Chipotle Sodium Guide

This Chipotle sodium guide ranks every ingredient on the line by milligrams and then shows how they stack, because the individual figures matter less than what happens when four of them land in the same container. A standard chicken bowl reaches 1,610 mg — 70% of the 2,300 mg daily limit — without a single item on it looking especially salty.

Every ingredient ranked by sodium

Ordered highest to lowest. The pattern worth noticing is that the proteins are mid-table: the items above them are condiments, wrappers and the rice.

Sodium per standard serving, highest first. Estimates from published data.
Ingredient	Cal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fiber	Sodium	Sugar	Sat fat
Chips & Guacamole	1,000	11 g	89 g	69 g	17 g	1,130 mg	3 g	10.5 g
Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette	220	1 g	18 g	16 g	1 g	850 mg	12 g	2.5 g
Flour Tortilla (on the side)	320	8 g	50 g	9 g	3 g	600 mg	0 g	3 g
Sofritas	150	8 g	9 g	10 g	3 g	555 mg	5 g	1.5 g
Plant-Based Chorizo	180	16 g	8 g	9 g	5 g	550 mg	1 g	1 g
Fresh Tomato Salsa	25	0 g	4 g	0 g	1 g	550 mg	3 g	0 g
Chicken Al Pastor	180	31 g	2 g	6 g	0 g	540 mg	1 g	2 g
Barbacoa	170	24 g	2 g	7 g	1 g	530 mg	0 g	2.5 g
Tomatillo-Red Chili Salsa	30	0 g	4 g	0 g	1 g	500 mg	2 g	0 g
Carnitas	210	23 g	0 g	12 g	0 g	450 mg	0 g	3.5 g
Carne Asada	150	21 g	1 g	6 g	0 g	440 mg	0 g	2 g
Chips	540	7 g	73 g	25 g	5 g	390 mg	1 g	3.5 g
Guacamole	230	2 g	8 g	22 g	6 g	370 mg	1 g	3.5 g
Cilantro-Lime White Rice	210	4 g	40 g	4 g	1 g	350 mg	0 g	0 g
Steak	150	21 g	1 g	6 g	0 g	330 mg	0 g	2 g
Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa	80	3 g	16 g	1.5 g	3 g	330 mg	4 g	0 g
Chicken	180	32 g	0 g	7 g	0 g	310 mg	0 g	3 g
Queso Blanco	120	6 g	4 g	9 g	0 g	300 mg	1 g	6 g
Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice	40	2 g	5 g	2.5 g	2 g	260 mg	2 g	0 g
Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa	15	0 g	4 g	0 g	0 g	260 mg	2 g	0 g
Black Beans	130	8 g	22 g	1.5 g	7 g	210 mg	1 g	0 g
Pinto Beans	130	8 g	21 g	1.5 g	8 g	210 mg	1 g	0 g
Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice	210	4 g	36 g	6 g	2 g	190 mg	1 g	0.5 g
Cheese	110	6 g	1 g	8 g	0 g	190 mg	0 g	5 g
Fajita Vegetables	20	1 g	5 g	0 g	1 g	150 mg	2 g	0 g
Sour Cream	110	2 g	2 g	9 g	0 g	30 mg	2 g	7 g
Supergreens Mix	10	1 g	2 g	0 g	1 g	15 mg	0 g	0 g
Crispy Corn Tortillas (3)	210	3 g	33 g	6 g	3 g	15 mg	0 g	1 g
Romaine Lettuce	5	0 g	1 g	0 g	1 g	0 mg	0 g	0 g

How a bowl accumulates

Built one scoop at a time, a standard chicken bowl gets to 1,610 mg like this: chicken 310 mg, white rice 350 mg, black beans 210 mg, fresh tomato salsa 550 mg, cheese 190 mg. No single line is alarming. The rice alone contributes more than the meat, and the salsa contributes more than either.

Add a flour tortilla and the same fillings reach 2,210 mg
Add chips and guacamole on the side and the meal totals 2,740 mg — roughly 119% of a day
Take the same bowl with green salsa, brown rice and sour cream instead and it lands at 1,000 mg

Why the numbers run this high

Chipotle cooks in small batches without preservatives, and salt is doing most of the seasoning work in the absence of them. The rice is salted and finished with lime; the salsas are salted to bring raw vegetables forward; the tortilla contains salt as a structural ingredient. None of this is unusual for prepared food, and it is why a meal built entirely from recognisable ingredients still clears two-thirds of a day's sodium.

Ordering to a sodium target

This page is the reference. The low-sodium ordering guide turns it into a swap ladder with worked builds under 1,000 mg.