CAVA calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a CAVA order from 16 single orders — 13 entrées and 3 sides — using CAVA's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Strawberry Steak Salad (limited time) at 420 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Pomegranate Glazed Salmon Bowl (limited time), is 1,040. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 32 g.
Source: CAVA nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed
- 16 single orders
- 420 cal lightest main
- 32g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 16 CAVA single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete CAVA meal under 500 calories is 32 g (A Strawberry Steak Salad and a 22-ounce Jasmine Green Tea (limited time: Strawberry Steak Salad)).
Build your CAVA order
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove items; the total, the macros and the words to say at the counter update as you go, and the link in the address bar carries your order.
Three complete CAVA meals under 500 calories
Starting points for the builder — One meal-sized entrée, up to two different sides and a drink — the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included (water only where no published drink fits; the lightest meal takes a zero-calorie drink, or water).
Most protein
- Strawberry Steak Salad (limited time)420 cal · 32g
- Jasmine Green Tea (22 oz)0 cal · 0g
420 of 500 cal · 32 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Strawberry Steak Salad and a 22-ounce Jasmine Green Tea — 420 cal, 32 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest CAVA →Most filling
- Strawberry Steak Salad (limited time)420 cal · 32g
- Jasmine Green Tea (22 oz)0 cal · 0g
420 of 500 cal · 32 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Strawberry Steak Salad and a 22-ounce Jasmine Green Tea — 420 cal, 32 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest CAVA →Lightest
- Strawberry Steak Salad (limited time)420 cal · 32g
- Jasmine Green Tea (22 oz)0 cal · 0g
420 of 500 cal · 32 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Strawberry Steak Salad and a 22-ounce Jasmine Green Tea — 420 cal, 32 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest CAVA →The 13 lightest meal-sized mains at CAVA
Meal-sized entrées and breakfast mains (at least 150 calories or 10 g protein), lightest first — the mains the builder builds on at a tight cap; sides and drinks are added in the builder. Every CAVA item is in the full table on the CAVA calories page and in /data/cava.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Steak Salad (limited time) | 420 | 32g |
| Greek Salad Bowl | 580 | 37g |
| Steak + Harissa Bowl | 620 | 37g |
| Chicken + Rice Bowl | 700 | 40g |
| Salmon + Strawberry Sesame Bowl (limited time) | 700 | 36g |
| Salmon + Yogurt Dill Bowl (limited time) | 710 | 35g |
| Greek Chicken Pita | 720 | 48g |
| Spicy Lamb + Avocado Bowl | 800 | 43g |
| Steak + Feta Pita | 820 | 44g |
| Harissa Avocado Bowl | 830 | 41g |
| Falafel Crunch Bowl | 860 | 24g |
| Spicy Chicken + Avocado Pita | 930 | 48g |
| Pomegranate Glazed Salmon Bowl (limited time) | 1,040 | 36g |
Eat at CAVA without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best CAVA meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
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