as a share of that person's daily guidelines, and you can adjust the portion size.

Yes. Start with any Nando's main, then add sides, extras, dips, a drink and a dessert to build the meal. The calculator totals the calories and nutrition and shows how the whole meal fits the daily guidelines for your age and sex.

Yes. Sides, extras, breads, dips, soft drinks, juices and desserts can all be added to a meal. Each addition updates the meal's calories, sugar, salt and saturated fat.

A little. Nando's publishes its chicken, burgers, wraps and pittas before any spice, and the spice adds from 0 kcal for Plain...ish to 82 kcal for Extra Hot. PERi-Tamer is sweetened, so it adds some sugar as well. The sides you choose make a much bigger difference than the spice.

Nando's publishes figures for its platters that cover the chicken only, not the sides that come with them, so a platter page would understate the real meal by hundreds of calories. To see a platter's full nutrition, build it in the calculator from the chicken and the sides you choose.

Boone uses UK government and NHS guidelines, which differ by age and sex. Saturated fat is limited to 20g a day for women and 30g for men, and free sugar to 30g for adults but 19g for children aged 4 to 6. Choosing an age and sex recalculates every figure against the right limits.

For adults, the reference intake is 2,000 kcal and 70g of fat a day, with no more than 20g of saturated fat for women or 30g for men, 30g of free sugar and 6g of salt. Children have lower limits for free sugar and salt.

Children have lower limits for free sugar and salt and need less energy, so the same item uses a bigger share of their day. A child aged 4 to 6 has a limit of 19g of free sugar and 3g of salt, compared with 30g and 6g for an adult.

It depends on the choices. A Nandino Burger with Chips, Corn on the Cob and a Bottomless Soft Swirl Tub comes to 767 kcal, 59% of a 4 to 6 year old's daily energy, with 94% of their free sugar limit. A Chicken Breast with Corn on the Cob and Cucumber Sticks keeps calories and salt low, but a Pip juice or smoothie still adds 17 to 21g of free sugar.

No. Calories and nutrients change with portion size, so where Nando's sells an item in more than one size or count, each is listed separately, from a 1/4 Chicken to a Whole Chicken and from 3 to 10 wings. Sides are listed at regular size. You can also adjust the portion in the calculator.

Yes. Dips can add a noticeable amount of fat, sugar and calories, especially if you have more than one. Garlic PERinaise adds 176 kcal, PERi-Honey adds 33.3g of free sugar, and PERi-Chicken Gravy adds 39 kcal. You can add dips to your meal in the calculator.

Yes. Nando's publishes full nutrition for its soft drinks, iced teas, juices and kombucha, so they are listed with the same detail as food and can be added to a meal. A Coca-Cola Classic carries 31.8g of free sugar, more than an adult's daily limit, while the bottomless zero-sugar drinks are at or near 0g.

Nando's publishes total sugar, which includes the sugar naturally found in milk, whole fruit and vegetables. NHS limits apply only to free sugars, so Boone separates the two and measures free sugar against your daily limit. That is why corn, sweet potato or a Soft Swirl can use less of your limit than its total sugar suggests. Juices and smoothies count in full.

Fat is the total of all the fats in an item. Saturated fat is one type within that total and has its own daily limit, 20g for women and 30g for men, because eating too much can raise cholesterol.

Yes, as part of a balanced diet. Checking a Nando's meal's calories, saturated fat, sugar and salt against your daily guidelines shows how much room is left for the rest of the day.

Choose a 1/4 Chicken or Chicken Butterfly, pick Tenderstem® Broccoli, Macho Peas or Corn on the Cob instead of chips or mash, keep to one dip, and choose a zero-sugar drink. Salt is the figure to watch on the wings and loaded sides. The calculator shows how each change affects the meal before you order.

Yes. Each Nando's item gives calories, sugar, saturated fat, salt and protein that you can log in any tracker. In the Boone app you can also snap a photo of your meal to log it.

Yes. Each Nando's item page lists the allergens Nando's declares as ingredients and the ones it says may be present through cross contamination at the manufacturing site. Nando's prepares food to order in busy kitchens where allergens are present and equipment is shared, so no item can be guaranteed allergen free. If you have a severe allergy, always check with the restaurant before ordering.

Boone does not describe any Nando's item as gluten free. The chicken on the bone, wings, chips, Spicy Rice, Macho Peas and most other sides have no gluten declared as an ingredient, but they are prepared in shared kitchens, so that is not the same as gluten free. The burgers, wraps, pittas, Garlic Bread and most desserts contain gluten.

Nando's marks its vegetarian and plant-based items on its menu. Plant-based options include The Great Imitator Wrap, the PERi-Plant Fillet, the Spicy Rice Bowl and sides such as chips, Spicy Rice and Macho Peas. The Beanie range, The Big Cheese and the halloumi dishes are vegetarian. The chicken dishes are neither.