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Panera Bread Mac & Cheese

Mac & Cheese

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Ingredients · 39

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Nutrition facts

NutrientPer 100gPer serving
Calories150 kcal369 kcal
Fat7.72 g19 g
Saturated fat4.88 g12 g
Carbohydrates13.82 g34 g
Sugars2.44 g6 g
Fiber0.8 g1.97 g
Protein6.91 g17 g
Sodium0.45 g1.11 g
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Common questions

Is Panera Bread Mac & Cheese healthy?

Panera Bread Mac & Cheese scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 17g protein and 6g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Panera Bread Mac & Cheese?

Panera Bread Mac & Cheese lists 39 ingredients, starting with Cooked Enriched Rigate Pasta, Water, Semolina, Egg Whites and Niacin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Panera Bread Mac & Cheese?

369 kcal per serving, or 150 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Panera Bread Mac & Cheese on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Panera Bread Mac & Cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Panera Bread Mac & Cheese’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Panera Bread Mac & Cheese?

Panera Bread Mac & Cheese is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Panera Bread Mac & Cheese compare to other prepared meals?

At 5/100 Panera Bread Mac & Cheese scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amylu Organic Chicken Meatballs at 97/100.

Is Panera Bread Mac & Cheese organic?

Panera Bread Mac & Cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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