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How to fit Taco Bell into your macros
You don't have to give up Taco Bell. Your weight follows how much you eat, not which foods it comes from. Pick the Taco Bell meal you want, and vopti works out how much of everything else to eat that day, to the gram.
A real day: a Crunchwrap Supreme and a Cheesy Gordita Crunch
Target about 2,200 kcal: 165 g protein, 220 g carbs, 73 g fat. The Taco Bell items are locked at one serving each; vopti's optimizer solved the rest.
| Food | Amount | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchwrap Supremelocked | 1 | 16 | 71 | 21 |
| Cheesy Gordita Crunchlocked | 1 | 20 | 44 | 26 |
| Chicken Breast | 328g | 102 | 0 | 12 |
| White Rice (cooked) | 370g | 10 | 104 | 1 |
| Eggs | 141g | 18 | 1 | 13 |
| The day | 2,197kcal | 165 | 220 | 73 |
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Most protein per calorie at Taco Bell
Per standard serving, ranked by grams of protein per 100 kcal.
| Item | Protein | kcal | Per 100 kcal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crispy Chicken Nuggets with Diablo Ranch (10 pc) | 52g | 853 | 6.2 |
| Chicken Quesadilla | 26g | 486 | 5.3 |
| Cantina Chicken Rolled Quesadilla | 34g | 652 | 5.2 |
| Steak Quesadilla | 26g | 498 | 5.2 |
| Burrito Supreme (chicken) | 19g | 370 | 5.1 |
| Crispy Chicken Nuggets with Diablo Ranch (5 pc) | 27g | 535 | 5.1 |
| Breakfast Quesadilla (bacon) | 25g | 500 | 5.0 |
| Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco | 15g | 318 | 4.8 |
Questions
Can I eat Taco Bell and still lose weight?
Yes. Body weight follows how much you eat in total, not which foods it comes from. A Taco Bell meal fits a fat-loss day as long as the rest of the day is sized around it, which is exactly what vopti calculates.
What is the highest-protein option per calorie at Taco Bell?
Of the items above, Crispy Chicken Nuggets with Diablo Ranch (10 pc): 52 g of protein for about 853 kcal.
Where do these numbers come from?
From Taco Bell's published US nutrition information, per standard serving. Calories are computed from the macros (4 kcal per gram of protein and carbs, 9 per gram of fat), so they can differ from the posted menu figure by a few percent.
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