Panera Bread calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Panera Bread order from 183 single orders — 123 entrées, 15 sides, 32 breakfast items and 13 drinks — using Panera Bread's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Hard Boiled Eggs at 150 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Toasted Italiano on Baguette (Whole), is 1,280. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 37 g.
Source: Panera Bread nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed · protein missing for 2 of 244 items; fat missing for 6 of 244 items
- 183 single orders
- 150 cal lightest main
- 37g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 183 Panera Bread single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Panera Bread meal under 500 calories is 37 g (A whole Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans, a cup of Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, a Summer Fruit Cup, and a 20-ounce Decaf Coffee).
Build your Panera Bread order
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove items; the total, the macros and the words to say at the counter update as you go, and the link in the address bar carries your order.
Three complete Panera Bread meals under 500 calories
Starting points for the builder — One meal-sized entrée, up to two different sides and a drink — the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included (water only where no published drink fits; the lightest meal takes a zero-calorie drink, or water).
Most protein
- Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans (Whole)310 cal · 25g
- Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup - Cup120 cal · 10g
- Summer Fruit Cup60 cal · 1g
- Decaf Coffee (20 oz)0 cal · 1g
490 of 500 cal · 37 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A whole Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans, a cup of Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, a Summer Fruit Cup, and a 20-ounce Decaf Coffee — 490 cal, 37 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Panera Bread →Most filling
- Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans (Whole)310 cal · 25g
- Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup - Cup120 cal · 10g
- Summer Fruit Cup60 cal · 1g
- Decaf Coffee (20 oz)0 cal · 1g
490 of 500 cal · 37 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A whole Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans, a cup of Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, a Summer Fruit Cup, and a 20-ounce Decaf Coffee — 490 cal, 37 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Panera Bread →Lightest
- Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans (Half)150 cal · 13g
- 20 oz Diet Coke Bottle0 cal · 0g
150 of 500 cal · 13 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A half Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans and a 20-ounce bottle of Diet Coke — 150 cal, 13 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Panera Bread →The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Panera Bread
Meal-sized entrées and breakfast mains (at least 150 calories or 10 g protein), lightest first — the mains the builder builds on at a tight cap; sides and drinks are added in the builder. Every Panera Bread item is in the full table on the Panera Bread calories page and in /data/panera.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Hard Boiled Eggs | 150 | 13g |
| Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad without Pecans (Half) | 150 | 13g |
| Strawberry Poppyseed Salad without Pecans (Whole) | 170 | 4g |
| Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup - Bowl | 180 | 14g |
| Multigrain Bagel Flat | 180 | 7g |
| Pastry - Asiago Croissant Twists 2 - Pack | 210 | 7g |
| Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad (Half) | 210 | 13g |
| Asian Sesame Chicken without Nuts (Half) | 220 | 13g |
| Half Fuji Apple Salad | 230 | 2g |
| Mediterranean Veggie on Tomato Basil (Half) | 250 | 9g |
| Asian Sesame Chicken (Half) | 260 | 15g |
| Strawberry Poppyseed Salad (Whole) | 270 | 5g |
| Tuna Salad on Country Rustic Sourdough (Half) | 270 | 12g |
| Balsamic Greens with Grains Salad (Half) | 280 | 6g |
| Caesar Salad (Half) | 280 | 6g |
| Plain Bagel | 280 | 10g |
| Blueberry Bagel | 290 | 10g |
| Everything Bagel | 290 | 10g |
| Green Goddess Cobb Salad with Chicken (Half) | 290 | 20g |
| Bistro French Onion - Bowl | 300 | 10g |
Eat at Panera Bread without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Panera Bread meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
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