Ranking Taco Bell food items with the most calories
Taco Bell is a favorite late night destination for fans of faux-Mexican cuisine, but even a stroke of virtue in the wee hours won't guarantee that you'll wake up with no regrets.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Taco Bell is a favorite late night destination for fans of faux-Mexican cuisine, but even a stroke of virtue in the wee hours won't guarantee that you'll wake up with no regrets. Foods that appear healthy by name are often not so, complicating food-related decision-making by every standard other than flavor.
HealthGrove, a health research site part of the Graphiq network, compiled a list of the most caloric food items on the Taco Bell menu -- not including drink items. The list is ranked according to calorie count (as of July 25), and when ties occur, items are ranked by sodium levels.
Of the top 25 items, three salads containing between 720 and 770 calories make the list. Despite the healthy connotations surrounding salads, all three are more caloric than items like the "Shredded Smothered Burrito," the "Bacon Grande Scrambler Burrito" and the "Steak DoubleDilla." If you're looking for lower calorie options, you'd do well to keep it simple: A visit to Taco Bell's online menu reveals that a taco (even one branded as a "Double Decker Taco Supreme") contains just 340 calories, slightly more than half the number in the least caloric food item on our list.
Click through our list to see if your favorites rank among the calorie-rich items at Taco Bell.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 620
Sodium: 1,380
Carbs: 64
Fat: 30
Protein: 24
Note: The image depicts the Quesarito with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 630
Sodium: 1,390
Carbs: 52
Fat: 38
Protein: 21
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 630
Sodium: 1,470
Carbs: 65
Fat: 31
Protein: 24
Note: The image depicts the Grande Scrambler Burrito with Bacon.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 640
Sodium: 1,310
Carbs: 64
Fat: 34
Protein: 19
Note: The image depicts the Grande Scrambler Burrito with Bacon.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 640
Sodium: 1,400
Carbs: 65
Fat: 33
Protein: 21
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 640
Sodium: 2,210
Carbs: 66
Fat: 27
Protein: 33
Note: The image depicts the Smothered Burrito with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 650
Sodium: 1,280
Carbs: 51
Fat: 39
Protein: 24
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 650
Sodium: 1,490
Carbs: 64
Fat: 34
Protein: 21
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 650
Sodium: 2,190
Carbs: 66
Fat: 29
Protein: 33
Note: The image depicts the Smothered Burrito with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 660
Sodium: 1,680
Carbs: 56
Fat: 32
Protein: 38
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 670
Sodium: 1,300
Carbs: 51
Fat: 42
Protein: 21
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 670
Sodium: 1,700
Carbs: 58
Fat: 33
Protein: 37
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 690
Sodium: 2,230
Carbs: 69
Fat: 34
Protein: 28
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 700
Sodium: 1,200
Carbs: 51
Fat: 46
Protein: 21
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 720
Sodium: 1,390
Carbs: 73
Fat: 33
Protein: 33
Note: The image depicts the Fiesta Taco Salad with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 730
Sodium: 1,710
Carbs: 74
Fat: 34
Protein: 32
Note: The image depicts the Fiesta Taco Salad with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 750
Sodium: 1,290
Carbs: 84
Fat: 38
Protein: 19
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 760
Sodium: 1,390
Carbs: 94
Fat: 34
Protein: 20
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 770
Sodium: 1,440
Carbs: 77
Fat: 39
Protein: 27
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 810
Sodium: 2,120
Carbs: 87
Fat: 35
Protein: 38
Note: The image depicts the XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 820
Sodium: 2,140
Carbs: 88
Fat: 36
Protein: 37
Note: The image depicts the XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito with beef.
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 860
Sodium: 2,170
Carbs: 91
Fat: 41
Protein: 32
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 930
Sodium: 480
Carbs: 104
Fat: 53
Protein: 9
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,160
Sodium: 1,950
Carbs: 132
Fat: 57
Protein: 31
- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,240
Sodium: 2,250
Carbs: 134
Fat: 65
Protein: 31
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- Emily von Hoffman, HealthGrove.com
Taco Bell is a favorite late night destination for fans of faux-Mexican cuisine, but even a stroke of virtue in the wee hours won't guarantee that you'll wake up with no regrets. Foods that appear healthy by name are often not so, complicating food-related decision-making by every standard other than flavor.
HealthGrove, a health research site part of the Graphiq network, compiled a list of the most caloric food items on the Taco Bell menu -- not including drink items. The list is ranked according to calorie count (as of July 25), and when ties occur, items are ranked by sodium levels.
Of the top 25 items, three salads containing between 720 and 770 calories make the list. Despite the healthy connotations surrounding salads, all three are more caloric than items like the "Shredded Smothered Burrito," the "Bacon Grande Scrambler Burrito" and the "Steak DoubleDilla." If you're looking for lower calorie options, you'd do well to keep it simple: A visit to Taco Bell's online menu reveals that a taco (even one branded as a "Double Decker Taco Supreme") contains just 340 calories, slightly more than half the number in the least caloric food item on our list.
Click through our list to see if your favorites rank among the calorie-rich items at Taco Bell.
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