4 salads, $7.99 to $8.19 as listed, up to $9.99 recorded, and 510 to 660 calories.
Every one of the four costs more than most burgers on the same menu. Wendy's Fresh-Made Salads prices start at $7.99 for the Parmesan Caesar Salad, with the Cobb Salad, Apple Pecan Salad and Taco Salad each listed at $8.19. Calories run from 510 to 660, all four printed by Wendy's beside the price. The highest figure in the listings checked was $9.99, on every row. Checked 19 August 2026.
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What you need
7 itemsWendy's fresh-made salads prices and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmesan Caesar Salad | $7.99 official | $7.99 – $9.99 | 520 Cal |
| Cobb Salad | $8.19 official | $8.19 – $9.99 | 660 Cal |
| Apple Pecan Salad | $8.19 official | $8.19 – $9.99 | 510 Cal |
| Taco Salad | $8.19 official | $8.19 – $9.99 | 610 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The salad rang up dearer than the burger beside it
- Cause
- Three of the four list at $8.19, above every Wendy's burger except the Big Bacon Classic Triple at $9.09. This section is priced at the top of the menu before any restaurant adds a cent to it.
- Fix
- Compare on calories instead of on shelf position. For a lighter meal the Apple Pecan Salad at 510 is the lightest thing listed; for volume, the burger section is far cheaper per calorie.
The calorie count looks low for a bowl this size
- Cause
- One figure per salad is published, with no breakdown under it. Dressing is normally the heaviest part of a salad, and the ordering page does not say how much of the printed count assumes a whole sachet has gone on.
- Fix
- Take the figure as the company's own summary of the built salad and stop there. Anything more exact needs the nutrition panel, and that panel could not be read.
Every salad shows the same $9.99 at the top of its range
- Cause
- That was the highest figure recorded for each of them across published US price lists in August 2026. Operators tend to price a section rather than an item, so four listings twenty cents apart can arrive at one number in a restaurant.
- Fix
- Expect the widest gap on the Parmesan Caesar, which starts lowest at $7.99 and finishes at the same ceiling as the other three.
There is no fat, sodium or protein on this page
- Cause
- Wendy's draws its nutrition and allergen panels with a script that runs after the page has loaded, and every read of them returned a placeholder. All four salads behave identically.
- Fix
- Open a salad on the Wendy's ordering site in a browser and give the panel a moment to fill in. Nothing here has been borrowed from elsewhere to cover the gap.
A salad line priced above the burgers, and what the calorie figure leaves out
Four salads, and the section hardly moves. Parmesan Caesar Salad lists at $7.99. The other three list at $8.19 apiece: Cobb Salad, Apple Pecan Salad and Taco Salad. Twenty cents covers the lot. The burger section, by comparison, stretches $7.50 from the Jr. Hamburger up to the Big Bacon Classic Triple.
Where those numbers sit matters more than the gap between them. $8.19 clears every burger Wendy's lists except the Big Bacon Classic Triple at $9.09, which puts three of the four salads above sixteen of the seventeen. The Parmesan Caesar clears fifteen. Nothing in Fries & Sides comes near either, since the dearest side on that list is $4.39. On a menu built around beef, salad is the expensive end.
The comparison a reader actually wants is with one specific burger. Baconator lists at $7.69 and 890 calories; Parmesan Caesar Salad lists at $7.99 and 520. Thirty cents more buys 370 fewer calories. As a way of buying food energy that is poor value, roughly 116 calories per dollar against 65. As a way of eating a smaller lunch for about the same money it does exactly what it claims.
Whether a salad is lighter depends entirely on which one. Apple Pecan Salad at 510 is the lightest item here and comes in under Dave's Single at 560. At 660 the Cobb is heavier than nine of the seventeen burgers, Dave's Single and Big Bacon Classic among them. Taco Salad matches Big Bacon Classic exactly, 610 against 610, and costs $1.50 more for the privilege. Lighter is not a property of the section.
One number per salad is all Wendy's gives, and on a salad that is where the difficulty starts. Dressing is usually the largest single contributor to the count, and the ordering page does not show how much of the printed figure it accounts for. The panel underneath, carrying fat, sodium, carbohydrates and protein, is drawn in by a script that runs once the page has arrived, and every read of it returned a loading placeholder. Those figures could not be read. Neither could the allergen list.
All four rows close at $9.99. Four items, three listed prices, one identical ceiling: that is what happens when an operator prices a section at a round number instead of carrying twenty-cent steps to the board, and it means a Parmesan Caesar can sit $2 above its listing while the other three sit $1.80 above theirs. Franchisees run most Wendy's restaurants and price their own menus, so the listings are national figures rather than promises.
Fresh-Made Salads is the only part of this menu where every item passes $7.90, and the only place a full meal stays near 500 calories. Read the calorie column before the price column, because the price gap between a salad and a burger is small and the calorie gap is not.
Fresh-Made Salads at a glance
- Items listed
- 4
- Cheapest recorded
- $7.99
- Dearest recorded
- $9.99
- Typical
- $8.19
Questions people ask
Which Wendy's salad has the fewest calories?
Apple Pecan Salad at 510, then Parmesan Caesar Salad at 520 and Taco Salad at 610. Cobb Salad is heaviest at 660.
Is a Wendy's salad healthier than a burger?
On calories, three of the four come in under a Baconator's 890, and Apple Pecan Salad at 510 is lighter than a Dave's Single. Cobb Salad at 660 is heavier than nine of the seventeen burgers. Fat, sodium and protein could not be read, so calories are the only comparison available.
Do the calorie figures include the dressing?
One figure per salad is all the ordering page gives, with no breakdown. The panel that would answer it could not be read, so how much of the 510 or the 660 is dressing cannot be settled here.
Why is $9.99 the top of the range on all four salads?
That was the highest figure recorded for each of them in August 2026. An identical ceiling over four differently listed items points to a board that rounds the section to one number.
What is the cheapest salad at Wendy's?
Parmesan Caesar Salad at $7.99, twenty cents under the other three, and the second lightest at 520 calories.
Is this page an official Wendy's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is not connected to Wendy's in any way. The $7.99 and $8.19 listings and all four calorie counts came from Wendy's own ordering site on 19 August 2026; the ranges came from published US price lists for the same salads.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Wendy's?
No. Each franchisee prices its own menu, which is part of why every row closes at $9.99 rather than at its listing. Setting a restaurant in the Wendy's app returns that restaurant's figure.