Large Side of Queso Blanco at Chipotle. 480 calories, $5.90, 20 g protein.
At 480 calories it is lighter than 64% of the 76 Chipotle items we track, against a menu median of 560. It delivers 4.2 g of protein per 100 calories, 34th of 64 items with published protein. At 81 calories per dollar it is 32nd of 76 priced items on value.
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| 32 Fl Oz Tractor Organic Watermelon Limeade | 330 | −150 |
| Carnitas Taco | 320 | −160 |
| Chicken Taco | 310 | −170 |
| Pollo Asado Taco | 310 | −170 |
| Beef Barbacoa Taco | 306 | −174 |
Priced at 4131 Chipotle restaurants in 49 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $5.90 and $5.90, a spread of 0%.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest Large Side of Queso Blanco in the sample is $4.40 in Hyannis, MA, and the most expensive is $6.40 in Brooklyn, NY. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 47 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 39 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | $5.90 | 87 | cheapest |
| FL | $5.90 | 328 | cheapest |
| NC | $5.90 | 126 | cheapest |
| PA | $5.90 | 156 | cheapest |
| MT | $5.90 | 11 | most expensive |
| VT | $5.90 | 5 | most expensive |
| NM | $5.90 | 11 | most expensive |
| ID | $5.90 | 14 | most expensive |
1 of the 4,147 restaurants we price has changed this since 2026-09-07. A typical one now charges $5.90.
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Large Side of Queso Blanco’s $5.90. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side of Steak (SideSteak) | $6.00 | 9% | 4,124 |
| Chips & Queso Blanco (ChipsQueso) | $4.90 | 7% | 4,122 |
| Beef Barbacoa Taco | $4.70 | 15% | 4,128 |
| Steak Taco | $4.70 | 15% | 4,121 |
| Side of Pollo Asado (SidePolloAsado) | $4.60 | 10% | 4,121 |
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dietary Fiber | 0.0 g |
| Protein | 20 g |
| Saturated Fat | 23 g |
| Sodium | 980 mg |
| Sugars | 5.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 14 g |
| Total Fat | 37 g |
| Trans Fat | 1.5 g |
The nutrition label as Chipotle publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.