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Independent guide · Reviewed November 11, 2026

Jack in the Box Salads: Calories, Prices & Allergens (2026)

Jack in the Box lists 5 salads: the Garden and Southwest Salads with grilled or crispy chicken, and a Side Salad. The brand’s calorie figures, from 210 for the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken to 500 for the Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, leave out the dressing and crunchy topping. With them, the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken comes to about 520. Build yours below, then compare the numbers, the allergens and what other sites print.

Build your saladCompare all 5 salads

  • 50–500

    calories for the salad alone, before dressing and toppings

  • 5 salads

    plus 3 dressings and 2 crunchy toppings, all from the brand's 2026 PDFs

  • Price varies

    the brand publishes no national salad prices, so we show none as ours

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Quick answers

Jack in the Box salads at a glance

These come from the brand’s 2026 nutrition PDF (effective November 2026) and cover the salad alone. Dressing and croutons are listed separately, so use the salad builder for a full total, or read why other sites show different calories.

  • Lowest-calorie salad?

    210calories

    Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken, before dressing and toppings. The Side Salad is 50 but is a side

  • Most protein?

    32 gprotein

    Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, with 500 calories

  • What does dressing add?

    150–250calories

    Buttermilk Ranch Dressing is 250, which is more than the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken itself (210)

  • A built Garden Salad?

    520calories

    The Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and Wheat Caesar Croutons, our sum of the brand's rows. The brand's figure for the salad alone is 210

  • Crispy instead of grilled?

    +200–210calories

    Crispy chicken strips add 200 on the Garden Salad and 210 on the Southwest Salad, and 530–540 mg more sodium

  • Highest sodium?

    1,340 mgsodium

    Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, 58% of the Daily Value before any dressing

  • Price?

    Variesby location

    The brand publishes no national salad prices. 5 other sites report $7.69 to $11.99 for an entree salad, and they disagree with each other

  • Allergens?

    milk and wheat

    For the salads alone. Wheat is listed for Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips and Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips. Dressings and croutons add egg and wheat

Salad builder

Build your Jack in the Box salad and see the real total

Pick a salad, a dressing and a crunchy topping. The brand’s salad numbers leave the dressing and topping out, so this adds them for you, with the allergens they bring. It starts with the dressing and topping each salad is described with. The link in your address bar remembers your build, so you can share it.

1Pick a salad
2Dressing
3Crunchy topping

As the salad is described

Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing + Wheat Caesar Croutons

Total, our sum of the brand’s rows

520cal

The brand’s figure for the salad alone is 210. The dressing and topping add 310.

26% of a 2,000-calorie day · 58% of the sodium Daily Value

Allergens in this build

  • Contains Milk
  • Contains Egg
  • Contains Wheat
  • May contain Tree Nuts

The brand’s row for the salad alone does not list egg or wheat. The dressing or topping you chose does.

Listed in the brand’s documents, not tested by us. Equipment may be shared, so ask the restaurant if you have an allergy. Full allergen chart

Nutrition of the chosen salad, dressing and topping, and the total, from the brand’s 2026 nutrition PDF
Per servingSaladDressingToppingTotal
Calories21025060520
Total fat8 g26 g2 g36 g
Saturated fat4.5 g4.5 g0 g9 g
Cholesterol70 mg20 mg0 mg90 mg
Sodium800 mg380 mg160 mg1340 mg
Carbohydrate9 g4 g9 g22 g
Fiber3 g0 g1 g4 g
Sugars2 g1 g1 g4 g
Protein25 g1 g2 g28 g

Each part is one serving as printed in the brand’s PDF (Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken 255 g, Buttermilk Ranch Dressing 50 g, Wheat Caesar Croutons 14 g). We add them up; the brand does not publish a total for a built salad. The dressing and topping in “as described” come from the salad’s description on an independent site, so confirm what your restaurant puts on.

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Every Jack in the Box salad side by side

The first columns are the brand’s numbers for the salad alone, from its PDF effective November 2026. The last two are our own sum with the dressing and topping each salad is described with. Updated November 11, 2026.

