Taco Salad
Taco Salad at Wendy's. 610 calories, $8.59, 28 g protein.
Photograph from Wendy's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Wendy's menu
At 610 calories it is heavier than 79% of the 184 Wendy's items we track, against a menu median of 420. Scored on Wendy's own printed label, it comes to +11 on the label score, 26th of 74 Wendy's items we can score that way. It delivers 4.6 g of protein per 100 calories, 53rd of 151 items with published protein. At 71 calories per dollar it is 147th of 171 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Wendy's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Son of Baconator® | 590 | −20 |
| Sausage, Egg & Swiss Croissant | 590 | −20 |
| Caramel Crunch Vanilla Frosty Fusion™ | 580 | −30 |
| Medium Caramel Crunch Vanilla Frosty Fusion™ | 580 | −30 |
| Caramel Crunch Chocolate Frosty Fusion™ | 580 | −30 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taco Bell | Tajín® Taco | 210 | — |
| Taco Bell | Mini Taco Salad | 280 | — |
| Taco Bell | Taco Salad | 906 | 15.17 |
What a Taco Salad costs across America
Priced at 3726 Wendy's restaurants in 45 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $8.19 and $9.39, a spread of 15%.
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The cheapest Taco Salad in the sample is $6.79 in CARROLLTON, GA, and the most expensive is $10.99 in SAN JOSE, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 44 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 36 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA | $7.99 | 85 | cheapest |
| AR | $7.99 | 23 | cheapest |
| WV | $7.99 | 39 | cheapest |
| MS | $8.19 | 30 | cheapest |
| DC | $9.89 | 3 | most expensive |
| CT | $9.79 | 51 | most expensive |
| OK | $9.69 | 25 | most expensive |
| OR | $9.49 | 26 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
19 of the 3,997 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-08. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.7%. A typical one now charges $8.59.
See every Taco Salad we price on the map — 3,726 restaurants, one dot each →
Priced like this at Wendy's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Taco Salad’s $8.59. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baconator® | $8.59 | 23% | 3,777 |
| Parmesan Caesar Salad | $8.59 | 13% | 3,716 |
| Apple Pecan Salad | $8.59 | 13% | 3,716 |
| Cobb Salad | $8.59 | 13% | 3,711 |
| Big Bacon Classic® Double | $8.49 | 19% | 3,788 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 25 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Iron | 25 mg |
| Potassium | 20 mg |
| Protein | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 1510 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Total Fat | 39 g |
| Trans Fat | 1 g |
| Vitamin A | 0 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
The nutrition label as Wendy's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.