Cheesy Gordita Crunch

What Taco Bell says it is

On its product page Taco Bell describes it as “A warm, pillowy flatbread filled with a blend of mozzarella, pepperjack, and cheddar cheeses wrapped around a crunchy taco shell with seasoned beef, Spicy Ranch sauce, lettuce, and shredded cheddar cheese.”

The two calorie figures

For Cheesy Gordita Crunch the two figures match: both print 480 calories. The unrounded figure behind the record is 483.6, which the nutrition menu rounds to 480 the way a menu board rounds, to the nearest 10 above 50 calories.

Where it was listed

Cheesy Gordita Crunch was listed at 450 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, South Carolina was lowest at $5.19 and Connecticut highest at $7.79. 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

Among the 16 priced tacos on the board, Cheesy Gordita Crunch is the 13th cheapest by median price. The section median is $3.39, so it is $2.60 above it. At the median price it costs $1.25 per 100 calories and $3.00 per 10 g of protein.

The record against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, Cheesy Gordita Crunch is 24 percent of the calories and 36 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium limit the FDA uses for the daily value. Saturated fat is 10 g, 50 percent of the 20 g daily value. Protein runs 20 g, 4.2 g per 100 calories.

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

Allergens and certification

Taco Bell’s allergen tool marks Cheesy Gordita Crunch free of fish, MSG, peanuts, sesame, shellfish and tree nuts. The label warns of eggs, gluten, milk, soy and wheat. 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.” Soy is listed on the label; the guide adds that “Soybean oil is not indicated as an allergen.”

Seasoned Beef stops it being vegetarian as served: Seasoned Beef carries no vegetarian tag in the statement, while Gordita Flatbread, Three Cheese Blend, Iceberg Lettuce, Spicy Ranch Sauce, Taco Shell and Cheddar Cheese are tagged.

Ways to change it

Protein swaps, with the calories the product page prints for each: Beans (60 calories, no charge), Black Beans (50 calories, no charge), Chicken (45 calories, $0.80 to $1.00 at the five restaurants read for the option), Potatoes (100 calories, no charge), Seasoned Beef (70 calories, no charge), Slow-Roasted Chicken (60 calories, $1.00 to $1.20 at the five restaurants read for the option) and Steak (60 calories, $1.00 to $1.20 at the five restaurants read for the option). Sauces: Avocado Ranch Sauce (70 calories, $0.40 to $0.70), Chipotle Sauce (70 calories, $0.30 to $0.70), Creamy Jalapeño Sauce (60 calories, $0.50 to $0.75), Green Sauce (no calories, $0.25), Guacamole (35 calories, $0.60 to $1.15), Mexican Pizza Sauce (10 calories, $0.00 to $0.30), Nacho Cheese Sauce (30 calories, $0.75 to $1.00) and Pepper Jack Sauce (no calories, $0.30). 15 add-ons are offered; the heaviest are Potatoes at 100 calories, Three-Cheese Blend at 90 calories, Fiesta Strips at 80 calories and Beans at 60 calories. The removable components and what each carries: Cheese (25 calories), Lettuce (no calories) and Spicy Ranch (70 calories).

The option calories are the ordering menu’s own figures for the option, printed as it prints them; a swapped build is not a nutrition record, so the panel on this page stays the item as published. Option prices were read at five of the restaurants and are printed with that count, never as a national figure.

Next to it on the board

Next to it on the board: Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch - Nacho Cheese has the same calories and $0.20 more at the median; Tajín Cheesy Gordita Crunch has 20 calories fewer and the same median price; Crunchy Taco has 310 calories fewer and $4.00 less at the median.

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