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Potbelly calorie calculator: build an order under your cap

Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Potbelly order from 177 single orders — 138 entrées, 19 sides and 20 breakfast items — using Potbelly's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the A Wreck Salad (Half) at 250 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Barnyard, Bigs, is 1,470. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 58 g.

Source: Potbelly nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed

As of October 2026, 177 Potbelly single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Potbelly meal under 500 calories is 58 g (A Grilled Chicken & Cheddar Wrap and a 20-ounce Coca Zero Sugar).

Build your Potbelly 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 Potbelly 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 Chicken & Cheddar Wrap480 cal · 58g
  • Coca Zero Sugar (20 oz)0 cal · 0g

480 of 500 cal · 58 g protein

What to say at the counter: “A Grilled Chicken & Cheddar Wrap and a 20-ounce Coca Zero Sugar — 480 cal, 58 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Potbelly →

Most filling

  • Grilled Chicken & Cheddar Wrap480 cal · 58g
  • Coca Zero Sugar (20 oz)0 cal · 0g

480 of 500 cal · 58 g protein

What to say at the counter: “A Grilled Chicken & Cheddar Wrap and a 20-ounce Coca Zero Sugar — 480 cal, 58 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Potbelly →

Lightest

  • A Wreck Salad (Half)250 cal · 21g
  • Coca Zero Sugar (20 oz)0 cal · 0g

250 of 500 cal · 21 g protein

What to say at the counter: “A Wreck Salad (half) and a 20-ounce Coca Zero Sugar — 250 cal, 21 g protein.”

Get it at the nearest Potbelly →

The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Potbelly

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 Potbelly item is in the full table on the Potbelly calories page and in /data/potbelly.json (each row carries its role and id).

Lightest meal-sized mains at Potbelly
ItemCaloriesProtein
A Wreck Salad (Half)25021g
Powerhouse (Half)28015g
Loaded Baked Potato, Bowl3107g
Mediterranean No Chicken, Skinny33015g
Broccoli Cheddar, Bowl35012g
Turkey Breast & Swiss, Skinny35028g
Southwest Corn Chowder, Bowl (at select locations)3607g
A Wreck Salad37030g
Chili, Bowl37023g
Grilled Chicken & Cheddar, Skinny38033g
Grilled Cheese, Skinny39020g
Smoked Ham & Swiss, Skinny39027g
Farmhouse (Half)40023g
Avo Turkey, Skinny41029g
Roast Beef & Provolone, Skinny41028g
Chicken Pot Pie, Bowl42012g
Ham, Mushroom, Egg & Swiss, Skinny42027g
Dream Bar4304g
Mediterranean No Chicken Wrap43031g
Turkey Breast & Swiss Wrap43051g

Eat at Potbelly without blowing your cap

MinMax finds the best Potbelly 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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