What is the Nutrition Information for Items in the Costco Food Court?

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Costco is a chain of huge warehouse stores that offers bulk pricing to the public. In addition to bulk goods, Costco offers an increasing number services for its customers. Some Costco stores sell gas, have a bakery, and even do photo processing. One of the more common warehouse features is the Costco Food Court. On a recent trip, I looked around for nutrition information, but nothing was available. So I asked one of the clerks and he too was unable to find such a sheet. He looked at one of packages of hot-dogs and proclaimed that "they have a lot of calories and fat". Later, I requested nutrition information from Costco corporate headquarters. Shortly thereafter, I was presented with some rather shocking nutrition information:

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item cal. fat (g) chol. (mg) sod. (mg) fib. (g)
Costco Chicken Caesar Salad 670 40 135 2680 7
Costco Chicken Bake Sandwich 770 25 115 2310 2
Costco California Churro with Cinnamon and Sugar 410 18 0 610 3
Costco Hebrew National Hot Dog (includes bun, ketchup, mustard, onion, relish & kraut) 550 34 70 1630 3
Turkey Wrap 810 38 85 2570 7
Costco Slice of Cheese Pizza (1/6 of a pizza) 700 28 75 1370
Yogurt 390 0 10 280 0
Fruit Smoothie 290 0 0 45 1
Costco Hebrew National Polish Sausage
(includes bun, ketchup, mustard, onion, relish & kraut)
540 32 65 1580 3
Nutritional Guidelines (Daily values listed on U.S. nutrition labels) 2000 65 300 2400 25

We have updated our table with Costco's nutritional data that was revised on 10/30/2007. Nearly all figures in this chart have changed -- some for the healthier, some not.

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You can always order a whole pizza and ask for less cheese and/or pepperoni. this would lower the fat and calorie count. I work there and people do it all the time.

But really the way i see it is that pizza and hot dogs are not healthy foods and any semi-bright person should know this. Nobody is forcing you to buy it. And if you do eat it frequently (multiple times a week) like many members do, don't blame Costco for making you fat.

- anon52040
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in response to another comment: I work in costco's food court. Nobody really cares about giving out the information. it's no secret. we don't hide it. it's all printed on a sheet under the register counter if anyone wants to know. unless the employees lost it. but i can assure you that no employees really care about hiding any information. if we have it, we'd give it to you no problem.

i kind of like telling people how many calories the hand dipped ice cream bar has. it's well over 800 closer to 900. it's funny to see the look on people's faces after you tell them that. nearly half your day's calorie intake right there. stay away from it!

- anon49829
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I pulled apart my chicken salad today and weighed and measured every component. Couldn't separate out all the cheese but got most of it. There was 1/2 oz of parm cheese, 4 oz chicken, 10 grape tomatoes less than 3/4 cup, about 4 cups of lettuce and the dressing. I left off the croutons. I went online and calculated the dressing at the mid range Caesar dressing they had listed at the rate of 2T=4 points. I measured the dressing at 1/2 cup. So 8 tablespoons of caesar dressing at the above rate = 16 points, but as someone said, who could eat that much dressing? At the rate I calculated above the total WW points in the salad would be 20.5. Now if you do what I did and eat everything but all that dressing (I used 2 tablespoons), the points come down to a doable 9 points. Have to be careful the rest of the day, but if you are up in the higher range for daily points you can easily eat the Costco Chicken Caesar Salad and stay on program, just leave the croutons off.
- anon47389
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does anyone have the calories of turkey wrap with out the wrap?
- anon46754
41
Anyone know how much caffeine is in the freezes from Costco?
- anon44487
39
Does anyone know the breakdown of calories by component in the chicken salad? I only use about 1/4 of the dressing they provide, 1/2 the croutons and I pick off most of the cheese. I can't believe anyone could actually eat that much ceasar dressing. I think it would make me sick.
- anon40733
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How can the Turkey Wrap have 38 g of fat on it? There is only one slice of cheese and barely any mayo or you can get it without mayo. Even though the tortilla is huge, it is hard to believe it is worse for you than a Big Mac.
- anon40044
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These are very helpful. I would also like to know what the smoothie is made of. My son is allergic to milk products but wants to try a smoothie. Is it made with milk products?
- anon38958
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I'm about to head out to Costco, Culver City, CA. I'm hungry and sometimes I get the polish dog (reminiscences of Baltimore MD polish dogs in the 50s!). I was happy to find this site listing the nutritional content.

About what I thought. I'll still get one, but one every few months isn't bad! But yes, the numbers aren't good at all, but would it taste so good without all that fat and sodium?? The sad part is, yes, many people eat this type of food as daily fare. No wonder we are in a epidemic of diabetes and overweight, etc. I could easily do w/o the dog, anytime, and if Costco does change their menu for the better, God bless 'em. If enough people holler, I'm sure Mr. Sinegal (owner) will do something about it. I just hope they make a healthier polish dog that tastes nearly as good! Thank you. :)

- anon34866
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I am allergic to MSG, and have been dreadfully sick since I ate the fries from the food court at costco. I only had five or six of them when I suspected the coating might contain some form of msg or seasoning salt. I threw the fries out then but still got a major reaction. If anyone has any information I would be so grateful.

