How many calories are in a typical fast-food order in 2026?
A typical default order across the six chains in this reference runs from about 115 calories (a medium hot coffee at Dunkin', black) to 660 calories (a Chipotle chicken bowl with rice, beans, cheese and salsa). These are not averages or estimates from a lab: they are the exact totals our own calculators produce for the default selections shown when each tool loads, computed from the calorie and macro values each brand publishes for its menu.
This page exists because a single number rarely tells the whole story. A "burrito bowl" or a "latte" can mean 200 different calorie counts depending on the protein, the milk, the size and what gets added on top. The table below is a snapshot of one realistic, specific build per brand, not a range or a guess, so it can be quoted and checked. Every calculator on this site lets you change any of these inputs and recompute the total live.
| Brand | Default build | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipotle | Bowl, chicken, white rice, black beans, cheese, mild salsa, lettuce | 660 | 50 g | 68 g | 21 g | 1,615 mg |
| Starbucks | Grande Caffe Latte, 2% milk, 4 pumps classic syrup | 180 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| McDonald's | Medium fries + medium Coke | 520 | 4 g | 98 g | 15 g | 245 mg |
| Subway | 6-inch Turkey Breast on Italian White, lettuce, tomato | 405 | 25 g | 66 g | 5 g | 1,005 mg |
| Panera | Fuji Apple Chicken Salad Sandwich, whole | 570 | 34 g | 63 g | 21 g | 900 mg |
| Dunkin' | Medium hot coffee, whole milk, no flavor, no food | 115 | 6 g | 14 g | 5 g | -- |
Starbucks sugar for the default build above: 29 g. Dunkin' sugar for the default build above: 12 g. Dashes mark fields the source calculator does not track for that item.
Methodology: where these numbers come from
Every figure in this reference is read directly from the calculator database that powers the matching tool on this site, not sourced separately or estimated for this page. Each database is built from the nutrition information each restaurant chain publishes for its own menu, the same disclosure most of these chains are required to make under the FDA's menu-labeling rule for chains with 20 or more locations (21 CFR 101.11, enforced since May 2018; see the FDA's menu labeling requirements).
- Default build: whatever combination of options is pre-selected when you load each calculator (the "selected" and "checked" state in the page itself), so the number is reproducible: open the calculator and you will see the same total.
- Source values: per-item calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat and sodium as published by each brand, entered once into the calculator's own database and reused for every combination a visitor builds.
- What we do not do: we do not average, round to a "nice" number, or borrow figures from a third-party database. If a brand updates its menu or its published values, the number on this page is only as current as our last update below.
- Last updated: July 2, 2026. Sodium and sugar fields are shown where the source calculator tracks them; a dash means that field is not part of that tool.
Download the full table, including every field, as a CSV: 2026-restaurant-nutrition-reference.csv.
https://restaurantnutritioncalc.com/2026-restaurant-nutrition-reference.
Naomi Foster covers nutrition and menu labeling, checking each calculator against the brand values published under the FDA's restaurant menu-labeling rule before it goes live.