Chick-fil-A Nutrition Facts and Calories for Every Menu Item

The lowest calorie entree is an 8-count order of Grilled Nuggets at 130 calories, and the highest single food items are the shakes and the Hash Brown Scramble Burrito. Everything else lands between those two ends.

Here is the quick scoreboard, using the official menu listings for a default serving.

How should you use the tables? Read the calorie column first, then check protein and sodium, because sodium is where fried chicken and cheese pull ahead of everything else. These numbers are calculated from standard recipes, so a real order can land a little above or below the printed figure.

Sizes matter as much as items. A small waffle fries and a large waffle fries are 230 calories apart, which is more than a whole Grilled Nuggets 12-count.

A nutrition label lists calories first, then the nutrients that US labeling rules require, and Chick-fil-A follows that pattern on every item page. Knowing what each line means makes the tables below easier to use.

Start with serving size. For most entrees, one serving is the whole sandwich, wrap or count of nuggets. For drinks and sides, the page shows the medium size unless it says otherwise.

• Calories show energy per serving.
• Total fat includes saturated fat and trans fat. Saturated fat matters most for cheese, bacon, biscuits and shakes.
• Cholesterol comes from chicken, egg and dairy.
• Sodium is salt in milligrams. The FDA daily value is 2,300 mg.
• Carbohydrates include fiber and sugars. Sugar is the number to watch in lemonade and shakes.
• Protein is the number grilled chicken does best.

Why do numbers differ from one source to another? Chick-fil-A states that its figures use standard product formulations and that nutrition varies by location, supply and customization. Recipes also change. A bun swap or a new marinade can move an item by 20 to 50 calories, and older websites often keep the old figure.

That is why this guide prefers the figures printed on the official menu pages and says "about" or "varies" when sources disagree. Where an older listing shows a very different number, treat the current menu page as the one to trust.

Percent daily value, when shown, compares one serving with a full day of a 2,000 calorie diet. It is a rough yardstick rather than a personal target, since your needs depend on age, activity and goals.

Ordering screens in the app and on the website generally show calories for the item you build, and the restaurant can give you the full allergen guide on request. Removing a bun, skipping a sauce or adding cheese changes the real total, so adjust the printed number yourself. A slice of American cheese, for example, adds fat and sodium, while skipping the buttered bun cuts carbs and calories.

The menu spreads from 25-calorie sauces to shakes above 600 calories, and the range inside each category is wider than most people expect. Use the table to find the right spoke, then click through for item detail.

Chick-fil-A nutrition content by category, per default serving:

Chick-fil-A Sandwich Calories: Original, Spicy, Deluxe and Club

Nutrition facts at Chick-fil-A for the fried sandwiches stay in a tight band, from 420 calories for the original to 540 for the Spicy Deluxe. The cheese, lettuce and tomato in the Deluxe versions add about 70 to 90 calories and a lot of sodium.

The Grilled Chicken Club is listed at 520 calories on the official entree page, but this guide leaves out its other numbers because they were not confirmed. For prices and photos, see all sandwich options and prices.

Calories in a Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Chick Fil A Compared

The Spicy Chicken Sandwich is 450 calories, just 30 more than the original sandwich. The extra comes from the seasoning blend in the breading and a little more fat, not from added toppings.

People who type chick fil a nutrition spicy chicken sandwich into a search bar usually want one thing: is the heat worth the calories? Mostly yes. The spice itself adds almost nothing, but the sodium jump is large, from 1,470 mg to 1,740 mg.

Add Pepper Jack, lettuce and tomato to make the Spicy Deluxe and you reach 540 calories, 24 g of fat and 1,890 mg of sodium. That is the highest sodium figure among the sandwiches on this page, and it is already close to the daily value.

The sandwich also comes on a multigrain bun option. Calories shift with the bun, so use the ordering screen if you switch. Read the Spicy Chicken Sandwich guide for how it is built and how it compares in flavor.

Chick-fil-A Grilled Chicken Sandwich Nutrition Facts

The Grilled Chicken Sandwich has 390 calories, 11 g of fat, 45 g of carbs and 28 g of protein. The standout number is sodium at 765 mg, roughly half of what the fried original carries.

The chicken is lemon-herb marinated and grilled, then served with green leaf lettuce and tomato on a toasted multigrain bun. That bun is also why the carbs are higher than the fried versions: the bun carries the carbs while the chicken carries the protein.

Fiber is 3 g and sugar is 11 g, partly from the honey in the bun. Allergens listed are egg and wheat, a much shorter list than the fried sandwiches, which also list milk, soy and sesame.

