Carnitas Quesadilla

What Chipotle says it is

Chipotle’s own quesadilla page says: “We start with a warm flour tortilla, your choice of Adobo Chicken, Steak, Beef Barbacoa, Carnitas, Plant-Based Sofritas, or Fajita Veggies, then layered with Real Monterey Jack Cheese and folded before being pressed until golden and crisp.” “Every Chipotle Quesadilla comes with your choice of three sides.” It is a digital order: “The Quesadilla is a digital-only menu item at Chipotle, meaning you can order it exclusively through the Chipotle app or website for pickup or delivery.”

On the protein, Chipotle’s ingredients page says of pork: “To make our Carnitas, we season the pork with an aromatic spice blend, then braise and shred it by hand. The result? Meat that’s fall-apart-in-your-burrito tender. We love how it tastes (obviously), but our Responsibly Raised pork has a special place in our hearts for another reason, too: it was Chipotle founder Steve Ells’ quest to find better pork in the early days that sparked Chipotle’s journey to be on the constant lookout for the best ingredients across the board. Guess you could say that without pork, we might not have ingredients to write home (or to the internet) about.” The statement for the carnitas names seven ingredients: Bay Leaf, Black Pepper, Juniper Berries, Pork, Salt, High Oleic Sunflower Oil and Thyme.

On 25 September 2026 the Carnitas Quesadilla was listed at 367 of the 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC. That makes it a core item, on 367 of the 368 open menus read. Five of those menus marked it unavailable on the read day: a quesadilla is made on the digital line, and the menu marks it off where that line is off.

Why the listing and the build differ

The 210 calories the ordering menu lists for the Carnitas Quesadilla are the 4 oz of carnitas by itself; every other part of the order is chosen on the line and adds its own record. This site prints that figure as the listing and never as the meal.

Six parts make the classic build, 1,075 calories in all: Carnitas (210 calories), Flour Tortilla (burrito) (320 calories), Monterey Jack Cheese (in a quesadilla, 3 oz) (330 calories), Fresh Tomato Salsa (25 calories), Sour Cream (110 calories) and Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa (80 calories). The other reference builds: light at 905 calories and loaded at 1,540 calories.

Protein runs 54 g across the classic build, 5 g per 100 calories, and sodium 2,530 mg, 110 percent of the 2,300 mg the FDA uses as the daily value. Press any part in the build above and the bars redraw from that part’s own record.

What the price buys

Between $9.75 and $13.40 for pickup depending on the restaurant; $11.10 is the median across 367 menus, read on 25 September 2026. The same menus carry Chipotle’s own delivery price: $14.45 at the median, 30.2 percent above pickup, before the service fees the checkout adds. It sits between the Cheese Only Quesadilla at $10.35 and the Steak Quesadilla at $12.35 among the seven quesadillas on the board. The carnitas premium over chicken is $0.75 at the median on this format.

By state median, Kansas was lowest at $10.47 and New York highest at $12.45. A state median stands on eight restaurants at most, so one dear or cheap restaurant moves it; the national range is the safer figure. Pick a state at the top of the page and every price on this site prints that state’s median.

The priced add-ons on a quesadilla: Guacamole $2.95 at the median ($2.85 to $3.20, 367 restaurants), Queso Blanco $2.95 at the median ($2.85 to $3.20, 367 restaurants) and Cilantro Lime Sauce $1.50 at the median ($1.50 to $1.50, 367 restaurants). So the classic build on this page stands at $11.10 and the loaded build at $14.05, the entree plus $2.95 of add-ons at the national medians.

The figures against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, the listed 4 oz of carnitas is 10 percent of the calories and 20 percent of the sodium daily value. It carries 23 g of protein, 11 g per 100 calories, and 7 g of saturated fat (35 percent of the daily value). Cholesterol, which the calculator does not print, is 65 mg on the printed sheet’s row for the same portion.

The classic build is 54 percent of a 2,000 calorie day and 110 percent of the sodium daily value, which is to say more sodium than a day. Carbohydrate runs 75 g with 7 g of fiber (25 percent of the 28 g daily value); fat 55.5 g, of which 29.5 g saturated.

Allergens and diets on this order

Chipotle’s allergens and special diets chart has a row for Carnitas: it contains none of the four chart allergens (dairy, soy, wheat and gluten, sulphites); the row marks it keto and paleo. The classic build on this page contains wheat and gluten, sulphites and dairy, by the rows for its parts; it is not vegetarian (Carnitas rules it out).

On the tortilla the brand is plain: “If you avoid gluten, don’t eat our flour tortillas. If you are highly sensitive to gluten and would like us to change our gloves, just let us know at the start of your order.” “FOR THOSE WHO AVOID PORK: Our carnitas are made with pork.” Every row on the chart carries the same two cautions: “Individual foods may come into contact with one another during preparation, which is not reflected on this chart.” “Although we do not use eggs, mustard, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, or fish as ingredients in our food, Chipotle cannot guarantee the complete absence of these allergens in its restaurants.”

Where else the protein turns up

The same protein feeds the Family Meal - Carnitas, $58.00 at the median for four to six people, $14.50 a head at four. For a child, the Carnitas Kid’s Build Your Own is $5.70 and Carnitas Kid’s Quesadilla is $5.20 at their medians. The same protein in the other formats: Carnitas Burrito at $10.55, Carnitas Bowl at $10.55, Carnitas Salad at $10.55 and Carnitas Tacos (3) at $10.55.

Guides and comparisons that mention it

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