Independent guide to Panera menu prices and calories Not affiliated with Panera Bread
Independent guide Not affiliated with Panera Bread
Independent guide to Panera menu prices and calories Not affiliated with Panera Bread
Independent guide Not affiliated with Panera Bread
The Real Carb Count of Everything on It
Panera does not have a keto menu, and nothing it publishes nutrition for comes in under 20g of carbohydrate as served. That is the honest starting point, and it is worth more than a list of orders carrying numbers nobody can check. Below is every item we hold Panera's published macros for, ranked from lowest carbohydrate to highest, priced across 2,238 US bakery-cafes.
34
Items Counted
20g
Lowest on Menu
5
Under 30g
Remove the bread. On a menu built around it, the bread is most of the carbohydrate in most orders, and the Panera app lets you take it off any sandwich. What nobody can honestly tell you is the number afterwards, because Panera publishes nutrition for the sandwich as built, not for the sandwich with a component removed. So this guide gives you the figure it can stand behind: what each item costs you before you modify it. Start low and the modification only helps.
Ranked on Panera's own published carbohydrate figures, not on what the names suggest. None of these is a keto order on a strict count. They are where the menu starts, which is the useful thing to know before you modify anything.
3g fat and 820mg sodium. Sold at 2,231 cafes, $4.79 to $7.39 depending where you are.
0g fat and 75mg sodium. Sold at 2,235 cafes, $4.79 to $7.59 depending where you are.
32g fat and 960mg sodium. Sold at 2,227 cafes, $8.29 to $12.49 depending where you are.
36g fat and 1,140mg sodium. Sold at 2,227 cafes, $11.99 to $17.45 depending where you are.
22g fat and 1,190mg sodium. Sold at 2,231 cafes, $4.79 to $7.39 depending where you are.
21g fat and 730mg sodium. Sold at 2,153 cafes, $5.79 to $8.49 depending where you are.
Every item we hold Panera's published macros for, sorted by carbohydrate. Prices are averages across 2,238 US bakery-cafes. Items whose macros we have but which Panera no longer sells are not listed.
| Item | Carbs | Protein | Fat | Sodium | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup | 20g | 16g | 3g | 820mg | $5.57 |
| Greek Yogurt with Mixed Berries Parfait | 22g | 17g | 0g | 75mg | $5.95 |
| Greek Salad | 24g | 9g | 32g | 960mg | $9.38 |
| Green Goddess Chicken Cobb Salad | 28g | 38g | 36g | 1,140mg | $13.82 |
| Broccoli Cheddar Soup | 29g | 16g | 22g | 1,190mg | $5.57 |
| Spinach & Bacon Soufflé | 31g | 14g | 21g | 730mg | $6.98 |
| Bistro French Onion Soup | 32g | 13g | 12g | 1,490mg | $5.57 |
| Caesar Salad with Chicken | 32g | 37g | 28g | 1,300mg | $12.42 |
| Four Cheese Soufflé | 32g | 11g | 18g | 620mg | $6.98 |
| Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup | 37g | 17g | 10g | 1,060mg | $5.57 |
| Strawberry Poppyseed Salad | 46g | 25g | 9g | 600mg | $10.40 |
| Asian Sesame Chicken Salad | 48g | 35g | 14g | 1,060mg | $12.27 |
| Southwest Chicken Ranch Salad | 49g | 43g | 33g | 1,290mg | $13.37 |
| Fuji Apple Chicken Salad | 53g | 34g | 26g | 1,310mg | $7.36 |
| Asiago Bagel | 54g | 17g | 10g | 630mg | $2.10 |
| Chipotle Chicken, Egg & Avo Sandwich | 57g | 36g | 27g | 1,340mg | $6.99 |
| Chipotle Chicken Avo Melt | 63g | 34g | 30g | 1,260mg | $12.41 |
| Chocolate Croissant | 63g | 8g | 18g | 380mg | $4.28 |
| Mac & Cheese | 64g | 18g | 16g | 1,010mg | $6.38 |
| Steel Cut Oatmeal with Strawberries & Pecans | 67g | 10g | 9g | 130mg | $6.34 |
| Grilled Cheese | 68g | 28g | 34g | 1,120mg | $8.48 |
| Orange Scone | 68g | 7g | 16g | 450mg | $4.08 |
| Pecan Braid | 68g | 7g | 22g | 290mg | $4.28 |
| Mediterranean Veggie | 74g | 18g | 12g | 820mg | $5.42 |
| Blueberry Muffin | 78g | 6g | 13g | 500mg | $3.97 |
| Chicken Bacon Rancher | 79g | 46g | 28g | 1,570mg | $12.32 |
| Tuna Salad Sandwich | 80g | 36g | 28g | 1,030mg | $10.51 |
| Cinnamon Crunch Bagel | 82g | 12g | 7g | 490mg | $2.10 |
| Toasted Italiano | 82g | 38g | 40g | 1,880mg | $7.99 |
| Ciabatta Cheesesteak | 88g | 48g | 43g | 1,750mg | $13.36 |
| Toasted Frontega Chicken® | 89g | 39g | 35g | 1,630mg | $12.28 |
| Bacon Mac & Cheese | 97g | 35g | 40g | 1,650mg | $6.99 |
| Frozen Strawberry Lemonade | 102g | 0g | 0g | 10mg | $4.49 |
| Kitchen Sink Cookie | 112g | 8g | 36g | 490mg | $5.05 |
These are total carbohydrate. Keto counts net carbs, which is total minus fibre, and the fibre figure is not in our data, so we do not print one. Total is the conservative number: net is always lower, so anything that fits your day here still fits after the subtraction.
A salad is the order most people assume is safe here. On Panera's own figures the salads span 24g to 53g, and the difference is dried fruit, candied nuts, corn and sweet dressing rather than anything you can see from the name.
