How to Use This Calculator
Select your greens, grains, protein, dips, toppings, and dressing. The calculator updates in real time as you build your Cava bowl. All nutrition data is sourced from Cava's official 2026 nutrition guide.
Cava Protein Comparison
| Protein | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grilled Chicken | 250 | 33g | 11g | 2g |
| Harissa Honey Chicken | 260 | 30g | 12g | 6g |
| Braised Lamb | 280 | 19g | 23g | 1g |
| Grilled Meatballs | 190 | 20g | 13g | 0g |
| Falafel | 270 | 9g | 12g | 31g |
| Roasted Vegetables | 70 | 2g | 4g | 10g |
Cava Bowl Nutrition Tips
High Protein — Low Calorie
Choose supergreens as your base, grilled chicken as your protein, tzatziki and hummus as dips, cucumber, tomatoes, and red onion as toppings, and lemon herb tahini as your dressing. This builds a nutrient-dense bowl around 550 calories with 40 or more grams of protein.
Vegan High Protein
Use brown rice base, falafel as protein, hummus and roasted eggplant as dips, all vegetable toppings, and Greek vinaigrette. Cava's falafel and hummus combination provides solid plant-based protein with Mediterranean flavors.
Frequently Asked Questions
A typical Cava bowl ranges from approximately 500 to 900 calories depending on your ingredients. A grilled chicken bowl with supergreens, brown rice, hummus, and vegetables is around 600 calories. Adding high-calorie dressings or extra dips increases this significantly.
Grilled chicken is the highest protein option at Cava with 33 grams of protein per serving. Harissa Honey Chicken follows closely with 30 grams. Combining chicken with lentils as a grain base adds an additional 18 grams of protein for a very high-protein meal.
Yes, Cava is one of the healthier fast-casual options available. Mediterranean ingredients like olive oil, hummus, tzatziki, fresh vegetables, and lean proteins provide excellent nutritional value. The main calorie traps are high-calorie dressings and large portions of grain bases.
Yes. Skip the grain base and use supergreens only. Choose grilled chicken or braised lamb, add tzatziki and hummus, load up on vegetable toppings, and use lemon herb tahini dressing. This keeps total carbs under 20 grams for a keto-friendly Mediterranean bowl.
This calculator uses data from Cava's official 2026 nutrition guide. Values are based on standard serving sizes per ingredient. Note that Cava's portions can vary slightly by location and team member, and the FDA allows a 20 percent variance on restaurant nutrition data.
A supergreens base with roasted vegetables, tzatziki, cucumber, tomatoes, and lemon herb tahini dressing is one of the lowest calorie combinations at approximately 300 to 350 calories. Adding grilled chicken brings it to around 550 calories with high protein.