How Many Pro Points in Kebabs?

The Skinny on Kebabs - Are they good for you?


Kebabs are one of Australians favorite foods. They should definitely be included in the top ten most iconic foods; alongside Pavlova and Vegemite. But calculating their nutritional values / propoints can be tricky.


 My recommendations for a healthy kebab are:
  • choose chicken
  • skip the cheese
  • avoid creamy sauces
  • and skip the side of hot chips
Weight Watchers points the following Doner Kebabs as:

Kebab
Includes
ProPoints
Chicken
meat, salad and sauce
12
Beef
meat, salad and sauce
14
Lamb
meat, salad and sauce
15
Falafel
Falaafel, salad and sauce
15

I would interpret this as a SMALL kebab with lettuce, tomato, onion and the sauces used in cooking the meat. Anything else is extra ProPoints.

Below is the nutritional break down and weight watchers points for some of the most common ingredients used in Kebabs:

Ingredient
Serving
calories
WW ProPoints
Wrap, Lavish bread
small (63g)
200
5
Lettuce
½ cup
4
0
Tomato
2 slices
5
0
Onion
2 slices
7
0
Cheese, cheddar
½ cup (57g)
228
6
Mushrooms
¼ cup (18g)
4
0
Pineapple in juice
2 slices (80g)
51
0
Tabouli
Small serve 50g
Large serve 150g
75
2
6
Meat



Chicken
Small serve

7
Beef
Small serve

9
Lamb
Small serve

10
Condiments
Check the serving size for your store.
Sour cream
1 tbs
26
2
Sweet Chilli Sauce
1 tbs
22
1
Hot Chilli sauce
1 tbs
8
0
Hummus
1 tbs
23
1
BBQ Sauce
1 tbs
23
1
Garlic Sauce
1 tbs
404
3
Taramasalata (fish-roe)
1 tbs
2
Baba Ghannouj (eggplant)
1 tbs
1

Now that you have gobbled up that tasty kebab would you like to know how to burn of the calories? Weight Watchers suggests (For an 60kg women) burning off a standard 12pp chicken kebab with: 

·                     70 minutes of rowing or
·                     70 minutes of freestyle swimming or
·                     70 minutes of singles tennis
Now you're equipped with the tools to make smart choices about kebabs! How do you enjoy your kebab?



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