Want a lighter version? Skip the bun and eat the filet with a fruit cup. The Grilled Chicken Sandwich guide covers the build in detail.

Calories in Chick Fil A Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich and Macros

The Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich is the older name for what the menu now calls the Grilled Chicken Sandwich. Current menus list it at 390 calories, while some older listings show about 320, which reflects the earlier bun and recipe.

People often search for Chick-fil-A grilled chicken sandwich macros when they want protein against calories. On the current numbers, 28 g of protein for 390 calories is about 7 g of protein per 100 calories. The 8-count Grilled Nuggets do better at roughly 19 g per 100 calories, though you give up the bun.

If an old chart shows 320 calories, it is describing the earlier version. Use the figure on the current menu page.

Chick Fil A Grilled Chicken Nuggets Nutrition and Strips

Grilled nuggets are the leanest hot protein on the menu: 130 calories, 25 g of protein and 3 g of fat for an 8-count. The breaded nuggets run about double the calories for the same count.

Sodium is the clearest split. Grilled nuggets carry 440 mg, and breaded nuggets carry 1,210 mg for the same eight pieces. The 12-count rows and the 4-count strips are shown as approximate because the official page lists only the base serving, and published listings differ by a few calories.

Browse nugget and strip counts and prices or read the Grilled Nuggets guide for the marinade and cooking method.

Calories in Grilled Nuggets Chick-fil-A Serves by Count

An 8-count is 130 calories and a 12-count is about 200. Protein climbs from 25 g to about 38 g across the same two sizes.

That makes the 12-count the best protein per calorie deal on the menu, at about 19 g of protein per 100 calories. The 8-count lands almost the same.

Dip choice changes the total quickly. One packet of Chick-fil-A Sauce adds 140 calories, which more than doubles an 8-count. Zesty Buffalo adds 25. If you plan to use two sauces, count them.

Breakfast runs from 270 calories for hash browns to 700 for the Hash Brown Scramble Burrito. Salads and the Cool Wrap run higher than most people guess because dressing and cheese count.

The Egg White Grill is the best-known lighter pick at 300 calories, 8 g of fat and 27 g of protein, though sodium is 990 mg. Biscuits add 100 or more calories over the English muffin versions. Full details are in the breakfast menu.

Salads are listed on the official menu page as built with default toppings and dressing: Cobb at 830, Spicy Southwest at 680 and Market at 550. Dressing is the swing factor. A Light Italian packet is 25 calories, while Avocado Lime Ranch is 310.

The Cool Wrap is listed at 660 calories, with 45 g of fat, 43 g of protein and 1,420 mg of sodium. Older listings show much lower numbers, so rely on the current page. Because of its avocado lime ranch and cheese, the wrap is not the light option its name suggests.

Here is the Chick-fil-A menu and nutrition picture for sides: a medium waffle fries is 420 calories, and mac and cheese matches it at 450. Fruit is the lightest option by a wide margin.

Sodium splits the two favorites. Medium fries carry only 240 mg, while the same calorie count in mac and cheese comes with 1,190 mg and 16 g of saturated fat. That is the better reason to choose fries when you are watching salt.

Side Salad and Kale Crunch Side change with dressing, toppings and recipe, so check the ordering screen before you count them. See Waffle Fries sizes or the Mac and Cheese guide for more.

Sauce calories run from 25 to 140 per packet, and the sauce you pick can add more than a side of fruit. The numbers below come from published nutrition listings for a standard packet.

Chick-fil-A Sauce has 13 g of fat and 6 g of carbs per container, and it contains egg. It is by far the most popular dip, and also the heaviest tie.

Salad dressings are bigger packets with bigger numbers: Light Italian 25, Light Balsamic 80, Honey Mustard 90, Zesty Apple Cider Vinaigrette 230, Creamy Salsa 290, Garden Herb Ranch 280 and Avocado Lime Ranch 310. Packet sizes and recipes can change, so treat these as typical values.

The full dipping sauce and dressing list explains each flavor.

The Chick-fil-A menu and calories for drinks swing from 0 for unsweetened tea to 630 for a Cookies & Cream shake. Sugar is the driver, and a medium lemonade carries 66 g of carbs.

The lemonade is simple: lemon juice, cane sugar and water. You can ask for sugar-free sweetener, which adds nothing, or add sugar at 10 calories per portion. See the drink menu and sizes for the full list.

A Vanilla Milkshake has 580 calories, 23 g of fat, 15 g of saturated fat and 80 g of sugar. The Frosted Lemonade has 350 calories and 65 g of sugar. Both are best treated as dessert.

