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Chicken Caesar salad calories per McDonald's salad: 196–361 across all 2 named USDA examples

Across all 2 named USDA examples, a McDonald's salad contains 196–361 calories. Their listed weights span 311–314 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 1 McDonald's salad · 311 g

196calories

Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing

Protein
26.5 g
Carbs
9.3 g
Fat
6 g

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The two direct Caesar records both specify no dressing, which is the most important limitation to notice. Nearby chicken garden-salad records add context for chicken preparation and cheese, but they remain adjacent—not Caesar—matches.

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For Chicken Caesar salad, begin by separating “Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing” from “Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How chicken caesar salad records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing 63 kcal
    63 kcal
  2. Chicken or turkey garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing 64 kcal
    64 kcal
  3. Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing 93 kcal
    93 kcal
  4. Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing 115 kcal
    115 kcal
  5. Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing 123 kcal
    123 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 2 direct matches and 3 explicitly labeled context records. All sit within “Poultry mixed dishes.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

For Chicken Caesar salad, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2706818 through FDC 2706815. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

311–370 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

60 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “tomato”; the higher is “garden salad with cheese.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

4.0 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “caesar garden salad; tomatoes” (6.3 g) and “Chicken or turkey garden, … no dressing · FDC 2706814” (10.3 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every chicken caesar salad.

Important: “Lower” begins with Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing; “higher” ends with Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every chicken caesar salad meal.

Full comparison

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For Chicken Caesar salad, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Chicken Caesar salad nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 196 kcal 63 26.5 g 3.1 g 824 mg FDC 2706818 ↗
Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing Direct name match 314 gUSDA reference amount 361 kcal 115 19.8 g 3.8 g 776 mg FDC 2706819 ↗
Chicken or turkey garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing Context record 344 gUSDA reference amount 220 kcal 64 34.7 g 3.4 g 468 mg FDC 2706810 ↗
Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing Context record 370 gUSDA reference amount 344 kcal 93 38.1 g 3.3 g 651 mg FDC 2706814 ↗
Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing Context record 370 gUSDA reference amount 455 kcal 123 24.1 g 4.8 g 803 mg FDC 2706815 ↗

Context record Context records are intentionally nearby but non-equivalent descriptions. Their presence documents a sparse source category; it does not broaden the meaning of Chicken Caesar salad.

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 311 to 370 grams—a 59-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 196 calories for “tomato” to 455 for “garden salad with cheese.” At a fixed 100 grams, “tomato” is 63 calories and “garden salad with cheese” is 123—a fixed-weight separation of 60 calories. For Chicken Caesar salad, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing”, “breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing”, “chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing”, “chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing”, and “breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes mixed salad greens, raw and tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average; differentiating rows include carrots, mature, raw, celery, raw, cheese, cheddar, and cheese, parmesan, grated. On this Chicken Caesar salad page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Chicken Caesar salad” cannot resolve the differences between Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing and Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Dressing amount

    Both direct FNDDS Caesar records say no dressing, so dressing must be represented separately.

  2. 02

    Chicken preparation

    Unbreaded poultry and breaded fried poultry have distinct direct records.

  3. 03

    Cheese and croutons

    The amounts are not standardized by the dish name and may need component-level attention.

  4. 04

    Salad weight

    Large changes in leafy volume may add less weight than dense toppings and dressing.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that chicken caesar salad is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing”, “breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing”, “chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing”, and “breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the “no dressing” qualifier on the direct records.
  2. Match unbreaded versus breaded fried chicken.
  3. Measure or estimate dressing separately.
  4. Check cheese, croutons, bacon, and other dense toppings.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 5 exact records behind Chicken Caesar salad source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing is higher in total fat per 100 g

Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing reports 7.9 g versus 1.3 g for Chicken or turkey garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing: a 6.6 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing is denser; Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing is higher in its source amount

Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing reports 1 g per 100 g and 3.1 g in USDA source amount (311 g). Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing reports a lower 0.9 g per 100 g but a higher 3.3 g in USDA source amount (370 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Chicken or turkey garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing and Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Preparation wording (No matching controlled term in the source name versus fried) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Chicken Caesar salad source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Chicken or turkey breaded fried

Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing and Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Chicken or turkey garden salad

Chicken or turkey garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing vs Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Preparation wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus fried; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Chicken or turkey garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing vs Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, garden salad with cheese, chicken and/or turkey, cheese, lettuce and/or greens, tomato and/or carrots, other vegetables, no dressing

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Preparation wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus fried; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Poultry mixed dishes

Chicken or turkey caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheese, no dressing and Chicken or turkey, breaded, fried, caesar garden salad, chicken and/or turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, no dressing belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Carrots, mature, raw

USDA input 11124 appears in 3 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 12–28 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Celery, raw

USDA input 11143 appears in 2 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 12–12 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path