Panera Bread Caesar Salad with Chicken

Panera Bread’s Caesar salad is made with a romaine and lettuce blend, shaved Parmesan cheese, and black pepper and sea salt croutons. It’s topped with chicken and Caesar dressing.

One salad has 540 calories, 32 grams fat, 26 grams carbohydrates, and 36 grams protein.

This in-depth guide provides an overview of the nutrition facts, calories, ingredients, and allergens in the Panera Bread’s Caesar Chicken Salad.

Nutritional Information

Nutritional information is based on a single serving measured as one salad with chicken.

Reference to percentage daily values (% DV) illustrates how much a nutrient contributes to a 2,000 calorie daily diet.

Calories

A Panera Bread Caesar Salad with Chicken has 540 calories.

Over half of the total calories are derived from dietary fat. Proteins contribute about 27% of the total calories and the remaining 19% comes from carbohydrates.

Fat: 290 calories
Carbs: 105 calories
Protein: 145 calories
Total: 540 calories per serving

Calories

fat

54%

carbohydrates

19%

Protein

27%

The summary of calories by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts provided by Panera Bread. Calories may vary by location or as a result of how the salad is prepared.

Total Fat

One serving contains 32 grams total fat, including 9 grams of saturated fat.

The FDA states that a nutrient with a 20% or greater daily value should be considered high. Based on that guidance, the amount of fat in Panera’s Chicken Caesar salad is high.

Total fat has a 41% DV and saturated fat has a 45% DV.

SUMMARY OF DIETARY FAT PER SERVING

290 calories from total fat
54% of total calories per serving
80 calories from saturated fat
1g trans fat

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Sodium

Sodium content in the Caesar salad is fairly high for a single dish. One serving contains 1,440 milligrams of sodium, which is a 63% daily value (based on a 2,000 calorie diet).

That is considered high.

1,440mg sodium (63% DV) per serving

Nutrition Summary

Serving Size 1 Chicken Caesar Salad

CALORIES

540

TOTAL FAT

32g

(41%DV)

CARBOHYDRATES

26g

(10%DV)

PROTEIN

36g

Saturated Fat	9g (45%DV)
Trans Fat	1g
Cholesterol	140mg (47%DV)
Sodium	1440mg (63%DV)

Dietary Fiber	4g (14%DV)
Total Sugars	5g

%DV (Percent Daily Values) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie needs vary and your daily value may be higher or lower. Provided for informational purposes only. Consult with your physician for dietary or healthcare advice.

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Salad Ingredients and Allergens

Panera Bread Caesar Salad Ingredients

The primary ingredient in this salad is a Romaine and Iceberg Lettuce Blend.

In addition, the salad includes chicken, Caesar dressing, cheese, and croutons. Here is the complete list of ingredients for each of those items.

Seasoned Chicken

Ingredients: Fully Cooked Seasoned Chicken, Sea Salt, Dextrose, Sodium Phosphates, Garlic Powder, and Black Pepper.

The Fully Cooked Seasoned Chicken is made with chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, rice starch, vinegar, and seasoning.
Seasoning includes salt, rice starch, potato starch, and dextrose and natural Flavor.

Caesar Dressing

Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Water, Worcestershire Sauce, Egg Yolks, Red Wine Vinegar, Garlic Puree (garlic and water), Garlic Juice, Egg Yolks, Red Wine Vinegar, Garlic Puree (garlic, water), Garlic Juice, Egg Yolk Solids, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Anchovy, Black Pepper, Xanthan Gum, Mustard Seed, Garlic Powder, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Citric Acid, Nisin and Natamycin (to preserve freshness), and Celery Seed.

Worcestershire Sauce is made with distilled vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onion juice (onion juice, salt), anchovy, garlic, spice, tamarind extract, natural flavors, and chili pepper extract.

Shaved Parmesan

Ingredients: Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Sea Salt, Microbial Enzymes, and Natamycin (to protect flavor).

Sea Salt and Black Pepper Croutons

Ingredients: Enriched Flour, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Microbial Enzymes, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil (with rosemary extract and ascorbic acid), and Seasoning (sea salt, black pepper).

Enriched Flour includes wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid.

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What is Thiamine Mononitrate?

During the production of certain foods such as breads and other baked goods, certain minerals and natural vitamins are stripped away to improve texture or shelf life.

For example, the bran and the germ are extracted from the wheat. In an effort to improve the nutritional value, food producers add back vitamins and minerals.

Thiamine Mononitrate is one of the supplements typically added back to processed flour. It’s a nitrate salt form of water-soluble vitamin B1.

Enriched flour will also typically contain Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), and Folic Acid (B9).

Allergens

The salad and dressing is made with ingredients that include egg, milk, fish, and wheat.

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Ingredients, allergens, and nutrition facts are based on available information as of the date this article was published and/or updated. Restaurants and food manufacturers may change their recipes without notice. Check directly with the food provider for the most accurate and up-to-date information. NutritionandIngredients.com does not provide health or wellness advice or dietary recommendations. Our aim is to research commercially processed food and publish articles for informational purposes only. Unless otherwise stated, % Daily Value is based on 2,000 calories per day, but calorie needs vary by individual. Always consult your physician for any healthcare or dietary advice.

Nutrition facts, allergens, and ingredients source: Panera Bread