Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco

What Taco Bell says it is

Taco Bell’s own description on the ordering menu: “A freshly fried white-corn taco shell filled with savory, slow-roasted chicken, a blend of mozzarella, pepperjack, and cheddar cheeses, Creamy Jalapeño sauce, and more cheese grilled on the outside. Served with an Avocado Verde Salsa packet.”

The two calorie figures

The ordering menu lists Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco at 320 calories. The nutrition record for the Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco alone is 270. The gap is not an error on either side: the listing prints the default build of the line, which is the Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco with Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet (50 cal), and the nutrition record is the Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco by itself. Take the Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet off the order and the listing figure and the record agree.

Every figure on this page that is not the listing (the panel, the daily values, the rankings, the ticket total) uses the nutrition record for the Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco alone, and the ticket on this page prints both lines so the gap is visible rather than resolved.

Where it was listed

Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco was listed at 447 of the 452 restaurants read, in 50 states and DC on 19 September 2026. That makes it a core item: on nine in ten of the restaurant menus read or more.

By state median, Arkansas was lowest at $2.99 and Connecticut highest at $4.29. A state median stands on ten restaurants at most, so a single expensive or cheap restaurant moves it; the national range is the safer figure. Pick a state on the board or on the prices by state page and the ticket on every page prices its lines at that state’s medians beside the national range.

What the price buys

By median price Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco ranks 8th of 16 in Tacos. The section median is $3.39, so it is right at the middle. At the median price it costs $1.26 per 100 calories and $2.26 per 10 g of protein.

The record against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco is 14 percent of the calories and 23 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium limit the FDA uses for the daily value. Saturated fat is 6 g, 30 percent of the 20 g daily value. Protein runs 15 g, 5.6 g per 100 calories.

For sodium it sits at the Tacos median of 520 mg.

The daily values are the guide’s own yardstick: “The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting saturated fat to 20 grams and sodium to 2,300 milligrams for a typical adult eating 2,000 calories daily.”

Allergens and certification

The brand’s own tool lists Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco as free of fish, gluten, MSG, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. The label warns of eggs and milk. The tool’s own caution: “While a particular ingredient may not contain one of these allergens, our products may be prepared on the same equipment and in the same kitchen area as those that do.” Gluten is the special case: “Taco Bell does not claim “gluten-free” for any ingredients or menu items.” A free mark for gluten here is the tool’s word about ingredients, never a claim by this site.

Slow Roasted Shredded Chicken stops it being vegetarian as served: Slow Roasted Shredded Chicken carries no vegetarian tag in the statement, while Three Cheese Blend, White Corn Shell and Creamy Jalapeno Sauce are tagged.

Next to it on the board

Against its neighbors in Tacos: Double Stacked Taco has 50 calories more; Spicy Potato Soft Taco has 30 calories fewer and $1.90 less at the median; Black Bean Chalupa Supreme has 70 calories more and $2.10 more at the median.

Guides and comparisons that mention it

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