Nutrition for each Jack in the Box salad alone, and the total with its described dressing and topping
SaladCaloriesProtein (g)Fat (g)Sat fat (g)Carbs (g)Sodium (mg)Sodium %DVAs described: caloriesAs described: sodium (mg)
Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken255 g2102584.5980035%5201,340
Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips248 g41028215281,33058%7201,870
Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken334 g2903094.52580035%5501,575
Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips355 g50032225441,34058%7602,115
Side Salad79 g5033.523904%300470
  • Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken: 210 alone, 520 with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and Wheat Caesar Croutons (26% of a 2,000-calorie day).
  • Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips: 410 alone, 720 with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and Wheat Caesar Croutons (36% of a 2,000-calorie day).
  • Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken: 290 alone, 550 with Creamy Southwest Dressing and Tri-Colored Tortilla Strips (28% of a 2,000-calorie day).
  • Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips: 500 alone, 760 with Creamy Southwest Dressing and Tri-Colored Tortilla Strips (38% of a 2,000-calorie day).
  • Side Salad: 50 alone, 300 with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (15% of a 2,000-calorie day).

“As described” adds one serving of each add-on, as the brand prints it. The pairings come from an independent site’s salad descriptions, not the brand’s PDFs, so confirm what your restaurant puts on.

Dressings and toppings

Jack in the Box salad dressing and crouton calories

The brand lists the 3 dressings and 2 crunchy toppings as their own items, because the salad numbers leave them out. Each row is one serving as the brand prints it. Dressing adds the most: the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing has 250 calories, more than the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken.

Nutrition and allergens for each Jack in the Box salad dressing and crunchy topping
Add-onCaloriesFat (g)Carbs (g)Sodium (mg)Serving (g)Allergens listed
Buttermilk Ranch Dressingdressing25026438050Milk, Egg
Creamy Southwest Dressingdressing19019374050Milk, Egg
Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressingdressing15015425043None listed
Wheat Caesar Croutonstopping602916014Milk, Wheat (may contain tree nuts)
Tri-Colored Tortilla Stripstopping704.583514None listed

Switching from the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (250) to the Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (150) saves 100 calories. Croutons add 60 and tortilla strips 70. Your restaurant’s portions can differ from these servings.

Price

How much do Jack in the Box salads cost?

Price varies by location. The brand does not publish national menu prices and we do not have a price we trust for any salad, so we show none as ours. To show how far the numbers spread, here is what 5 other sites printed, as we read them on November 11, 2026.

These are other sites’ prices, not the brand’s and not our estimate. They disagree with each other by up to $4.00 for the same salad, and your restaurant sets its own price.

Prices other sites print for each Jack in the Box salad. Not brand prices and not our estimates.
SaladOur priceLowest to highest reportedBy site
Garden Salad with Grilled ChickenPrice varies by location$7.69–$10.99
  • $7.99 · MenuQuill
  • $7.69 · Jack in the Box Menu Guide (jackintheboxmenues.com)
  • $7.99–$10.99 · JITB Menu (jitbmenu.com)
  • $9.29 · JackInBoxUSA
  • $9.69 · Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com)
Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken StripsPrice varies by location$7.69–$10.99
  • $7.99 · MenuQuill
  • $7.69 · Jack in the Box Menu Guide (jackintheboxmenues.com)
  • $7.99–$10.99 · JITB Menu (jitbmenu.com)
  • $9.29 · JackInBoxUSA
  • $9.69 · Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com)
Southwest Salad with Grilled ChickenPrice varies by location$7.99–$11.99
  • $7.99 · MenuQuill
  • $8.99–$11.99 · JITB Menu (jitbmenu.com)
  • $9.49 · JackInBoxUSA
  • $9.69 · Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com)
Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken StripsPrice varies by location$7.99–$11.99
  • $7.99 · MenuQuill
  • $8.99–$11.99 · JITB Menu (jitbmenu.com)
  • $9.49 · JackInBoxUSA
  • $9.69 · Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com)
Side SaladPrice varies by location$2.89–$4.99
  • $3.39 · MenuQuill
  • $2.89 · Jack in the Box Menu Guide (jackintheboxmenues.com)
  • $2.99–$4.99 · JITB Menu (jitbmenu.com)
  • $3.49 · JackInBoxUSA
  • $3.99 · Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com)

How to check your price

Open the Jack app or your restaurant’s page, which we link from the Jack in the Box near me guide. Prices differ by state, city and franchise.

