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Panera Bread Gluten-free List

luciddream928

By luciddream928
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luciddream928 Explorer
luciddream928
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Dear Rachel,

Thank you for contacting Panera Bread. I have included below a list of our menu items that do not contain gluten-containing ingredients. However, because we bake fresh bread daily in our bakery-cafes and bread is core to our menu, we simply cannot ensure that there has been no contact between these items, or any other menu items, and gluten.

Not all of the items listed are currently on our menu and some new menu items have not yet been evaluated for the purposes of inclusion on this list. However, you can find complete ingredients listings for current menu items on our website. Click on Menu and Nutrition, choose the Bakery or Cafe menu, select a product category from the links at the top of the page, then click on the individual menu item to display a page with that item's ingredients and nutritional content.

Please note that nutritional information on our website is updated periodically. New products may be available in our bakery-cafes before a periodic update of this site. In addition, some menu items may be available only on a regional, test or seasonal basis. Nutritional information about these menu items is available at the participating bakery-cafes. Tests of new recipes of existing products may be conducted from time to time in certain markets. These new recipes may contain different/additional ingredients, including allergens, as compared to the original version. Nutritional information about these menu items is available at the participating bakery-cafes. For the most update-to-date information, please call or visit your nearest bakery-cafe to speak with a manager.

Thank you again for contacting us. We appreciate your business and value your comments.

Sincerely,

Pat

Customer Comment Coordinator

GLUTEN FREE LIST - Panera Bread **

**Although we try to meet your special requirements, we cannot ensure that these items have not come into contact with gluten in our bakery-caf

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cbear6301 Explorer
cbear6301
Posted

I always order a mocha.. does anyone know if Coffee covers all of their specialities..

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

Thanks for posting this updated list. Panera is always one of my favorite stops.

  • 1 month later...
DownWithGluten Explorer
DownWithGluten
Posted

I'm getting kinda tired of eating at Chipotle all the time for a 'quick' meal and am tempted to try a salad or something from Panera. I haven't tried it yet, just typical gluten-paranoia. So what's the general consensus on Panera... Have others eaten from here successfully?

exsandohs163 Rookie
exsandohs163
Posted

I ate the BBQ chicken salad the other day. It was very good. There was so much that I couldn't eat all of it! :P

msmini14 Enthusiast
msmini14
Posted
I'm getting kinda tired of eating at Chipotle all the time for a 'quick' meal and am tempted to try a salad or something from Panera. I haven't tried it yet, just typical gluten-paranoia. So what's the general consensus on Panera... Have others eaten from here successfully?

What do you order from Chipolte? I have not been there since going gluten free. How I miss real mexican food lol

kera87 Newbie
kera87
Posted

Panera is amazing! I have eaten there successfully many times. I always get the grilled chicken ceaser salad because it is my favorite, and theirs is so yummy. It seems like they have lots of soups too. And you do not have to get the bread on the side, they have chips (i think they're ok, I've never gotten them) or an apple.

I haven't had any problems, but I do want to start asking for it to be made in a clean bowl just to be safe.

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DownWithGluten Explorer
DownWithGluten
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What do you order from Chipolte? I have not been there since going gluten free. How I miss real mexican food lol

Hi msmini. There's a Chipotle thread goin' here... https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=62866

DownWithGluten Explorer
DownWithGluten
Posted

Thanks to everyone who responded so far. Perhaps I shall try something from Panera Bread soon...

modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
Posted

I've always been too scared to eat at Panera Bread, something with the Bread in the title or something? I'm excited to give it a shot!!

DownWithGluten Explorer
DownWithGluten
Posted
I've always been too scared to eat at Panera Bread, something with the Bread in the title or something?

Lol. Exactly, modiddly, exactly.

  • 4 months later...
JustLovely9216 Rookie
JustLovely9216
Posted

I ate the BBQ chicken salad the other day. It was very good. There was so much that I couldn't eat all of it! :P

I read it has tortilla strips...I was wondering if they were corn or not?!?!

  • 3 weeks later...
Rachel W Apprentice
Rachel W
Posted

oh my goodness i am SO excited ! I love Panera Bread- :)Thank you so much for posting

Takala Enthusiast
Takala
Posted

Attention, this thread is from last year. NEVER assume anything in a restaurant is gluten free without checking with either the chef, the manager, or if a chain, the customer service dept and then the individual restaurant itself.

There was another thread where someone at the soup at Panera's and got sick afterwards even tho they asked for it without croutons.... I researched it, and of course the recipe had regular flour in it, and the waitress had told them it did not. This is typical with some chain restaurants that do not have a set gluten free menu and have not trained their staff on what gluten free is, and how to do it. Yes, people really are that dumb that they don't know flour is made of wheat or they don't know all the ingredients because they don't cook. This is ridiculous to trust any sort of soup made from scratch from a restaurant that does not have the entire facility dedicated to cooking gluten free, especially in a bakery restaurant where there could be flour flying loose anywhere. Soup pots sit out simmering all the time and the cooks are always replenishing the ingredients.

exsandohs163 Rookie
exsandohs163
Posted

I read it has tortilla strips...I was wondering if they were corn or not?!?!

Yea they are corn tortilla strips. I get it every time I go to Panera now..just make sure to substitute the bread for a bag of chips or an apple. :)

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