How many calories are in a chicken shawarma?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 400 to 700 kcal. The chicken changes little from one shawarma to the next; the bread, the fries and the sauces are what move it. Here are four real ones, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Shawarma shop wrap, fries inside
Chicken shawarma wrap from a shawarma shop (large pita + chicken shawarma + garlic sauce + pickles + fries inside the wrap)
Chicken shawarma wrap from a shawarma shop (large pita + chicken shawarma + garlic sauce + pickles + fries inside the wrap)
Plate with rice and hummus
Chicken shawarma plate (chicken shawarma + rice + hummus + salad + garlic sauce)
Chicken shawarma plate (chicken shawarma + rice + hummus + salad + garlic sauce)
Wrap, no fries, no garlic sauce
Chicken shawarma wrap (thin pita + chicken shawarma + lettuce + tomato + a bit of tahini, no fries, no garlic sauce)
Chicken shawarma wrap (thin pita + chicken shawarma + lettuce + tomato + a bit of tahini, no fries, no garlic sauce)
Salad bowl, no rice or pita
Chicken shawarma salad bowl (chicken shawarma + salad + a spoon of hummus + a bit of tahini, no rice, no pita)
Chicken shawarma salad bowl (chicken shawarma + salad + a spoon of hummus + a bit of tahini, no rice, no pita)
What moves the number
In the shop wrap, the pita and the fries inside it each carry more calories than the chicken does.
Where these numbers come from
Each meal above was typed into Kallo once, on November 1, 2026. Kallo split it into ingredients, estimated the grams, and took calories and macros from USDA FoodData Central, Vietnam’s National Institute of Nutrition, and FAO/INFOODS.
More meals
- Cheeseburger400 to 1,300 kcal
- Fried chicken sandwich300 to 1,100 kcal
- Club sandwich200 to 700 kcal
- Hot dog300 to 700 kcal
- Gyro400 to 1,000 kcal
- Falafel wrap600 to 1,000 kcal
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “chicken shawarma wrap, no fries, a little garlic sauce”, and Kallo works out the rest.