Taco Bell calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Taco Bell order from 88 single orders — 60 entrées, 10 sides and 18 breakfast items — using Taco Bell's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Chicken Soft Taco at 160 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Beef Nachos BellGrande, is 730. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 35 g.
Source: Taco Bell nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed
- 88 single orders
- 160 cal lightest main
- 35g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 88 Taco Bell single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Taco Bell meal under 500 calories is 35 g (A 5-piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets, a side of Pintos N Cheese, and a 16-ounce Diet Pepsi).
Build your Taco Bell 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 Taco Bell 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
- Crispy Chicken Nuggets (5)320 cal · 26g
- Pintos N Cheese170 cal · 9g
- Diet Pepsi (16 oz)0 cal · 0g
490 of 500 cal · 35 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A 5-piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets, a side of Pintos N Cheese, and a 16-ounce Diet Pepsi — 490 cal, 35 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Bell →Most filling
- Crispy Chicken Nuggets (5)320 cal · 26g
- Pintos N Cheese170 cal · 9g
- Diet Pepsi (16 oz)0 cal · 0g
490 of 500 cal · 35 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A 5-piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets, a side of Pintos N Cheese, and a 16-ounce Diet Pepsi — 490 cal, 35 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Bell →Lightest
- Chicken Soft Taco160 cal · 12g
- Diet Pepsi (16 oz)0 cal · 0g
160 of 500 cal · 12 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Chicken Soft Taco and a 16-ounce Diet Pepsi — 160 cal, 12 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Bell →The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Taco Bell
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 Taco Bell item is in the full table on the Taco Bell calories page and in /data/taco-bell.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken Soft Taco | 160 | 12g |
| Crunchy Taco | 170 | 7g |
| Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco | 170 | 7g |
| Beef Soft Taco | 180 | 9g |
| Chicken Soft Taco Supreme | 180 | 12g |
| Crunchy Taco Supreme | 190 | 8g |
| Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Supreme | 190 | 8g |
| Beef Soft Taco Supreme | 200 | 9g |
| Cantina Chicken Soft Taco without Salsa Packet | 210 | 12g |
| Tajín Taco | 210 | 8g |
| Crispy Chicken Strips (2) | 230 | 14g |
| Spicy Potato Soft Taco | 240 | 5g |
| Crispy Chicken Taco - Avocado Ranch | 260 | 11g |
| Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco without Salsa Packets | 270 | 15g |
| Mini Taco Salad | 280 | 9g |
| 3-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt | 320 | 20g |
| Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap Slider - Diablo Ranch | 320 | 16g |
| Crispy Chicken Nuggets (5) | 320 | 26g |
| Chicken Chalupa Supreme | 330 | 15g |
| Black Bean Chalupa Supreme | 340 | 10g |
Eat at Taco Bell without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Taco Bell 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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