Seasonal drinks and shakes come and go. When one is on the menu, its calories appear on the same menu page, so check there rather than trusting an old chart. The shake guide covers the regular flavors.

Grilled chicken saves roughly 30 to 120 calories and cuts sodium in half or more. The biggest gains come with nuggets, where grilled drops from 250 calories to 130.

The sandwich gap is small in calories because the multigrain bun brings its own carbs. The nugget gap is large because nothing replaces the breading. You trade 2 g of protein for 120 fewer calories.

Breading is the whole story. It adds flour, oil from the pressure cooker and salt. Fried chicken is pressure cooked in 100% refined peanut oil, while grilled chicken is marinated and cooked without that coating.

If you like crunch, there is a middle path: order the breaded sandwich and skip the cheese, or order grilled nuggets and add a side of fries. Either way you keep a favorite texture while trimming sodium or calories.

Strips follow the fried pattern: 310 calories for a 3-count with 870 mg of sodium. For best protein per calorie, order the Grilled Nuggets.

The Chick-fil-A nutrition value that surprises people most is sodium. A Spicy Deluxe has 1,890 mg, and the daily value is 2,300 mg, so one sandwich uses over 80 percent of it.

Highest sodium on the official pages we confirmed:

• Spicy Deluxe Sandwich: 1,890 mg
• Spicy Chicken Sandwich: 1,740 mg
• Deluxe Sandwich: 1,710 mg
• Original Chicken Sandwich: 1,470 mg
• Cool Wrap: 1,420 mg
• Breaded Nuggets, 8-count: 1,210 mg
• Mac & Cheese: 1,190 mg

Add salty sides and the day's budget disappears quickly. Fries are the exception, with only 240 mg in a medium.

A practical rule helps here. If your sandwich already carries more than 1,400 mg, pick a side and drink with little or no sodium, such as fruit and unsweetened tea. If you want mac and cheese, pair it with a grilled sandwich instead of a fried one, and the day stays far more manageable.

Sugar hides in drinks. A medium lemonade has 66 g of carbs, a Frosted Lemonade has 65 g of sugar and a Vanilla Milkshake has 80 g. Unsweetened tea, diet lemonade and water bring it to zero.

Saturated fat is highest in dairy. Mac and cheese has 16 g, the Vanilla Milkshake 15 g, and the Spicy Deluxe 8 g. Cheese, bacon and sausage drive the totals.

Watching carbs? See the lower-carb ordering ideas.

Chick-fil-A lists allergens beside nutrition on each item page, and its kitchens handle milk, egg, soy, wheat and sesame. The company says it cannot guarantee any item is free from these allergens because of shared cooking and preparation areas.

Pair the nutritional information Chick-fil-A publishes with the allergen line for each item.

Chicken is cooked in 100% refined peanut oil. Chick-fil-A notes that the FDA does not treat highly refined oils as major allergens, but people with peanut concerns should still ask their doctor. Waffle fries are cooked in canola oil.

For gluten, read the gluten-free ordering notes. For meatless choices, see the meatless options.

On antibiotics, Chick-fil-A moved in 2024 from "no antibiotics ever" to a "No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine" standard for its chicken. That does not change calories, but it explains why older articles describe the policy differently.

A lower calorie meal is easy to build from the numbers above: pick grilled chicken, a fruit side and a zero calorie drink. Here are three sample builds using the confirmed figures.

Sauces change the math. Add Chick-fil-A Sauce to the light meal and the total jumps from 200 to 340. Swap to Zesty Buffalo and it is 225.

Easy swaps:

• Choose Grilled Nuggets over breaded nuggets and save 120 calories.
• Choose a fruit cup instead of fries and save about 350.
• Choose unsweetened tea instead of lemonade and save 260.
• Skip the cheese on a Deluxe and save fat and sodium.

For wider ideas, browse healthier picks across the menu.

Combo Meal Totals

A combo is where calories really add up, because sandwich, side and drink are each listed separately. Add the three numbers yourself.

The drink alone swings a combo by 260 calories, which is more than the gap between any two sandwiches in this guide. Ordering a drink with zero calories is the single easiest edit.

Kids Meals and Smaller Portions

Kids meals use smaller counts and a smaller side, so the totals drop quickly. Published listings show a Grilled Nuggets Kid's Meal entree at about 70 to 100 calories and a Nuggets Kid's Meal entree at about 130 to 190. Kids Waffle Potato Fries are listed near 320, and the kids fruit cup is about 50.

Adults who want a lighter plate sometimes order from the kids side of the menu. That works well for nuggets and fruit, though you may want a second portion for protein.