Panera Bread, a bakery and café chain in the United States, is known for its bread, bagels and muffins. However, the restaurant also serves a variety of salads, sandwiches and soups. Although some of the restaurant's soups are low in calories and fat, the broccoli cheddar soup is not. Those concerned about their sodium, calorie or fat intake may wish to make another selection.
Serving Size
Panera Bread's broccoli cheddar soup is available in two sizes. If you order from the restaurant's "You Pick Two" value meal, you will receive 1 cup of the soup. If you order the full "bowl" of the soup, you will receive 1.5 cups of the soup. The full-size typically comes with a piece of bread, but this bread is not included in the soup's nutrition information.
Calories, Fat and Cholesterol
The "You Pick Two" size of broccoli cheddar soup at Panera Bread contains 190 calories. It also has 10 g of total fat and 6 g of saturated fat. The 1.5-cup size has 290 calories, 16 g of total fat and 9 g of saturated fat. It is one of the few soups at Panera Bread that contains trans fat -- 0.5 g. The smaller size has 20 mg of cholesterol, while the larger sizedsoup has 30 mg of cholesterol.
Sodium
Panera Bread's broccoli cheddar soup has a considerable amount of sodium. The "You Pick Two" size has 1,020 mg, while the 1.5-cup size has 1,540 mg of sodium. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that most adults should limit their daily sodium consumption to 2,400 mg per day, so the amount of sodium in this soup is substantial. People seeking to limit their sodium intake may want to avoid this soup.
Carbohydrates and Protein
The broccoli cheddar soup contains 16 g of total carbohydrate in the 1-cup "You Pick Two" size. This includes 5 g of fiber. This size soup also has 8 g of protein. The 1.5-cup size contains 24 g of total carbohydrates, with 7 g coming from dietary fiber. It provides 12 g of protein. The soup does not contain sugar.
Considerations
Panera Bread serves a number of other soups, as well. The chicken noodle, vegetarian black bean and garden vegetable varieties have about 50 percent fewer calories and 80 percent less fat than the broccoli cheddar soup. The baked potato, cream of chicken and wild rice, clam chowder and creamy tomato soups all contain more calories and more fat than the broccoli cheddar soup.
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