Cobb Salad Calories

Cobb salad is nothing but a colorful, attractively arranged garden salad. It was first introduced by Robert H. Cobb, first cousin of Ty Cobb. It was a prime item of the Hollywood Brown Derby menu card. Brown Derby was a chain of restaurants in California and Los Angeles and the first restaurant was shaped like a man's derby hat.

The Original Cobb Salad

The first Cobb salad was made instantly. No special efforts were involved in preparation of the salad. In 1937, Sid Grauman, operator of Grauman's Chinese Theater, once visited Brown Derby. Brown Derby owner Robert H. Cobb wanted to welcome the guest in a special way. He went into the kitchen and browsed the refrigerator for ingredients. He took out the stuff from the refrigerator and chopped everything finely. He arranged it in a nice colorful way and thus, Cobb salad was born! The special guest, Grauman really enjoyed it and every time he visited Brown Derby, he ordered a Cobb salad! It soon gained popularity in Hollywood and film stars started requesting 'Cobb salad'. So, other hotels also added the salad to their menu. Nobody was bothered about the calories in the salad then.

The original Cobb salad contained tomatoes, crisp bacon, lettuce, chives, chicken breast, hard cooked eggs, avocado, Roquefort cheese (a sheep milk blue cheese from the south of France ), specially made mixture of salad oil and vinegar flavored with herbs, spices and other ingredients like salt, lemon juice, black pepper, garlic, etc. These days, numerous varieties of salad dressing are used to make a Cobb salad. Similarly, main ingredients of the salad may also vary from place to place. If you are on a weight loss diet, you may want to know how a Cobb salad can increase your daily calorie intake. So, let us now take a look at the calories in the salad.

Cobb Salad Calories

These days, varieties of Cobb salad are served in restaurants worldwide. It mainly contains iceberg lettuce, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado and Roquefort cheese. As more and more people are becoming calorie conscious, various varieties are prepared and presented as low calorie varieties.

Types of Cobb Salad	Serving Size	Calories
Dry Salad	Serves 1 person	393
California Salad with Grilled Chicken (McDonald's)	approx. 334 gm	280
Cobb Salad (Cosi)	308 gm	419
Salad Without Dressing (Old Spaghetti Factory)	518 gm	700
Classic Salad (Uno Chicago Grill)	536 gm	630
California Salad, without chicken and Dressing (McDonald's)	237 gm	160
Red Robin Salad, (no blue cheese, no bacon, no dressing, no bread)	1 salad customized	451
Ready Pac	248 gm	410

The fruits and vegetables make the Cobb salad rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber and offer you powerful antioxidants. Chicken breast and dressing with olive oil make it rich in proteins and good fat. Thus, Cobb salad is packed with the essential nutrients which can keep your internal organs healthy and give your outer appearance a healthy glow and shine.