Cantina Chicken Bowl vs Veggie Bowl
Cantina Chicken Bowl $8.69 and Veggie Bowl $8.19 at the medians read on 19 September 2026; 580 against 510 calories on the records.
TB Menus review deskReviewed 19 September 2026Prices read 19 September 2026 at 452 restaurantsHow every figure gets here
Side by side
Cantina Chicken Bowl
Veggie BowlPrice
At the medians read on 19 September 2026, Cantina Chicken Bowl is $8.69 ($6.39 to $11.99 across 449 restaurants) and Veggie Bowl is $8.19 ($6.39 to $11.99 across 446 restaurants). The gap at the median is $0.50, and the ranges overlap: a restaurant at the top of the Veggie Bowl range charges more for it than a restaurant at the bottom of the Cantina Chicken Bowl range charges for that. Per 100 calories at the median: $1.50 for Cantina Chicken Bowl and $1.61 for Veggie Bowl; Cantina Chicken Bowl is the cheaper energy. Per 10 g of protein: $3.34 for Cantina Chicken Bowl and $6.30 for Veggie Bowl; Cantina Chicken Bowl is the cheaper protein. In three states the order flips and Cantina Chicken Bowl is the cheaper of the two at the state median: South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.
Calories, protein and sodium
On the records Veggie Bowl carries 510 calories and Cantina Chicken Bowl carries 580: 70 apart. Protein: 26 g for Cantina Chicken Bowl and 13 g for Veggie Bowl, so Cantina Chicken Bowl carries 13 g more. Sodium: 1,320 mg for Cantina Chicken Bowl and 1,040 mg for Veggie Bowl, so Cantina Chicken Bowl carries 280 mg more, 57 percent of the daily value against 45. Fat runs 29 g on Cantina Chicken Bowl and 25 g on Veggie Bowl; carbohydrate 55 g on Cantina Chicken Bowl and 60 g on Veggie Bowl. Per 100 calories the protein is 4.5 g on Cantina Chicken Bowl and 2.5 g on Veggie Bowl: Cantina Chicken Bowl is the denser line. Cantina Chicken Bowl the ordering menu lists at 630 because it counts Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet with it; the record for the item alone is what this table uses.
Allergens and certification
The tool marks both free of fish, gluten, MSG, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. The labels warn of eggs and milk on Cantina Chicken Bowl and eggs and milk on Veggie Bowl. Veggie Bowl is certified vegetarian by every component in the ingredient statement; Cantina Chicken Bowl is not, because of Slow Roasted Shredded Chicken. The tool’s caution applies to both: “Our products may be prepared on the same equipment and in the same kitchen area as those that do.”
Availability
Cantina Chicken Bowl was listed at 449 of the 452 restaurants read, in 50 states and DC. Veggie Bowl was listed at 446 of the 452 restaurants read, in 50 states and DC.
Which for what
No single winner: for the lower median price, Veggie Bowl; for fewer calories, Veggie Bowl; for protein, Cantina Chicken Bowl; for less sodium, Veggie Bowl; for the cheapest protein, Cantina Chicken Bowl; for a certified vegetarian line, Veggie Bowl. The table above has every figure the choice can turn on, and the item pages carry the records and the reads in full.
How this page is read
Every price on this page is a range read from 452 restaurants’ own ordering menus in 50 states and DC on 19 September 2026, printed with the count of restaurants behind it; nutrition figures are Taco Bell’s own published records. The side by side table above prints every published figure both items carry; a blank cell means the record does not publish it.
Questions
Which is cheaper, Cantina Chicken Bowl or Veggie Bowl?
Veggie Bowl at the medians read on 19 September 2026: Cantina Chicken Bowl $8.69 and Veggie Bowl $8.19. The ranges are $6.39 to $11.99 for Cantina Chicken Bowl and $6.39 to $11.99 for Veggie Bowl.
Which has fewer calories, Cantina Chicken Bowl or Veggie Bowl?
Veggie Bowl: 580 for Cantina Chicken Bowl and 510 for Veggie Bowl on the records.
Which has more protein?
Cantina Chicken Bowl: 26 g for Cantina Chicken Bowl and 13 g for Veggie Bowl.
Which has less sodium?
Veggie Bowl: 1,320 mg for Cantina Chicken Bowl and 1,040 mg for Veggie Bowl, against a 2,300 mg daily value.
What is the difference between Cantina Chicken Bowl and Veggie Bowl?
By the ingredient statements: Cantina Chicken Bowl alone has Slow Roasted Shredded Chicken; both carry Avocado Ranch Sauce, Black Beans, Cheddar Cheese, Guacamole, Iceberg Lettuce, Pico de Gallo, Purple Cabbage, Reduced-Fat Sour Cream and Seasoned Rice.
Is one of them vegetarian?
Veggie Bowl is certified vegetarian by every component.
Where do the figures come from?
The prices are ranges read from 452 restaurants’ own ordering menus on 19 September 2026; the nutrition figures are Taco Bell’s own records for each item alone.