El Pollo Loco puts a spotlight on its high-protein menu items

El Pollo Loco has a new section on its menu that taps into the high protein craze.

A “Protein Packed” web page includes two dozen items with 20 grams of protein or more, according to the Costa Mesa-based chain’s website. The page makes it easy to find the protein content for each item.

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Some of them were already on the main menu, but there are new items as well. Among them is the Street Corn Double Pollo Salad with 52 grams of protein.