- miche
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Can you tell me how many carbs are in the Fat Free

Chocolate/Vanilla yogurt?

- corey
33
When Costco stopped offering pretzels I ate their salads for awhile (with very little dressing), but recently started eating their "innocent-looking" chicken bakes. I am totally shocked about the amount of fat in them...and the calorie count is about half of what I am supposed to eat per day. This is so sad. No wonder so many of us are overweight in this country. Come on Costco, do the right thing and give us something we can eat without slowly killing ourselves. I'm going to pass the word around to others while they wait in line for their high-calorie food. Something has to change.
- anon31291
32
What is the calorie content on costco's cafe latte?
- anon28336
31
The Kirkland Costco has a baked potato with chicken chili and cheese. What are the nutritional facts on this item?
- anon25582
30
what is the calorie count for the turkey wrap with no cheese?
- anon25409
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Ok, I had to post a response to this post. I work at a Costco food court and am very familiar with all the nutritional contents of the items we sell. Yes, if you look at the calories and fat content it is pretty high *however*....a reasonably intelligent person would also look at the size of the items and realize that it is a lot bigger than one serving. For example, the turkey wrap -- did you notice that the weight of one turkey wrap is about a pound? and one slice of pizza is 1/6 of an 18" pizza! So come on, lets not blame the company that makes the food, use a little self control and only eat a normal person sized portion!
- curroqueen
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I work at a Costco Food Court and we switched the dressing in the Caesar salad to a low fat variety several months back... or at least that was planned at some point. The dressing does look a lot different since then, but I haven't seen any updated nutritional information since then. So I'm pretty sure it has changed, but haven't seen any documents to prove that. The supervisor or manager at your Costco should be able to get you a copy of the information on all their items. We keep one by one of our registers at all times and have no problems with showing it to anyone that asks.
- anon21810
27
does anyone know what the calories, fat and fibre content is of costco ice cream or yogurt ( not sure what it is). need to convert it to weight watchers points
- trabenda
26
Costco All-Beef hot dogs are the best!
- anon18796
25
What is the calories on their turkey wrap without the mayo? I always ask for no mayonnaise.
- anon17839
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anon16925 - The fat content of a Costco Pastrami Sandwich, according to their nutrition facts, is 9g total fat, 2.5g saturated fat, and 0g trans fat.
- pocurana
23
Wow. Shocking to me that the innocent-looking turkey wrap is 19 WW points!!!!
- anon16961
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What is the fat content on the pastrami sandwich?
- anon16925
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From Leslie81:

I think the reason why the Pizza Hut calorie count per slice is so much less than Costco pizza is because they are only counting 1/12 of a pizza that is smaller than a Costco pizza. The calorie count for a Costco pizza is based on a serving (2 slices) not per slice. A serving is 1/6 of a whole pizza. Also, I posted previously that a serving of Costco combo pizza has 680 calories.

- anon16548
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anon15619, the Costco slices are MUCH larger than a large slice at pizza hut. Costco also loads their pizzas up on cheese. It's right.
- anon16495
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Hmmm. I'm interested in the pizza numbers. Above it says a slice has 700 calories, and that's just a cheese pizza. I went to the Pizza Hut website and looked at their numbers. Their largest "meat lovers" pizza has 370 calories per slice. So either PH is inaccurate or misleading, or something else is. Maybe the Costco pizza is a lot thicker, and would equal two slices of the PH pizza? I'd love to see the numbers for the other Costco pizzas, especially the one with pepperoni and sausage, gotta be around 1000 calories a slice, no? Not exactly health food. But damn, it sure is good!!!!
- anon15619
Editor's reply: i would bet that Costco pizza has a higher number of calories because of the size of the slice. it is at least the size of two smaller sizes. i'm sure that pizza hut will calculate on the smallest serving it can! and remember, everything is bigger at costco...even their pizza servings!
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Anon14975 - The nutrition facts sheet they give out only shows the nutrition data for the salad *with* dressing. If you work for them, you should be able to ask them for the data directly.
- pocurana
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I work at a Costco and eat the salad almost every day for lunch, but I intentionally leave the dressing aside, knowing that it accounts for easily 25 of that 40 grams of fat, at least. It has a small amount of parm cheese, but I don't imagine that accounting for all too much fat.

My question is if you have the nutritional information for the salad WITHOUT the dressing?

