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Chicken shawarma plate: calories and allergens

Chicken shawarma, fries, toum, tahini sauce and pickles: about 620 kcal and 40 g protein in the app's example plate, and the tahini sauce is sesame.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 3 sourcesHow we check

A chicken shawarma plate with fries, white garlic sauce and a red chilli sauce, on a wooden table.tahini sauce=sesame

What is in a chicken shawarma plate?

A chicken shawarma plate usually has six parts. Three of them can carry an allergen from the main lists: milk (chicken shawarma), sesame (tahini sauce) and gluten (flatbread, often on the side).

The usual recipe. A plate carries no label, so each part says what it is made of and what to ask.

Chicken shawarma150 g · about 260 kcal · 36 g proteinyoghurt=milkThe marinade often has yoghurt, and some shops use lemon and vinegar instead. A photo cannot see the marinade, so a milk profile asks.
Fries60 g · about 185 kcalPotatoes and oil. Some frozen fries carry a wheat-based coating, so a gluten profile asks whether they are plain.
Toum (garlic sauce)15 g · about 105 kcaltoum=garlic and oil, no milkGarlic, oil, lemon and salt. No milk, whatever the white colour suggests. Some kitchens hold it with egg white or mayonnaise, so an egg profile asks.
Tahini sauce20 g · about 60 kcaltahini sauce=sesameTahini is ground sesame. On a photo the app says Heads up rather than Not for you, because a plate cannot promise which sauce is in the pot, and suggests asking for the plate without it.
Picklesabout 10 kcalTurnip and cucumber in brine. Nothing from the main lists in the usual jar.
Flatbread, often on the sidewheat=glutenNot counted in the plate's numbers. A gluten profile leaves it or asks for the plate without it.

How many calories are in a chicken shawarma plate?

A chicken shawarma plate is about 620 kcal and 40 g protein in the app's example plate: chicken 150 g, fries 60 g, toum, tahini sauce and pickles. Your plate differs, so the app lets you change every part before you log it.

620about kcal
40g protein
45g carbs
30g fat

The app's example plate: chicken 150 g, fries 60 g, toum 15 g, tahini sauce 20 g and pickles. Every part is editable before you log it, in kcal or kJ.

Who should ask before eating a chicken shawarma plate?

Anyone who avoids milk, sesame or gluten should ask before eating a chicken shawarma plate. In the app's example household, Emma (sesame) and Leo (milk) get Heads up, Daniel (tree nuts) gets Nothing spotted and Maya has nothing to check, because the list is skin and hair.

The app's household, the same plate, one answer each. A meal never says Fits: a photo cannot promise.

Emmaavoids sesameHeads up for EmmaTahini is sesame. Ask for the plate without the sauce.
Danielavoids tree nutsNothing spottedNo tree nut in the usual plate. A photo cannot promise, so the word is Nothing spotted, never Fits.
Mayaskin and hair listNothing to checkHer list is skin and hair, so a plate has nothing to check.
Leoavoids milk, traces countHeads up for LeoThe marinade often has yoghurt, and yoghurt is milk.

What should you ask the restaurant about a chicken shawarma plate?

Short questions, ready to show at the counter.

  1. Is there tahini in the sauce, and can I have the plate without it?
  2. Is the chicken marinated in yoghurt?
  3. Is the toum made with garlic and oil only, or with egg?
  4. Are the fries plain or coated?

What would change the answer for a chicken shawarma plate?

For a chicken shawarma plate, the sauce decides the answer. A plate served without tahini sauce drops the sesame line, and a shop that marinates in lemon and vinegar drops the milk line for Leo. A photo never sees the marinade, so those two stay Heads up until someone asks.

More questions about a chicken shawarma plate

Does chicken shawarma contain sesame?

The chicken itself does not. The tahini sauce served with most plates does: tahini is ground sesame. Order the plate without the sauce, or with toum only, and the sesame line goes.

Does toum have milk in it?

Traditional toum is garlic, oil, lemon and salt, with no milk. Some kitchens thicken it with egg white or mayonnaise instead, which matters for an egg profile. Ask how it is made.

Which rules cover allergens in a restaurant dish?

Restaurants in the EU and UK must give allergen information for every dish on request. A plate carries no label, so the app reads the usual recipe and says what to ask.

  1. EU Regulation 1169/2011: allergen information for non-prepacked food (Article 44)
  2. UK Food Standards Agency: allergen guidance for food businesses
  3. GCC Standardization Organization: GSO 9:2022, labelling of prepackaged food

Numbers come from the app's own example plate (its story, not a laboratory). Every estimate is editable before it is logged.

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