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First Watch calorie calculator: build a plate under your cap

Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a First Watch plate from 41 dishes, each counted with the choices it comes with (41 come with an optional side), using First Watch's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest plate is the Tri-Athlete at 450 calories with its lightest choices. The most protein in a complete meal under 800 is 77 g.

Source: First Watch nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed

As of October 2026, 41 First Watch dishes can go into a built plate, and the most protein in a complete First Watch meal under 800 calories is 77 g (A Healthy Turkey, plus a smoked ham, and a small Reduced-Fat Milk).

Build your First Watch plate

Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove a dish, a side or a sauce; a plate keeps the choices it comes with, and the total, the macros and the words to tell your server update as you go.

First Watch meals under 800 calories

Starting points for the builder: one plate with a pick for each of its choices and at most one drink, the best under the cap for each goal, as the MinMax app builds it.

Most protein

  • Healthy Turkey480 cal · 49g
  • Smoked Ham Included side160 cal · 20g
  • Reduced-Fat Milk (Small)120 cal · 8g

760 of 800 cal · 77 g protein

What to tell your server: “A Healthy Turkey, plus a smoked ham, and a small Reduced-Fat Milk.”

Get it at the nearest First Watch →

Most filling

  • Healthy Turkey480 cal · 49g
  • Smoked Ham Included side160 cal · 20g
  • Reduced-Fat Milk (Small)120 cal · 8g

760 of 800 cal · 77 g protein

What to tell your server: “A Healthy Turkey, plus a smoked ham, and a small Reduced-Fat Milk.”

Get it at the nearest First Watch →

Lightest

  • Tri-Athlete450 cal · 31g
  • Coke Zero0 cal · 0g

450 of 800 cal · 31 g protein

What to tell your server: “A Tri-Athlete, nothing else, and a Coke Zero.”

Get it at the nearest First Watch →

The 20 lightest First Watch plates

Each dish alone and with its lightest choices, the plates the builder starts from at a tight cap. Every First Watch row is on the First Watch calories page and in /data/first-watch.json.

Lightest plates at First Watch
DishComes withDish aloneWith its lightest choices
Tri-Athletean optional side450450
Healthy Turkeyan optional side480480
Power Wrapan optional side500500
Smoked Salmon Benedictan optional side570570
Avocado Toastan optional side580580
Belgian Waffle with Regular Syrupan optional side590590
BLT Benedictan optional side640640
Pesto Chicken Power Bowlan optional side650650
Classic Benedictan optional side660660
Multigrain Pancake with Regular Syrupan optional side670670
Market Veggie with Lemon-Dressed Greensan optional side700700
Smoked Salmon and Roasted Vegetable Frittataan optional side710710
French Toast with Regular Syrupan optional side740740
Frittata Rusticaan optional side760760
Chicken Avocado Chop Saladan optional side770770
The Godfather Breakfast Bowl (limited time)an optional side780780
Veggie Burger with Lemon-Dressed Greensan optional side800800
Cobb Saladan optional side820820
Floridian French Toast with Regular Syrupan optional side820820
Power Breakfast Bowlan optional side860860

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MinMax finds the best First Watch 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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