- anon14975
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Hi, I am interested in the information for the "Turkey wrap" at the Costco Food Court. Does anyone have that information? I wouldn't think that it is that bad, but after seeing these numbers, I am almost afraid to find out... -Bill
- anon13689
Editor's reply: a fellow reader posted the information they found on the turkey wrap...look at the posting by catgore.
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The high fat content of the chicken ceasar salad is very likely due to the dressing. I'm glad they keep it separate on the side because I usually only put on 1/3 of the amount they give you.
- anon13512
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I have the Turkey Wrap! Costco just sent me an updated listing of all of their items, dated 10/30/2007.

Turkey Wrap: Service Size: 14.4oz

Calories: 810

Cals from Fat: 340

Total Fat: 38g (58%)

- Sat. Fat: 16g (82% (good lord))

- Poly Unsat. Fat: 5g

- Mono Unsat. Fat: 17g

- Trans Fat: 0.5g

Cholesterol: 85mg (29%)

Sodium: 2570mg (107% - ouch)

Carbs: 65g (22%)

Fiber: 7g (30%)

Sugars: 4g

Protein: 56g (nice)

Vit A: 60%

Vit C: 15%

Calcium: 50%

Iron: 40%

Thiamin: 40%

Riboflavin: 40%

Niacin: 50%

Folate: 35%

- catgore
Editor's reply: thanks for the update!
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Do you know where to find the nutritional values of Costco's Rotisserie Chicken? I've searched & searched and can't seem to find it. Thank you for your help!
- healthyeater
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Hi, I appreciate the attempt at giving the nutrition facts, but a lot of them are incorrect. I called Costco and requested a copy of the official nutritional data. They very reluctantly gave it out, by the way. But if you are a Costco member you can call them up and they will send it to you by mail or fax. Unfortunately I can't scan and post the facts. Here are answers to already posted questions:

*FIBER content, in grams per serving of each item:

-combo pizza 4

-cheese pizza 3

-pepperoni pizza 3

-hot dog (both brands) 2

-sinai polish sausage 2

-hebrew nat. polish sausage 3

-chicken caesar salad 7

-chicken bake 2

-italian sausage sandwich 3

-fruit smoothie 1

-strawberry banana or tropical smoothie 2

-hot latte 0

-hot mocha or mocha freeze <1

-latte freeze 0

-churro 3

-ice cream bar 5

-berry sundae 1

-yogurt 0

-pastrami sandwich 4

-french fries 7

*The cheese pizza has 700 calories, not 804. (Combo is 680, pepperoni 620)

*The berry smoothie has 290 calories (not 200) and IS fat free. The serving size is 16oz.

*I don't have the info for the turkey wrap. The info they sent me was updated 5/14/07.

Leslie

- Leslie81
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Thanks for the information!
- anon10931
8
Please lower the fat content in your pizza, bring back the pretzel and offer salad without chicken for us vegetarians.... after checking this site, i'm going to make sure that i eat first, then shop. Thanks.
- anon9835
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Costco recently came out with a turkey wrap at their food court, when will you have the nutritional information for it? Thanks.
- anon8972
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I pulled up this site to find CALORIES - FAT & FIBER in order to convert them to Weight Watcher's points. These three pieces of info are imperative. When will this info be available? Thank you!
- anon6802
Editor's reply: dear readers, we are glad to be of service...i will be researching fiber content and will be updating the nutrition information for the costco food court to show the fiber content asap!
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Where is the nutritional info on the berry smoothie? It was the reason I came on here. Is it fat free like I was told by someone and how many calories does it have?
- anon6642
Editor's reply: I think they released the nutritional information on the smoothie after this article was published...it's definitely my kids' favorite treat at Costco! For a 15 ounce (456 g) serving (one smoothie), it has 200 calories, carbs: 49 g(dietary fiber 4 g; sugars, 37 g), and 25% DV of vitamin C; 2% calcium; 2% iron. Happy slurping!
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Wow, I am so sad, I LOVE Costco Pizza and was considering running over there to have a piece in celebration of losing 13 lbs since going on a diet for my newly diagnosed type 11 Diabetes! After looking online for a low calorie Pizza, I thought I'd check out one of my favorites. Alas, it's too bad to eat even in celebration, I just can't make myself do that, not after having to face a huge health issue like Diabetes for the first time in my life. I'm so glad I have seen this loss in weight and as much as I want to "go out and celebrate" a little, I can't do that, I'll keep looking for a better (healthier)slice of pizza. :( Bye Costco Pizza, I'll miss you!!
- anon4186
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I, along with hundreds of other Weight Watchers need the fiber information on your food court nutritional information in order for us to calculate the points...which are based on calories, fat, fiber...I see someone else asked but I don't see the answer...I'm grateful for your help...thank you...
- anon3149
Editor's reply: I'll revisit the information that they provided to us in response to this, and see if they gave us the fiber content! I'll do my best!
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Do you have the fiber content of the Costco food court foods? That is the only component missing for me to be able to calculate the "points" for weight watchers. I think that would be a great asset to your site for ALL of your postings.
- anon2360

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