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How Much Sugar Is in a Molokai Chicken Plate?

By Smoothie Nutrition Calculator · Updated 2026 · 6 min read

How Much Sugar Is in a Molokai Chicken Plate? — illustration of a grilled chicken breast with vegetables

Hawaiian Bros Nutrition Calculator: The Short Answer

The Molokai Chicken Plate (as served) contains 61g of sugar — the most of any item at Hawaiian Bros, and more than the American Heart Association's full-day suggested limit for women (25g) and men (36g) in a single serving. For scale, the FDA daily value for added sugar is 50g, so this one item can cover most of a day's sugar budget before anything else is eaten.

Sugar at Hawaiian Bros is concentrated, not spread out: most savoury items sit in single digits, and the total is driven by drinks, desserts and sweet sauces. The ranking below shows exactly where the sugar lives on this menu.

The Highest-Sugar Hawaiian Bros Items, Ranked

From the Hawaiian Bros calculator data. If you are managing blood sugar or simply cutting back, this table — not the calorie column — is the one to scan before ordering.

ItemSugarCaloriesProteinCarbsSodium
Molokai Chicken Plate (as served)61g149048g204g3840mg
Soft Drink (regular)55g2100g56g40mg
Pacific Island Salad (with chicken)51g69026g71g2320mg
Honolulu Chicken Plate (as served)42g146050g185g3620mg
Dole Whip (cup)40g1900g42g30mg
Huli Huli Chicken Plate (as served)26g130044g168g2720mg
Huli Huli Chicken (classic plate portion)18g34032g22g980mg
Shoyu Chicken (protein portion)8g30030g10g1120mg
How Much Sugar Is in a Molokai Chicken Plate? — illustration of fresh vegetables (in-article illustration)

How to Keep Sugar Down Without Skipping the Visit

Three moves cover most of it. Make water or an unsweetened drink the default — sweetened drinks are the largest single sugar source on almost every fast-food menu. Treat the items in the table above as dessert, not as part of the meal. And when two similar items differ mainly in a sweet sauce or glaze, take the plainer build: the sugar difference is usually larger than the calorie difference suggests.

One caution against over-reading the numbers: sugar in a whole-food item (fruit, milk) arrives with fibre and protein that slow it down, while sugar in a sweetened drink arrives alone. The calculator's sugar column treats them identically because labels do — your judgement should not. Check your full build, drink included, before you order.

  • Sweetest item: Molokai Chicken Plate (as served) — 61g sugar
  • Reference points: FDA daily value 50g; AHA suggested limits 25g (women) / 36g (men)
  • Savoury core of the menu: mostly 0–5g sugar per item

The Lowest-Sugar End of the Hawaiian Bros Menu

The other end of the scale is where everyday orders should live. These are the lowest-sugar items in the Hawaiian Bros calculator — the savoury core of the menu, where sugar is an ingredient trace rather than a headline.

ItemSugarCaloriesProteinCarbsSodium
Jasmine Rice (2 scoops)0g50012g114g10mg
Kalua Pork (protein portion)0g32028g2g890mg
Bottled Water0g00g0g0mg
Luau Pig Plate (as served)2g164081g142g3650mg
Spam Musubi2g3409g42g630mg
Macaroni Salad (scoop)4g92011g53g1780mg
Steamed Vegetables (side)6g704g14g530mg
Shoyu Chicken (protein portion)8g30030g10g1120mg

Check It Yourself in the Hawaiian Bros Calculator

Every figure in this article comes from the Hawaiian Bros calculator on this site, and you can reproduce the answer in under a minute: open the calculator, add your meal with the drink included exactly as you order it — size, side, drink and sauce included — and read the live totals. Published menu numbers describe the standard build; your build is the one you actually eat, and the two diverge most often on drinks, sauces and portion upgrades.

If your total differs from the headline figure here, the difference is information, not error: it tells you which of your regular additions carries the calories. Change one component at a time and watch which single swap moves the total most — that swap, repeated, is worth more than any one-off light order.

