Panera Bread offers a rotating selection of soups daily, but the broccoli cheddar is so popular it stays on the menu every day. The soup includes broccoli and shredded carrots in a cheddar-cheese soup, Panera reports. Before ordering a bowl, consider its effect on your daily diet.
Calories
A 12-oz. bowl of the broccoli cheddar soup has 290 calories, and almost half -- 140 -- come from fat. If you eat a 2,000-calorie diet, a bowl of the soup equals 14.5 percent of your total daily calories.
Fat
The broccoli cheddar soup has 16 g of total fat, which includes 9 g of saturated fat and 0.5 g of trans fat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends a fat intake of no more than 65 g per day if you eat 2,000 calories a day. Of that, no more than one-third should come from saturated fat.
Sodium
The soup has 1,540 mg of sodium, which amounts to 64 percent of the maximum recommended intake of 2,400 mg.
Carbohydrates
A bowl of the broccoli cheddar soup has 24 g of total carbohydrates. The broccoli in the soup bolsters its dietary fiber content, with 7 g per bowl.
Protein
A 12-oz. bowl of the soup also has 12 g of protein, Panera reports in its nutrition calculator.
Vitamins and Minerals
The soup contains a few essential vitamins and minerals. Each bowl has 35 percent of the recommended daily intake for calcium; 10 percent of the recommended intake for vitamin A; 6 percent of the recommended intake for iron; and 4 percent of the recommended intake for vitamin D.
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