Skip to main content

Sweet and sour chicken, takeaway

Sweet and sour chicken from a takeaway is a prepared dish of cooked chicken served with a sweet and sour sauce. It provides carbohydrate, fat and protein. Per 100g, it contains 20g of carbohydrate, including 11g of sugars, together with 10g of fat and 7.6g of protein.

Protein is needed for the growth and repair of body tissues, while carbohydrate and fat provide energy. The sugar, fat and salt content may be relevant to people monitoring their intake. Recipes and preparation methods vary between takeaways, so the composition of an individual dish may differ from these sample values. Full nutritional figures are shown in the tables below.

Nutrition per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Energy

194 kcal

Energy

814 kJ

Fat

10g

of which saturates

1.3g

Carbohydrate

20g

of which sugars

11g

Protein

7.6g

Salt

0.65g

Alcohol

0g

Water

59g

Cholesterol

24mg

Vitamins and minerals per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)

25µg

Vitamin D

0.6µg

Vitamin E

2.1mg

Vitamin C

Trace

Thiamin (B1)

0.04mg

Riboflavin (B2)

0.06mg

Niacin (B3)

2.1mg

Vitamin B6

0.12mg

Vitamin B12

Trace

Folate

2µg

Calcium

35mg

Iron

2.4mg

Magnesium

13mg

Phosphorus

114mg

Potassium

142mg

Sodium

259mg

Zinc

0.4mg

Copper

0.04mg

Selenium

6µg

About these figures

Values are per 100g of the food as described (10 samples). "Trace" means only a very small amount was found. Nutrients that were not measured are not shown. Salt is calculated from sodium.

Further reading and references

  • Public Health England. McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021. GOV.UK.

Article history

The information on this page is written and peer reviewed by qualified clinicians.
  • 4 Nov 2026 | Latest version
  • 3 Nov 2026 | Originally published