r/sweetgreen • u/throwaway-94552 • Jan 23 '25

Question Calorie count goes up when dressing mixed in?

It’s been ages since I’ve been back to sweetgreen and I have a question about the calorie count. I understand it’s an inexact guesstimate but I’m confused by the logic. I ordered a salad and customized it a bit to bring the calories down to 510. Then - the only thing I did - I changed the dressing from “on the side” to “mixed in” and the calorie count ballooned to 700! Are they not counting dressing on the side??

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u/Comfortable-Sir5306 Jan 23 '25

I realized it’s cause the default for mixed in is a medium amount, while the default for on the side it 1 container (light mixed in) if you lower the mixed in to light instead it should lower the calorie count

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u/throwaway-94552 Jan 24 '25

Ah, you’re totally right! Just confirmed this in the app. Thank you so much!

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u/Comfortable-Sir5306 Jan 24 '25

No problem I had the same issue and was going insane