More food weight does not guarantee more protein

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Source portions let you separate quantity of food from protein grams.

In this guide

Sorting food by serving weight would not produce the same order as sorting by protein. Arby’s Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwich is a 322 g portion with 28 g protein; its 324 g French Dip & Swiss/Au Jus lists 34 g. Nearly equal weight leaves a 6 g protein difference.

A second reversal in bowls

QDOBA’s Fajita Vegan Bowl is 482 g with 17 g protein. Chicken Queso Bowl is lighter at 468 g but lists 43 g protein. The heavier bowl does not automatically have more of this nutrient because food mass includes water and every other component.

What weight is good for

The serving weight helps identify a published portion and compare an actually measured amount with a compatible record. It is not a measure of satiety, quality or personal fit. A soup’s liquid or a bowl’s vegetables can add mass without matching another recipe’s protein concentration.

The Arby’s Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwich is marked limited-time in the source. Its presence here is not a promise of availability. The source’s au jus scope is also retained for French Dip.

Use the intended sort

If your question is total protein per available order, sort by the protein field with portion names visible. If you want protein per 100 g, calculate and label that separately instead of replacing the available order with an imagined 100 g purchase. No mass normalization can repair an unknown serving definition.

Published U.S. portions; drinks and extra sides are excluded unless the order explicitly includes them.
Restaurant / exact orderServingkcalProtein (g)Carbs (g)Fat (g)Fiber (g)Sodium (mg)
Arby’s — Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwich1 published order, 322 g; extra sides, sauce packets and drink excluded85028834661200
Arby’s — Classic Roast Beef1 published order, 154 g; extra sides, sauce packets and drink excluded3602337142970
Arby’s — Classic French Dip & Swiss/Au Jus1 published order, 324 g; extra sides, sauce packets and drink excluded53034502122540
QDOBA — Chicken Queso Bowl1 published order, 468 g750437433161820
QDOBA — Fajita Vegan Bowl1 published order, 482 g530177917221380

Sources and example boundaries

These are specific U.S. source-defined orders, not personalised recommendations or worldwide menus. Published values are estimates of standard portions. Extra items, unrecorded substitutions, prices and allergen safety are not inferred. Source retrieval is October 4, 2026; an older printed edition remains an older edition.