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Panera Bread Nutrition Calculator 2026

Panera menu calories for 249 items, read from the August 2026 menu. Add what you are thinking of ordering and the tray totals the calories and the cost, with Panera’s own vegan, vegetarian and gluten conscious tags on every item.

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How to Use the Panera Nutrition Calculator

Add what you are thinking of ordering and the totals follow as you go.

Find Your Meal

Search all 249 items, filter by category, or narrow to one of Panera’s own tags.

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Press Add and it joins the tray. The calorie count and the estimated cost update with every item.

Save It

Save the tray as an image for your phone, or print it. Both list every item with its calories and price.

Why Build the Meal Before You Order

  • Absolute Precision Every calorie figure is Panera’s own published number, read from the August 2026 menu rather than copied from a third-party app.
  • Panera’s Own Warnings Panera flags some items High Sodium and others High Sugar itself. Both are filters here, and the sugar flag catches drinks more often than bakery.
  • Before You Are at the Counter Deciding between two things is easier sitting down than in a queue, particularly when one of them turns out to be twice the calories of the other.

Need to stay under 500 calories?

Or dealing with strict food allergies? We have curated guides for you.

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Calories are Panera’s published figures. Cost is an average across US cafes. We hold no protein, carb or fat figure and would rather leave one out than estimate it.

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What Panera’s Own Nutrition Tags Tell You

Panera tags its own menu, and those tags are more useful than any diet label we could invent. Six of them appear across the 249 items in the calculator above, and the filter there works on exactly these. Counts are from the August 2026 menu.

Vegetarian

153

No meat or fish. The largest group on the menu by some way.

Vegan

60

No animal products at all. Mostly drinks, sides and a few salads.

Gluten Conscious

91

Panera’s own wording, and not a coeliac-safe claim: the cafes share preparation surfaces.

Complete Protein

23

Carries all nine essential amino acids. This is the honest version of a “high protein” list.

High Sodium

12

Panera flags these itself. Worth knowing before a second helping of soup.

High Sugar

5

Also Panera’s own flag, and it catches drinks more often than bakery.

Panera High Protein Options

We hold no gram figure for any item, so rather than guess at one, these are the 23 items Panera itself tags Complete Protein, lightest first.

Item Calories Typical price
Half Ultimate Garden Steak Salad 400 $8.36
Half Grilled Chicken & Avo BLT 470 $8.00
Half Spicy Fiesta Chicken 470 $7.25
Half Chicken Bacon Rancher 510 $7.25
Steak & Wake 520 $7.32
Half Ciabatta Cheesesteak 580 $8.05
Chicken Roma Asiago Bagel Stack 610 $7.18
Spicy Steak Asiago Bagel Stack 630 $7.21
Kids Ham & Cheese Sandwich 640 $7.67
Toasted Caprese Focaccia 740 $10.28
Tomato Basil BLT 780 $9.75
Ultimate Garden Steak Salad Stuffer 790 $12.08

Panera Meals Under 500 Calories

69 sandwiches, salads, soups and breakfast items come in under 500 calories. These are the ten lightest, and none of them is a side salad.

Item Category Calories Typical price
Black Bean Soup Soups & Mac 90 $5.57
Half Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Salads 140 $6.25
Coconut Macaroon Soups & Mac 180 $1.99
Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup Soups & Mac 180 $8.60
Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Soups & Mac 190 $1.99
Multigrain Bagel Flat Breakfast 190 $2.10
Bistro French Onion Soup Soups & Mac 200 $5.57
Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup Soups & Mac 200 $5.57
Half Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad Salads 210 $8.05
Mexican Street Corn Chowder Soups & Mac 220 $5.57

The Items That Cost the Most Calories

The section this replaced called these “hidden calorie traps” and listed figures for them that were wrong. Here they are read from the menu: the ten heaviest things you can order.

Item Category Calories Typical price
One Dozen Mixed Cookies Bakery 4550 $23.20
Signature Hot Chocolate Tote Drinks 3530 $24.70
Lobster Mac & Cheese - Group Soups & Mac 2500 $39.87
Bacon Mac & Cheese - Group Soups & Mac 2110 $29.39
Mac & Cheese - Group Soups & Mac 1950 $26.31
Toasted Italiano Sandwiches 1330 $13.25
Ciabatta Cheesesteak Sandwiches 1160 $13.36
Carnitas Elote Market Bowl Sides & Extras 1100 $13.65
Chicken Bacon Rancher Sandwiches 1010 $12.32
Chipotle Chicken Avo Melt Sandwiches 1000 $12.41

A whole-menu view sits on our Panera nutrition page, and if what you want is the bill rather than the calories, the meal planner totals both as you add items.

Panera Nutrition Calculator FAQ

How accurate is this Panera nutrition calculator?

Every calorie figure is Panera's own published number, read from the August 2026 menu across US cafes, and every price is an average across those cafes. Nothing here is estimated by us. Where a figure does not exist, the item shows a dash rather than a guess.

Does it show protein, carbs and fat?

No, and that is deliberate. Our snapshot carries a calorie count and a price for each item and no macro breakdown. Instead of estimating grams, the calculator filters on Panera's own tags, including Complete Protein, which is its label for items carrying all nine essential amino acids. For a gram-level breakdown, Panera publishes a full nutrition PDF in its app.

How many calories are in a Panera meal?

It ranges more than most people expect. Of the 249 items here, 69 sandwiches, salads, soups and breakfast items are under 500 calories, while the heaviest single item on the menu is 4,550. The tables above list both ends.

Which Panera items are vegan or vegetarian?

Panera tags 60 items Vegan and 153 Vegetarian on the current menu. Set the diet filter in the calculator to either and the list narrows to exactly those, with the calorie count and typical price for each.

Is anything at Panera gluten free?

Panera says gluten conscious, not gluten free, and the difference matters: 91 items carry that tag, but the cafes share preparation surfaces, so it is not a coeliac-safe claim. Our gluten conscious menu guide goes through what the tag does and does not cover.

Which items does Panera flag as high in sodium or sugar?

Panera flags 12 items High Sodium and 5 High Sugar. Both filters are in the calculator. The sugar flag catches drinks more often than bakery, which is the part that surprises people.

Does the calculator include prices?

Yes. Each item carries the average price across US cafes, and the tray totals it as you add. It is an estimate rather than a quote: city, airport and turnpike cafes charge above the average. If the bill is the thing you care about, the meal planner adds tax and tip on top.

Is the menu current for 2026?

The snapshot is from August 2026. Seasonal items come and go between snapshots, so something here may be off the menu at your cafe, and something new may be missing. Anything we can confirm is discontinued gets taken out.

Can I save my meal plan?

Yes, as an image. Build the tray, then use Save image and it downloads a sheet with every item, the calorie total and the estimated cost, which is the version that travels to the counter on a phone. Nothing is stored on our side and there is no account.

Which drinks have the most caffeine?

Panera publishes a caffeine figure for 42 drinks on this menu, topping out at 1421 mg in the Cafe Blend Dark Roast Coffee Tote. For comparison, a home-brewed cup of coffee is usually 95 to 165 mg.

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