Combos are not covered

Some sites also list salad combos with fries and a drink. The brand’s PDF has no nutrition for combos, so we cover the 5 salads and 5 add-ons. To add a side or drink to your salad, use the nutrition calculator.

Why numbers differ

Why other sites show different Jack in the Box salad calories

We counted 19 calorie figures for these salads on 4 other sites. Only 2 match the brand’s PDF (effective November 2026) exactly. 3 of the 12 ranges contain it, and 5 of the 7 single figures differ. We use the brand’s PDF and show the others so you can see the gap.

The brand’s calories for each salad beside the figures printed by other sites
SaladBrand PDFWhat other sites print
Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken210 Brand
Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips410 Brand
Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken290 Brand
Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips500 Brand
Side Salad50 Brand

What we can and cannot say about the gap

  • The brand’s PDF says its salad values exclude dressing and crunchy toppings, so a figure that includes them will be higher.
  • A range may mix different chicken, dressing or toppings, and a single figure that differs may come from an older menu. Those sites do not say, so we cannot tell.
  • None of these sites is the brand. We show them as reports and use the brand’s PDF for the salad itself.

The lineup has changed

An older brand brochure (a PDF created February 2013 (opens in a new tab), going by the file’s own metadata) listed Grilled Chicken Salad, Chicken Club Salad with Grilled Chicken Strips and Chicken Club Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips and more, with different numbers. None of those names is in today’s PDF. A few add-ons are close, but the names differ, so they may not be the same product:

  • Low-Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette: 25 calories (43 g) then; Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing: 150 calories (43 g) now.
  • Gourmet Seasoned Croutons: 50 calories (14 g) then; Wheat Caesar Croutons: 60 calories (14 g) now.
  • Creamy Southwest Dressing: 190 calories (50 g) then; Creamy Southwest Dressing: 190 calories (50 g) now.

The brochure’s own footnote says its salad numbers also leave out dressing and crunchy toppings.

Allergens

Jack in the Box salad allergens: the salad is only part of the bowl

“Contains” below is the union of the brand’s nutrition PDF and allergen guide, and the brand says it applies to the salad only, not the dressing or crunchy topping. Those carry their own allergens, so the bowl you eat can contain more than the salad row says.

Allergens the brand lists for each salad alone and for the salad with its described dressing and topping
SaladBrand lists, salad aloneWith its described dressing and topping
Garden Salad with Grilled ChickenMilkMilk, Egg, Wheat+ egg, wheatMay contain tree nuts (croutons)
Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken StripsMilk, WheatMilk, Wheat, Egg+ eggMay contain tree nuts (croutons)
Southwest Salad with Grilled ChickenMilkMilk, Egg+ egg
Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken StripsMilk, WheatMilk, Wheat, Egg+ egg
Side SaladMilkMilk, Egg+ egg

What the add-ons change

For Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken, Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken, Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips and Side Salad, the brand’s salad row leaves out egg and wheat, which the dressing or topping adds. If you avoid egg and wheat, ask for no dressing or topping, or check the add-on rows above.

The soy question

The brand's allergen documents list no soy for any salad item. Its ingredient statements do list soybean oil in Chicken, Grilled Julienne Strips, Chicken, Crispy Strips, Buttermilk House Dressing, Creamy Southwest Dressing, Hidden Valley® Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing and Wheat Caesar Croutons.

For packaged food, the FDA does not count highly refined oil as a major allergen (see the FDA’s allergen labeling page (opens in a new tab)), which could explain why soy is not declared. The brand does not say that is the reason, and we cannot tell how refined its oil is. Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com) lists soy on its pages for Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken (opens in a new tab), Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips (opens in a new tab), Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken (opens in a new tab) and Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips (opens in a new tab). The brand also says its restaurants prepare products that contain soy and may share equipment. If you avoid soy, ask your restaurant.

