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.