Don’t let the word “bread” in the title intimidate you, Panera Bread is a great  place to eat gluten free even though they do NOT serve gluten free bread.. To find a location near you, enter your zip code on their home page. The food is great, I love the casual-but-classy atmosphere, and most of their soups and salads are OK for us if we avoid the croutons and wonton strips, of course. Here is a list of gluten free foods available:

from Sam, Customer Comment Coordinator on 12/26/07:

"I have included below a list of our gluten-free menu items. Not all of these items are currently on our menu and some new menu items have not yet been evaluated for the purposes of this list. However, you can find complete ingredients listings for all 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.

GLUTEN FREE LIST - Panera Bread **

**Although we do our very best to meet your special requirements, we cannot rule out the possibility of cross contact between these items and gluten-containing foods in our bakery-cafe.

Salads:    (including the salad dressing) (source of modified food starch is corn)
Greek Salad
Fandango Salad
Caesar Salad (without croutons)
Asian Sesame Chicken Salad (without Won Ton noodles)
Classic Cafe' Salad
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad with Chicken
Fuji Apple Chicken Salad
California Mission Chicken Salad
Orchard Harvest Chicken Salad

Soups:
Moroccan Tomato Lentil
Santa Fe Roasted Corn
Vegetable and Sirloin Beef
Vegetarian Black Bean
Vegetarian Lentil
Mesa Bean & Vegetable
Cuban Black Bean Soup
Vegetarian Roasted Red Pepper & Lentil
Vegetarian Butternut Squash
Creamy Tomato
Spring Vegetable with Chicken & Rice
Low-Fat Vegetarian Southwest Tomato & Roasted Corn

Salad Dressings:
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Caesar"

Published 06/16/08