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Panera Bread Greek Salad Stuffer

High histamine

This Greek salad runs high because the tomatoes and kalamata olives are both high, with feta and dressing adding to it.

Food here is usually assembled to order from components that were prepped earlier in the day, so it tends to be fresher than a drive-through and less fresh than cooking at home. Histamine builds up as protein foods sit, so how long the chicken or beef has been in the warmer matters as much as what is in the bowl. Treat the rating above as a starting point.

The base is romaine, cucumber, and red onion in a stuffer roll, but a few Greek staples set the level.

  • Tomatoes and kalamata olives — tomatoes are a classic histamine liberator and the brined kalamata olives are high and act as a DAO blocker, so together they push the whole salad up.

  • Feta, Greek dressing, and pepperoncini — the feta and the tangy dressing land moderate, and the brined pepperoncini adds a bit more, so the extras stack onto an already high base.

The romaine and cucumber are the mild parts here.

This rating comes from Panera Bread's own published ingredient statement, read on August 23, 2026. Restaurant recipes vary by location and change over time, so always check the current listing: source 1, source 2. How we rate foods →

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References

  1. SIGHI Food Compatibility List — SIGHI (2026)
  2. Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
  3. Histamine Intolerance: The Current State of the Art — Comas-Basté et al. (2020)
  4. Low-Histamine Diets: Is the Exclusion of Foods Justified by Their Histamine Content? — Sánchez-Pérez et al. (2021)
  5. Histamine Intolerance: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Beyond — Jochum (2024)
  6. Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)