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Panera Bread Caesar Salad with Chicken Nutrition

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 550 calories, 31 grams fat, 25 grams carbohydrates, and 39 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.

Chicken Caesar Salad Nutritional Information

Nutrition facts are based on a single serving measured as one salad with Caesar dressing and grilled chicken, unless otherwise noted.

Daily Value

Daily value (%DV) illustrates how much of a specific nutrient is in the salad, relative to the recommended daily limit. Use %DV to compare foods and select the best option for your dietary goals.

As shown in the chart below, a Caesar salad topped with chicken is high in saturated fat, sodium, and dietary cholesterol. If an individual consumes additional meals throughout the day, it may be beneficial to choose foods with low levels of these nutrients.

Serving size: 1 Salad with chicken

% DAILY VALUE

Use %DV to determine if the level of nutrients in a food is low (5% or less) or high (20% or more).

	%DV	Level
Saturated Fat	45%	HIGH
Sodium	63%	HIGH
Cholesterol	48%	HIGH

%DV based on 2,000 calories

Calories

There are 550 calories in a Panera Bread Caesar Salad with Chicken (and Caesar dressing).

The highest proportion of total calories is derived from dietary fats. Carbohydrates contribute approximately 20% of the total calories, and the remaining portion is from proteins.

Here is a summary of calories by macronutrient in one serving of the salad with dressing.

Calories (% of total) by Macronutrient

	Salad only	with Chicken
Calories from Fat	270 (66%)	280 (51%)
Calories from Total Carbs	95 (23%)	105 (19%)
Calories from Protein	45 (11%)	165 (30%)
Total Calories	410	550

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.

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Fat and Sodium

One serving of the salad topped with grilled chicken contains 31 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.

Review the table below for the amount of fat in Panera’s salad and the percentage of the recommended daily limit.

Amount of Fat and Daily Value

	Salad	with Chicken
Total Fat	30g	32g
Daily Limit	78g	78g
Daily Value	38%	41%

Saturated Fat	8g	9g
Daily Limit	20g	20g
Daily Value	40%	45%

Daily Limit and Daily Value per U.S. FDA general adult nutrition guidance based on 2,000 calories.

Caesar salad from Panera Bread. — Panera Bread Caesar Salad (no chicken)

Sodium

The amount of sodium per serving is high.

870 milligrams of sodium in the salad alone (35% of daily limit)
1,440 milligrams of sodium in salad with chicken (63% of daily limit)

To learn more about fast food salads, compare the nutritional value to an Apple Pecan Salad from Wendy’s and TacoTime’s Fiesta Salad.

Check the amount of saturated fat and sodium levels to decide which (if any) is the best menu item for your diet.

Nutrition Facts

Amount per Salad with Caesar dressing (% Daily Value)

Red indicates %DV is high.

	Salad only	with Chicken
Calories	410	550
Total Fat	30g (38%)	32g (41%)
Saturated Fat	8g (40%)	9g (45%)
Trans Fat	0g	1g
Cholesterol	50mg (17%)	145mg (48%)
Sodium	870mg (38%)	1440mg (63%)
Carbohydrates	24g (9%)	26g (10%)
Dietary Fiber	4g (14%)	4g (14%)
Total Sugars	5g	5g
Protein	12g	36g

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

4 grams dietary fiber per serving
High in total fats, including saturated fat
High amount of sodium
High in dietary cholesterol

Panera Bread Caesar Chicken Salad — There are 550 calories in Panera Bread’s Chicken Caesar Salad.

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Caesar Salad Ingredients and Allergens

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

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

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

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

Sea Salt and Black Pepper Croutons

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.

Thiamine Mononitrate is a nitrate salt form of water-soluble vitamin B1.

During the production of breads and other baked goods, certain minerals and natural vitamins (e.g., the bran and germ) are stripped away from wheat to improve texture or shelf life of the final food product.

In an effort to enhance the nutritional value, food producers add back vitamins and minerals. Thiamine Mononitrate is one of the supplements often added back to processed flour.

In addition to thiamine mononitrate, enriched flour often contains Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), and Folic Acid (B9).

Allergens

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

Check the full allergen guide for Panera Bread menu items

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Nutrition facts, allergens, and ingredients source: Panera Bread. Salad image courtesy of Panera Bread. Original designs by Nutrition & Ingredients for purposes of research and commentary related to fast food nutrition.