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Chick-fil-A calorie calculator: build an order under your cap

Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Chick-fil-A order from 130 single orders — 56 entrées, 13 sides and 61 breakfast items — using Chick-fil-A's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Grilled Nuggets (8) at 130 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips (10), is 1,020. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 50 g.

Source: Chick-fil-A nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed

As of October 2026, 130 Chick-fil-A single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Chick-fil-A meal under 500 calories is 50 g (A 12-piece Grilled Nuggets, a small side of Mac & Cheese, and a Bag of Ice).

Build your Chick-fil-A 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 Chick-fil-A 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

  • Grilled Nuggets (12)200 cal · 38g
  • Mac & Cheese (Small)270 cal · 12g
  • Bag of Ice0 cal · 0g

470 of 500 cal · 50 g protein

What to say at the counter: “A 12-piece Grilled Nuggets, a small side of Mac & Cheese, and a Bag of Ice — 470 cal, 50 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Chick-fil-A →

Most filling

  • Grilled Nuggets (12)200 cal · 38g
  • Mac & Cheese (Small)270 cal · 12g
  • Bag of Ice0 cal · 0g

470 of 500 cal · 50 g protein

What to say at the counter: “A 12-piece Grilled Nuggets, a small side of Mac & Cheese, and a Bag of Ice — 470 cal, 50 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Chick-fil-A →

Lightest

  • Grilled Nuggets (8)130 cal · 25g
  • Bag of Ice0 cal · 0g

130 of 500 cal · 25 g protein

What to say at the counter: “An 8-piece Grilled Nuggets and a Bag of Ice — 130 cal, 25 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Chick-fil-A →

The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Chick-fil-A

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 Chick-fil-A item is in the full table on the Chick-fil-A calories page and in /data/chick-fil-a.json (each row carries its role and id).

Lightest meal-sized mains at Chick-fil-A
ItemCaloriesProtein
Grilled Nuggets (8)13025g
Grilled Nuggets13025g
Grilled Nuggets (12)20038g
Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips (2)20019g
English Muffin2005g
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with No Meat - No Hash Browns20016g
Chick-fil-A Sauce Flavored Waffle Potato Chips2103g
Original Flavor Waffle Potato Chips2203g
Chick-fil-A Nuggets (8)25027g
Chick-fil-A Nuggets25027g
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with Grilled Filet - No Hash Browns27029g
Mini Yeast Rolls (4)3006g
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffin30016g
Egg White Grill30027g
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with Bacon - No Hash Browns30022g
Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips (3)31029g
Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips31029g
Breakfast Waffle3204g
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with Nuggets - No Hash Browns32028g
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with Sausage - No Hash Browns34021g

Eat at Chick-fil-A without blowing your cap

MinMax finds the best Chick-fil-A 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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