Chick-fil-A Nutrition Facts & Calories (2026)

How many calories are in Chick-fil-A's main entrées?

Chick-fil-A entrées range from 130 calories (8 grilled nuggets) to about 830 (Cobb Salad with nuggets, before dressing). Most fried chicken sandwiches land between 420 and 540 calories.

The table below pulls the main entrées from Chick-fil-A's Nutrition & Allergens page, which lists calories, fat, sodium, carbs and protein for every item and size. A few patterns stand out:

• Grilled beats fried by a wide margin. Eight grilled nuggets have 130 calories against 250 for eight breaded ones, with nearly the same protein.
• Cheese and toppings add up. The Deluxe adds 70 calories to the plain sandwich, and the Spicy Deluxe adds 90 to the Spicy Chicken Sandwich.
• Sodium is the hidden number. The Chicken Sandwich has 1,470 mg and the Spicy Deluxe 1,890 mg. The Grilled Chicken Sandwich has about half as much, at 765 mg.
• Salads are not automatically light. The Cobb Salad with nuggets has 830 calories before dressing, more than two Chicken Sandwiches' worth of fat at 60 grams.

For prices next to these numbers, see our Chick-fil-A menu page.

How many calories are in a Chick-fil-A sandwich?

The original Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich has 420 calories, 16 grams of fat, 41 grams of carbohydrates and 29 grams of protein. The Spicy Chicken Sandwich has 450 calories, and the Grilled Chicken Sandwich has 390.

The bun is a big part of the count. A buttered white bun has 180 calories, the multigrain brioche bun on the grilled sandwiches has 210, and the gluten-free bun has 180. A fried filet alone has 250 calories, a spicy filet 280 and a grilled filet just 110.

The limited-time Chicken & Waffles Sandwich is the heaviest sandwich on the fall 2026 menu, at 690 calories with an original filet and 710 with a spicy one. Our Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich guide compares every version with prices.

How many calories are in Chick-fil-A Sauce and the other sauces?

One 28-gram packet of Chick-fil-A Sauce has 140 calories, 13 grams of fat and 6 grams of sugar. That is the most of any dipping sauce, so two packets add 280 calories, close to a small order of waffle fries (320).

The lightest sauces are Zesty Buffalo (25 calories), Barbeque (45), Sweet & Spicy Sriracha (45), Honey Mustard (50) and Honey Roasted BBQ (60). Polynesian sits in the middle at 110, and Garden Herb Ranch has 100 in a smaller 21-gram cup.

A new Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce, the classic sauce with added peppers, is set to join the menu permanently on Nov. 16, 2026. Its nutrition was not yet posted when we checked. The table below lists the current sauces.

What are the healthiest choices at Chick-fil-A?

The healthiest choices at Chick-fil-A, if you mean fewer calories and more protein, are built on grilled chicken. These orders all stay under 500 calories:

• 8-count Grilled Nuggets with a medium fruit cup: 200 calories, 26 grams of protein.
• 12-count Grilled Nuggets with a Kale Crunch Side: 370 calories, 42 grams of protein.
• Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 390 calories, 28 grams of protein.
• Egg White Grill at breakfast: 300 calories, 27 grams of protein.
• Market Salad with grilled filet: 550 calories before dressing; the Light Italian dressing adds only 25.

Is Chick-fil-A healthy? That depends on what you order and what else you eat that day. The same menu offers a 1,500-calorie meal if you add large fries (600) and a large lemonade (380) to a Spicy Deluxe. Watch sauces, dressings and drinks; unsweetened tea and Diet Lemonade (60 calories for a medium) are easy swaps. Our lower-calorie picks at every chain and high-protein fast food guides compare Chick-fil-A with other chains.

Is Chick-fil-A gluten-free friendly?

Chick-fil-A offers some gluten-free options, but it cannot promise any made-in-store item is free of gluten. The kitchens use wheat, and cooking areas are shared.

What Chick-fil-A does offer:

• A certified gluten-free bun, individually packaged, for about $1.70 extra. It has 180 calories and lists egg as an allergen.
• Sealed items that arrive packaged, which the company names as gluten-free: Waffle Potato Chips, milk, Simply Orange juice and the kids' apple juice.
• Gluten-friendly suggestions for people trying to limit gluten: the Market Salad, the Cobb or Spicy Southwest Salad with grilled nuggets, a grilled filet or no chicken, and the Side Salad (all without their toppings), plus the Kale Crunch Side, waffle fries and the Berry Parfait without toppings. Grilled nuggets on their own list no wheat.

Waffle fries do not list wheat, and the chain says they cook in canola oil, but Chick-fil-A still does not label them gluten-free. Is Chick-fil-A Sauce gluten-free? Its only listed allergen is egg, so it has no wheat ingredient, but it is not certified or labeled gluten-free either. If you have celiac disease, talk with staff and check the ingredients on each item.

What allergens are on the Chick-fil-A menu?

Chick-fil-A's allergen menu flags milk, egg, soy, wheat, sesame, tree nuts, peanut and fish for each item. The company says milk, egg, soy, wheat and sesame are all used in its kitchens and that it cannot guarantee any item is allergen-free.

A few useful details from the official chart:

• Peanut oil: Chick-fil-A cooks its breaded chicken in 100% refined peanut oil. The FDA does not treat highly refined peanut oil as a major allergen, so items are not flagged for peanut. Ask your doctor if you have a peanut allergy.
• Breaded chicken: Nuggets, strips and filets contain milk, egg and wheat.
• Grilled nuggets and the grilled filet list none of the major allergens.
• Sesame shows up through the buttered white bun on the fried sandwiches.
• Tree nuts appear in the Market Salad, Kale Crunch Side and the granola parfait.

The chart lives on Chick-fil-A's Nutrition & Allergens page, and the app shows allergens for each item. Chick-fil-A's care line is 1-866-232-2040.

Is there a Chick-fil-A nutrition calculator?

Chick-fil-A's website has a full Nutrition & Allergens table that lists every item and lets you expand each one by size, but we did not find a tool that adds up a whole meal. To total an order, add the entrée, side, sauce and drink yourself.

A quick example: a Chicken Sandwich (420), medium waffle fries (420), one Chick-fil-A Sauce (140) and a medium lemonade (260) total 1,240 calories. Swap in grilled nuggets, a fruit cup, Zesty Buffalo and unsweetened tea, and the same kind of meal drops to about 225. Size data for Chick-fil-A fries and Chick-fil-A milkshakes is on their own pages.