Panera Bread
Flavor:
Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken
Ingredients:
Greens Blend (Romaine Lettuce, Kale, Lettuce, Arugula), Fully Cooked Seasoned Chicken (Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Water, Rice Starch, Vinegar, Seasoning [Salt, Rice Starch, Potato Starch, Dextrose And Natural Flavor], Sea Salt, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, And Black Pepper), Tomatoes, White Balsamic With Apple Flavored Vinaigrette (Soybean Oil, Water, Sugar, Apple Juice Concentrate, White Balsamic Vinegar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Arabic Gum, Natural Apple Flavor, Gum Acacia, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Dehydrated Onion, Garlic, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Ginger, Citric Acid), Red Onion, Gorgonzola Cheese Crumbles (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Microbial And Animal Enzymes, Penicillium Roqueforti, Powdered Cellulose To Prevent Caking, Natamycin [Mold Inhibitor]), Oil Roasted Pecans (Pecans, Cottonseed Oil), Apple Chips (Apples, Canola Oil, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid)
Rating: We Avoid
- 1 out of 5
Ingredient Score:
Rated at 1/5 green leaves, the Panera Bread Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken is a product that falls significantly short of the standards for cleaner food options as defined by our website. This salad is not organic and contains GMO ingredients, factors that contribute to its low rating. Additionally, the inclusion of added sugars in the form of sugar and citric acid, along with dextrose and corn syrup, further detracts from its score. The presence of potentially harmful additives such as natural flavor, flavor, and xanthan gum, along with harmful oils like canola and soybean oil, also impact the product’s rating negatively.
The salad begins with a blend of romaine lettuce, kale, lettuce, and arugula, topped with seasoned chicken breast. While the greens and chicken may appear wholesome, the other ingredients raise concerns. The white balsamic with apple-flavored vinaigrette contains a variety of elements that are not in line with our criteria for cleaner eating, such as soybean oil and added sugars. The salad is garnished with red onion, gorgonzola cheese crumbles (which contain a mold inhibitor), oil-roasted pecans, and apple chips. The apple chips are noteworthy for containing canola oil and corn syrup, ingredients that are flagged on our website for their potential negative health implications.
The product’s overall composition reflects a combination of fresh salad components with multiple ingredients that do not meet the cleaner food criteria established by our evaluation system. These include non-organic produce, GMOs, added sugars, harmful additives, and oils that are considered detrimental based on our research and standards.
Consumers seeking cleaner food options are advised to consider alternatives that align more closely with the principles of health and transparency in ingredient sourcing and nutritional composition. The Panera Bread Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken, with its 1/5 green leaves rating, is a product that does not meet these principles and is recommended to be avoided for those prioritizing a diet with cleaner, less processed food choices.
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