Grilled Cheese Burrito

What Taco Bell says it is

Taco Bell’s own description on the ordering menu: “A warm flour tortilla with seasoned beef, warm Nacho Cheese sauce, seasoned rice, crunchy fiesta strips, Creamy Chipotle sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, and a blend of mozzarella, pepperjack, and cheddar cheeses with even more cheese grilled on the top.”

The two calorie figures

The ordering menu and the nutrition record agree on Grilled Cheese Burrito: 690 calories. The unrounded figure behind the record is 694.0, which the nutrition menu rounds to 690 the way a menu board rounds, to the nearest 10 above 50 calories.

The nutrition menu carries three records under this name: Grilled Cheese Burrito at 690 calories, Chicken at 670 calories and Steak at 680 calories; the picker above the ticket switches the panel between them.

Where it was listed

Grilled Cheese Burrito was listed at 451 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.

The cheapest state median on the read date was Mississippi at $5.39, the dearest Connecticut at $7.89. 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 twelve priced burritos on the board, Grilled Cheese Burrito is the 10th cheapest by median price. The section median is $3.25, so it is $2.91 above it. At the median price it costs $0.89 per 100 calories and $2.46 per 10 g of protein.

The record against a day

690 calories is 34 percent of a 2,000 calorie day and 64 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium limit the FDA uses for the daily value. Saturated fat is 15 g, 75 percent of the 20 g daily value. Protein runs 25 g, 3.6 g per 100 calories.

The Burritos median for sodium is 1,155 mg; this one is 1,480.

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 Grilled Cheese Burrito as 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 Flour Tortilla, Three Cheese Blend, Seasoned Rice, Nacho Cheese Sauce, Creamy Chipotle Sauce, Fiesta Tortilla Strips and Reduced-Fat Sour Cream 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, $0.70 to $1.20 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, $0.90 to $1.40 at the five restaurants read for the option). Sauces: Avocado Ranch Sauce (70 calories, $0.40 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), Pepper Jack Sauce (no calories, $0.30), Red Sauce (10 calories, $0.00 to $0.70) and Spicy Ranch (70 calories, $0.65 to $0.70). Twelve add-ons are offered; the heaviest are Potatoes at 100 calories, Beans at 60 calories, Cheese at 60 calories and Slow-Roasted Chicken at 60 calories. The removable components and what each carries: Chipotle Sauce (70 calories), Fiesta Strips (80 calories), Nacho Cheese Sauce (30 calories), Reduced-Fat Sour Cream (20 calories), Seasoned Rice (50 calories) and Three-Cheese Blend (180 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.

The product page suggests builds of its own: “Grilled Cheese Burrito Seasoned Beef swapped for Slow-Roasted Chicken, add Onions and Jalapeño Peppers” and “Grilled Cheese Burrito Seasoned Beef swapped for Steak, add Seasoned Fries, Guacamole, Pico De Gallo.”.

Next to it on the board

Next to it on the board: Cheesy Poblano Double Beef Burrito has $3.15 less at the median; Black Bean Grilled Cheese Burrito - Black Beans has 10 calories fewer and $0.16 less at the median; Bean Burrito has 330 calories fewer and $3.86 less at the median.

Guides and comparisons that mention it

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