Sources disagree

Gluten and cross-contact

The brand publishes no gluten-free labels. Wheat is listed for the crispy chicken salads and the Wheat Caesar Croutons. The croutons are also packaged in a facility that handles tree nuts, and kitchens share equipment, so cross-contact is possible for every salad. See the full allergen chart.

Ingredients

What is in a Jack in the Box salad?

The brand’s ingredient PDF lists the parts (chicken strips, dressings, cheese, croutons) but not the salads, so which parts go in which salad comes from the salad descriptions on an independent site. We show both and label them.

The brand’s ingredient statements for the parts

BrandButtermilk House DressingPage 3 of the brand’s ingredient statements · Contains milk, egg

Soybean Oil, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Maltodextrin, Dried Buttermilk, Egg Yolks, Contains 2% Or Less: Salt, Sugar, Torula Yeast, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Fumaric Acid, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Sour Cream Powder (Sour Cream [Cream, Nonfat Milk, Cultures], Cultured Nonfat Milk, Citric Acid, Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate [Preservatives]), Xanthan Gum, Dried Parsley, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Propylene Glycol Alginate, Natural Flavors, BHT And Calcium Disodium EDTA (Protect Flavor). Contains Milk, Egg

BrandCreamy Southwest DressingPage 9 of the brand’s ingredient statements · Contains milk, egg

Soybean Oil, Water, Buttermilk (Cultured Pasteurized Skim Milk And Milk, Sodium Citrate And Salt), Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Egg Yolks, Maltodextrin, Contains Less Than 2% of Garlic*, Buttermilk, Lactic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Onion*, Spices, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (As Preservatives), Artificial Color, Sugar, Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate, Polysorbate 60, Green Jalapeno Pepper*, Natural Flavors, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Green Onion*, Oleoresin Paprika (Color), Calcium Disodium EDTA To Protect Flavor. *Dehydrated. Contains Milk, Egg

BrandHidden Valley® Balsamic Vinaigrette DressingPage 12 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Soybean Oil, Water, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar, Red Wine Vinegar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Dijon Mustard (Distilled Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, White Wine, Citric Acid, Turmeric, Spices, Tartaric Acid), Contains Less Than 2% Of Garlic Juice, Salt, Spice, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (As Preservatives), Shallots*, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Calcium Disodium EDTA Added to Protect Flavor. *Dehydrated

BrandWheat Caesar CroutonsPage 19 of the brand’s ingredient statements · Contains milk, wheat

Bread (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Whole Wheat Flour, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Honey, Wheat Gluten, Caramel Color, Enzymes), Canola And/Or Sunflower Oil (With Rosemary Extract And Ascorbic Acid [To Preserve Freshness]), Seasoning (Garlic Powder, Whey, Salt, Buttermilk Powder, Romano And Blue Cheese Powder [Romano And Blue Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Cheese Cultures), Buttermilk, Soybean Oil, Whey, Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Sodium Caseinate, Citric Acid, Salt, Lactic Acid, Enzymes], Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Spices (Including Mustard), Natural Flavors, Dehydrated Parsley, Extractives Of Annatto And Turmeric [Color]). Contains Wheat, Milk. Packaged In a Facility That Also Packages Tree Nuts

Packaged In a Facility That Also Packages Tree Nuts

BrandTri-Colored Tortilla StripsPage 19 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Corn Masa Flour, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Safflower And/Or Canola), Salt, Red 40, Blue 1, Blue 2

BrandChicken, Grilled Julienne StripsPage 5 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Chicken Breast Filets With Rib Meat, Water, Vinegar, Seasoning (Food Starch (Unmodified), Chicken Broth Powder), Sea Salt, Seasoning (Dehydrated Garlic, Onion Powder, Spice, Dehydrated Parsley, Less Than 2% Soybean Oil Added As Processing Aid), Sodium Phosphates, Chicken Flavor (Chicken Broth, Flavor, Salt), Natural Flavor

BrandTomatoes, GrapePage 19 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Tomatoes

BrandCarrots, MatchsticksPage 3 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Carrots

BrandCheese, Cheddar, ShreddedPage 4 of the brand’s ingredient statements · Contains milk

Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color, Potato Starch and Powdered Cellulose (to prevent caking), Natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor). Contains Milk

BrandChicken, Crispy StripsPage 5 of the brand’s ingredient statements · Contains milk, wheat · 3 versions printed, first shown

Chicken Breast Meat, Water, Seasoning (Salt, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Yeast Extract, Buttermilk Solids, Natural Flavors, Soybean Oil (As A Processing Aid), Not More Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added (To Prevent Caking), Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Rice Flour, Salt, Spice, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Dextrose, Modified Cellulose Gum, Extractives Of Paprika. Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Rice Flour, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Modified Cellulose Gum, Extractives Of Paprika. Predusted With: Wheat Flour Corn Starch, Rice Flour, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Extractives Of Paprika. Breading Set In Soybean Oil. Cooked In Canola Blend Frying Oil. Contains Wheat, Milk

BrandCorn, RoastedPage 8 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Corn, Extra Virgin Olive Oil

BrandBlack BeansPage 1 of the brand’s ingredient statements · No major allergens declared

Prepared Black Beans, Water, Salt, Granulated Onion, Calcium Chloride (Firming Agent)

From the brand’s Ingredient & Allergen Statements 2026 (opens in a new tab) (2026-02-12 (from filename)). Which version of a part a restaurant uses can differ.

Order smarter

How to order a lighter Jack in the Box salad

Salads are not automatically the light choice here. Built the way they are described, the Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips comes to about 760 calories and 2,115 mg of sodium (92% of the Daily Value). The Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken with the Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing and no topping is 360, against 520 as described.

  • Choose grilled chicken

    Grilled instead of crispy saves 200 calories on the Garden Salad and 210 on the Southwest Salad, and 530–540 mg of sodium.

  • Pick the lighter dressing

    The Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing is 150 calories against 250 for the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing, a difference of 100.

  • Skip or share the crunch

    The Wheat Caesar Croutons add 60 calories and the Tri-Colored Tortilla Strips 70.

  • Watch the dressing on the Side Salad

    The Side Salad is 50 calories before dressing. With the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing it is about 300 (our sum), so the dressing is most of it.

Try your own combination in the salad builder, or add a side and a drink in the nutrition calculator. Totals are our sums of the brand’s rows and can differ from your restaurant’s portions.

FAQ

Jack in the Box salad questions

How many calories are in the Jack in the Box salads?

The brand's 2026 nutrition PDF (effective November 2026) lists Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken at 210, Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips at 410, Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken at 290, Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips at 500, and Side Salad at 50 calories. Those figures leave out the dressing and the crunchy topping, so a salad served the way it is described has more.

Do the salad calories include dressing, croutons and tortilla strips?

No. The brand's PDF says its salad values exclude dressing and crunchy toppings, and it lists those as separate items: Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (250 calories), Creamy Southwest Dressing (190 calories), Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (150 calories), Wheat Caesar Croutons (60 calories), and Tri-Colored Tortilla Strips (70 calories). With the dressing and topping it is described with, the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken goes from 210 to 520 calories and the Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken from 290 to 550. Those totals are our own sums of one serving of each add-on, so yours can differ.

What is the lowest-calorie salad at Jack in the Box?

Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken has the fewest calories of the entree salads at 210. The Side Salad is lighter at 50, but it is a side. The most protein is in the Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips at 32 g. Choosing the Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (150 calories) over the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (250) saves 100 calories.

How many calories does crispy chicken add to a salad?

Crispy chicken strips instead of grilled add 200 calories to the Garden Salad (210 to 410) and 210 to the Southwest Salad (290 to 500). Sodium goes up by 530 to 540 mg, and fat from 8 g to 21 g on the Garden Salad.

How much do the salads cost at Jack in the Box?

Price varies by location, and the brand does not publish national menu prices, so we do not show one as ours. For a sense of the spread, 5 other sites we read on November 11, 2026 print $7.69 to $11.99 for an entree salad and $2.89 to $4.99 for the Side Salad. They disagree with each other and none is the brand, so check the Jack app or your restaurant for the real price.

Why do other sites show different salad calories?

