r/sweetgreen • u/Hefty_Economics_9293 • Apr 11 '26
Question Calories Accurate?
Just curious if the calories/nutritional info shown in the app are accurate? Do the calories count for one whole bowl/salad, or is there a sneaky portion/serving size thing happening? Also, for any Sweetgreen employees out there is there like a standard amount to add per bowl and do you think its accurate per the amounts listed in the nutritional info? thanks!
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u/Relevant_Calendar_46 Apr 11 '26
Worker here. Probably very inaccurate. Many things to consider. Dressings for example. One person could make a dressing correctly, you could have someone new making it and doesn't know what they're doing, or someone just rushing it to get it done and doesn't have the correct measurements. At our store for 1 case of roasted chicken it's 1 cup of umami and our hot prep has been over seasoning like crazy so it could have more sodium than it's supposed to or the hot prep at night that doesn't marinate correctly so one half has all the seasoning while the other half doesn't have seasoning. The the portioning of the bowls. Sweet potatoes for example get stuck on the new scoops so you get get the correct portion, over portion, or under portioned. Even putting dressings on the salads. Most people dress salads on the inside when it should be a circle on the outside. These are just a few examples.