Sweetgreen Custom Bowl Builder

Sweetgreen, Chipotle, and Cava all have custom bowl builders in their apps. The Sweetgreen version does something different with how it displays nutritional information as you add ingredients. Each topping shows its calorie count in small text beneath the name. A running total updates at the bottom, creating a quiet feedback loop where you're making a salad but also doing arithmetic. Premium toppings like avocado and warm grains appear at the top of each section, a merchandising decision disguised as convenience. For $15 you can build something that feels personalized, even though the 45 available ingredients limit the actual range of outcomes.