4 other sites print 19 calorie figures for these salads, and only 2 match the brand's number exactly. For the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken, they show figures from 250 to 510 against the brand's 210. Many print a range, which may mix in dressing or other choices. The brand also had a different salad lineup in an older brochure (a PDF created in 2013), with different numbers. We use the brand's current PDF.

What allergens are in Jack in the Box salads?

The brand's PDF and allergen guide list milk for every salad and wheat for Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips and Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, but only for the salad itself. With the dressing and topping it is described with, the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken also contains egg and wheat (from the Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and Wheat Caesar Croutons), and the Side Salad contains milk and egg. The Wheat Caesar Croutons may contain tree nuts. The brand says equipment may be shared, so ask your restaurant if you have an allergy.

Do Jack in the Box salads contain soy?

The brand's allergen documents do not list soy for any salad item. Its ingredient statements do list soybean oil in the chicken strips, dressings and croutons. In US packaged-food labelling, highly refined soybean oil is not counted as a major allergen, which may be why soy is not declared, but the brand does not say that is the reason and we cannot tell how refined its oil is. Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com) lists soy for Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken, Garden Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken, and Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips, which the brand does not. The brand also says its restaurants prepare products that contain soy and may share equipment, so if you avoid soy, ask your restaurant.

Does Jack in the Box say its salads are gluten-free?

No. The brand does not publish gluten-free labels, so we can't say any salad is gluten-free. Its documents list wheat for the crispy chicken salads and the Wheat Caesar Croutons, and milk only for the grilled chicken salads on their own. The Garden Salad is described with croutons, so as described it includes wheat. Restaurants also share equipment, so we can't call any of them gluten-free. If you need a gluten-free meal, ask your restaurant.

What comes on the Garden Salad and the Southwest Salad?

The brand's PDFs do not describe the salads. Jack in the Box Menu (jackinthebox-menu.com) describes the Garden Salad as mixed greens with chicken strips, grape tomatoes, shredded carrots, shredded cheddar, croutons and Jack's Famous Buttermilk Ranch dressing. The Southwest Salad swaps in roasted corn, black beans, tortilla strips and Southwest dressing, and the Side Salad is lettuce, grape tomatoes and carrots with ranch. We could not confirm this against the brand's own menu, so check the Jack app.

Is there a low-carb or high-protein salad at Jack in the Box?

The Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken has 9 g of carbohydrate and 25 g of protein before dressing. The Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips has the most protein at 32 g, with 44 g of carbohydrate. Adding the Hidden Valley Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing to the Garden Salad with Grilled Chicken brings it to 360 calories and about 13 g of carbohydrate (our sum). The brand does not publish a keto or low-carb label.

Does Jack in the Box still have a Chicken Club Salad?

The brand's current PDF lists 5 salads: the Garden and Southwest Salads with grilled or crispy chicken, and the Side Salad. An older brochure (a PDF created in 2013) listed a Chicken Club Salad and Southwest Chicken Salads, which the current PDF does not, so the lineup has changed. Restaurants set their own availability.

How we built this

Sources and method

Reviewed November 11, 2026. Nutrition, allergens and ingredient statements come from the brand’s own PDFs, which we read and checked against each other. Anything not in those PDFs is labelled with who said it. Numbers are computed from our data files.

Brand documents used for every salad number

Older brand document

Other websites we read

They are quoted as reports and never replace a brand document.

FDA reference pages

Method and limits

  • The brand says its salad values exclude dressing and crunchy toppings. We show those values as printed.
  • “As described” and the builder add one printed serving of each add-on to the salad. They are our sums, not brand figures. The dressing and topping each salad is described with come from an independent site’s salad descriptions, not from the brand’s PDFs.
  • Allergens are the union of the brand’s nutrition PDF and Allergens Reference Guide, the cautious reading. Where another site says something different, we show it as a flag and do not treat it as fact.
  • No salad has a price from the brand or from us. Prices from other sites are shown as a spread and are never presented as our estimate.
  • “% of a day” divides calories by 2,000, the reference figure on US nutrition labels, not a recommendation for you. Sodium percentages use the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg.
  • The pictures are original illustrations drawn for this site, not photographs of the product, and use no brand logo.

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