The Fuji Apple Chicken Salad at 53g sits within 1g of an Asiago Bagel at 54g, and carries more carbohydrate than the Greek Salad and the Green Goddess Chicken Cobb Salad put together.
The soup people ask about most is the broccoli cheddar, and the answer surprises them: at 29g it is one of the higher carbohydrate soups on the menu despite containing no noodles, no rice and no potato. A cream base thickened with flour is why.
$5.57 for the cup, $4.79 to $7.39 by cafe
$5.57 for the cup, $4.79 to $7.39 by cafe
$5.57 for the cup, $4.79 to $7.39 by cafe
$5.57 for the cup, $4.79 to $7.39 by cafe
A cup is the size priced here. Bowls and bread bowls carry proportionally more of everything, and the bread bowl adds the whole sourdough loaf on top. The full range is in our soups menu guide.
14 drinks in the catalogue carry no calories at all. Carbohydrate is four calories a gram, so a drink recorded at zero calories has no sugar worth counting. Most are covered by the Unlimited Sip Club at $14.99 a month.
$2.28 · not in the Sip Club
$2.66 · not in the Sip Club
$2.74 · not in the Sip Club
$3.13 · in the Sip Club
$3.15 · in the Sip Club
$3.15 · in the Sip Club
$3.15 · in the Sip Club
$3.15 · in the Sip Club
$3.45 · in the Sip Club
$3.46 · in the Sip Club
$3.46 · in the Sip Club
$3.46 · in the Sip Club
$3.81 · in the Sip Club
$3.86 · not in the Sip Club
The sweetened drinks are where a low carb day goes wrong: lemonades, sweet tea, the flavoured lattes and every fountain soda that is not diet. If it has calories on this menu, most of them are sugar.
Four steps, none of which need a special request or a conversation at the counter. All of it is in the app's own customise screen.
Pick a base that is already low. The Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup at 20g and the Greek Salad at 24g are where the menu begins; the Fuji Apple Chicken Salad starts at 53g and no amount of modifying brings it down to meet them.
In the app, open the item and use Customise. Removing the bread from a sandwich takes out the single largest carbohydrate component of the order. Panera does not publish a figure for the result, so treat it as a large improvement of unknown size rather than a number you can log.
Croutons, wontons, corn, dried cranberries, candied pecans and apple chips are what put the high carbohydrate salads where they are. The dressing is the other half: ask for it on the side and you decide how much goes on.
Black coffee, hot tea, unsweetened iced tea, sparkling water or diet soda. 14 drinks qualify and the cheapest is $2.28. If you are in most days, the Sip Club at $14.99 a month covers the ones you would order anyway.
Dietary
15 orders under 500 calories for every meal type at Panera.
Dietary
Every plant based option at Panera with modifications.
Dietary
Full allergen breakdown for every item including gluten and dairy.
Dietary
Gluten free options and cross contamination info at Panera.
Hacks
Hidden custom builds including low carb modifications to order.
Tools
Add up the calories and cost of a Panera order.
Common questions about eating keto at Panera Bread in 2026.
No. Panera labels nothing as keto and there is no low carb section on the menu. More than that, nothing Panera publishes macros for comes in under 20g of total carbohydrate as served: the lowest is a homestyle chicken noodle soup at 20g. Keto at Panera means modifying an order, and Panera does not publish nutrition for a modified order, so the honest starting point is what each item costs you before you change it.
The Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup at 20g of carbohydrate and $5.57. After that it is Greek Yogurt with Mixed Berries Parfait at 22g and Greek Salad at 24g. Only 5 of the 34 items we hold macros for are under 30g, which is the real shape of this menu.
29g of total carbohydrate, with 16g of protein and 1,190mg of sodium, at $5.57 for the cup. That makes it one of the higher carb soups on the menu despite having no noodles or rice in it: the cream base is thickened with flour. The Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup is the lower one at 20g.
Some are and several are not, and the gap is wide enough to matter. The Greek Salad is 24g. The Fuji Apple Chicken Salad is 53g, which puts it within a couple of grams of an Asiago Bagel at 54g. Dried fruit, candied nuts, corn, wontons and sweet dressings are what separate them, and none of that is obvious from the name on the menu board.
Yes. The app and the kiosk both let you remove the bread, and it is the single biggest change you can make to a Panera order's carb count, because the bread is most of it. What we cannot give you is the number afterwards: Panera publishes nutrition for the sandwich as built, not for the sandwich with a component taken out, so anyone quoting you an exact figure for a modified order has estimated it.
Net carbs are total carbohydrate minus fibre, and the fibre figure is not in the data we hold, so every number on this page is total carbohydrate. That is the conservative way round. Net is always lower than total, never higher, so an item that already fits your day on the total will still fit once you subtract the fibre.
14 drinks in the catalogue carry no calories at all, which is as close to zero carbohydrate as a drink gets: black coffee, hot tea, unsweetened iced tea, sparkling water and diet soda. The cheapest is the Diet Pepsi Can at $2.28. The Unlimited Sip Club covers most of them for $14.99 a month, which pays for itself quickly if coffee is your daily order.
Not on a strict count, but it is the best protein to carbohydrate trade on the menu: 28g of carbohydrate against 38g of protein at $13.82. If you are eating low carb rather than strictly ketogenic, that is the order to build on.
Panera's published nutrition information for 34 items, priced against a snapshot of 2,238 US bakery-cafes. Every item shown is one the catalogue confirms Panera still sells nationally; items whose macros we hold but which have left the menu are not listed, because a carb count for something you cannot order is not useful. No figure here is estimated, and no modified order is given a number.
The bread comes off in the app, and the table above tells you which orders are worth starting from.
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