Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos

What Taco Bell says it is

Taco Bell’s own description on the ordering menu: “A crunchy taco shell seasoned with Nacho Cheese Doritos flavor filled with seasoned beef, lettuce, and shredded cheddar cheese.”

The two calorie figures

The ordering menu and the nutrition record agree on Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos: 170 calories. The unrounded figure behind the record is 166.5, which the nutrition menu rounds to 170 the way a menu board rounds, to the nearest 10 above 50 calories.

Where it was listed

Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos 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.

Mississippi had the lowest state median, $2.59; Connecticut the highest, $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

5th of 16: that is where Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos sits in Tacos, cheapest first. The section median is $3.39, so it is $0.40 below it. At the median price it costs $1.76 per 100 calories and $4.27 per 10 g of protein.

The record against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos is 8 percent of the calories and 16 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium limit the FDA uses for the daily value. Saturated fat is 4 g, 20 percent of the 20 g daily value. Protein runs 7 g, 4.1 g per 100 calories.

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

Allergens and certification

The brand’s own tool lists Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos as free of eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, tree nuts and wheat. The label warns of milk, MSG and soy. 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. 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 Iceberg Lettuce and Cheddar Cheese are tagged.

Ways to change it

The product page offers it Fresco style at minus 25 calories against the standard build; the brand’s definition: “Fresco-Style replaces any mayo based sauces, reduced-fat sour cream, nacho cheese sauce, and shredded cheeses with diced tomatoes. It typically results in a reduction in calories and fat.” 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 (30 calories, $0.40 to $0.70), Chipotle Sauce (25 calories, $0.30 to $0.70), Creamy Jalapeño Sauce (25 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, Fiesta Strips at 80 calories, Beans at 60 calories and Slow-Roasted Chicken at 60 calories. The removable components and what each carries: Cheese (25 calories) and Lettuce (no 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.

Meals it comes in

Five meals carry Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos as a fixed part: Discovery Luxe Box at $9.00, Ultimate Luxe Box at $9.00, 3 Doritos Locos Tacos Combo at $10.99, Crispy Chicken Nuggets Deluxe Combo at $10.99 and Variety Taco Party Pack at $25.99. The cheapest of them, Discovery Luxe Box, costs $6.01 more than the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos alone at the medians.

Next to it on the board

Next to it on the board: Soft Taco has 10 calories more and $1.00 less at the median; Crunchy Taco has the same calories and $1.00 less at the median; Crunchy Taco Supreme has 20 calories more and the same median price.

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