The Full Nutrition Profile of the Molokai Chicken Plate

Here is the complete panel for the Molokai Chicken Plate (as served), exactly as the Hawaiian Bros calculator carries it, with each nutrient also expressed as a percentage of its daily value on a 2,000-calorie reference diet. Read down the percentage column rather than the grams: it is the fastest way to see which nutrient this item is really about. For the Molokai Chicken Plate, the standout is sodium, at 167% of a full day in a single item.

Two cautions belong with any single-item panel. First, published values describe the standard build — your portion, your sauce quantity and your size can move every line. Second, percentages are shares of a whole day, not grades: an item at 45% of the day's sodium is a problem only in the context of what else the day holds, which is why the calculator totals the full order rather than judging items one at a time.

NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories149075%
Protein48g96%
Carbohydrates204g74%
Total Fat52g67%
Dietary Fibre4g14%
Sugars61g122%
Sodium3840mg167%

Where This Answer Sits on the Whole Hawaiian Bros Menu

Zoom out and the Hawaiian Bros menu tracked here spans 15 items across 6 categories, from the Bottled Water at 0 calories to the Luau Pig Plate (as served) at 1640 — a 1640-fold spread inside one restaurant. The average item is about 651 calories, 5 items pass 700 calories, and 8 of 15 sit under 500. Any single number quoted from this menu means little until it is placed inside that spread.

That spread is also the opportunity. A menu this wide almost always contains a build for the goal you actually have — the protein target, the sodium ceiling, the 500-calorie lunch — provided the order is assembled deliberately rather than inherited from habit. The rankings in this article are the map; the calculator is where you test the route before you travel it.

  • Menu range: 0 cal (Bottled Water) to 1640 cal (Luau Pig Plate (as served))
  • 4 items under 300 calories · 8 under 500 · average 651
  • Most protein-dense: Shoyu Chicken (protein portion) at 10g protein per 100 cal

The One Swap That Changes the Answer

If the Molokai Chicken Plate (as served) is your usual order and the numbers above are more than you wanted, the highest-value single change on this menu is the Shoyu Chicken (protein portion): 300 calories against 1490 (1190 fewer), 30g of protein against 48g, and 1120mg of sodium against 3840mg (2720mg less salt). One swap, repeated weekly, is worth more than a month of good intentions.

Not every swap has to be a downgrade in enjoyment: the pattern that works at Hawaiian Bros is swapping the component, not the meal — the same style of order rebuilt around a lighter anchor, with the sauce, cheese or side demoted from default to deliberate. Price both versions in the calculator once and the better default usually picks itself.

How Much Sugar Is in a Molokai Chicken Plate? — illustration of a grilled chicken breast with vegetables (another serving view)

People Also Ask

Can You Eat Hawaiian Bros on a Keto Diet?

Yes — you can eat keto at Hawaiian Bros, but only from a short list. The lowest-carb item in the Hawaiian Bros calculator is the Bottled Water at 0g of total carbs (about 0g net), and a workable keto meal usually combines one or two of the lowest-carb items below while skipping breads, batters, sweet sauces and starchy sides entirely.

How Many Calories Are in a Hawaiian Chicken Plate?

The Honolulu Chicken Plate (as served) at Hawaiian Bros has 1460 calories, with 50g of protein, 57g of fat and 3620mg of sodium — the standard build, exactly as the Hawaiian Bros Nutrition Calculator lists it.

Which Smoothie Has the Least Sugar?

The Gladiator Strawberry (20 oz) has the least sugar at Smoothie King: 1g, at 220 calories. At the other end, the The Hulk Strawberry (20 oz) carries 120g, which is why the drink line, not the food line, decides most sugar totals here.

How Much Sugar Should You Eat Per Day?

The American Heart Association suggests no more than 25g of added sugar per day for women (about 6 teaspoons, 100 calories) and 36g for men (9 teaspoons, 150 calories). The FDA's daily value on labels is looser at 50g, and the WHO suggests staying under 10% of calories — 50g at 2,000 — and ideally under 5% (25g).

Build This Meal in the Hawaiian Bros Nutrition Calculator

Every number in this guide comes from the same data as our free Hawaiian Bros Nutrition Calculator — open it, build your exact order, and check your totals live.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Molokai Chicken Plate (as served), with 61g of sugar and 1490 calories.

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