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Panera Bread and Histamine

285 menu items rated, lowest histamine first.

At Panera Bread the low-histamine picks lean heavily toward drinks and components: options like Cafe Blend Iced Coffee, Cappuccino, Organic Apple Juice, Steel Cut Oatmeal, and a Hard-Boiled Egg all rate low. Of 285 items rated, 49 are low, 61 are moderate, and 175 are high, so the menu skews high overall and none of the 26 salads or 15 sandwiches come in as low.

The lowest-histamine way to order

Since Panera builds many items to order, you can combine listed low components such as Romaine, Arugula, Cucumber, Hard-Boiled Egg, and Herbed Brown Rice, keeping in mind that the combination itself was not rated, only the individual pieces. On the drink side, Cafe Blend Iced Coffee or Organic Apple Juice are among the low options.

What pushes Panera Bread's menu up

The ingredients that push the most items to high are cherry tomato, which pushes 30 items up, and dark chocolate at 21. Provolone and Garlic Aioli each push 15, followed by avocado at 14, with marinated steak, diced zesty sweet cherry peppers, and aged hard cheese around 13 each.

Cherry tomato (30) Chocolate (dark) (21) Provolone (15) Panera Bread Garlic Aioli (15) Avocado (14) Panera Bread Marinated Steak (13) Panera Bread Diced Zesty Sweet Cherry Peppers (13) Hard cheese (aged) (13)

Ordering tips

  • For a warm breakfast, Steel Cut Oatmeal is a listed low component, and you can add a Hard-Boiled Egg or Scrambled Egg, both of which also rate low.
  • Among drinks, 10 beverages are low, including Cappuccino, Caffe Latte, Decaf Coffee, and Passion Papaya Iced Green Tea, so the coffee bar is your widest low-histamine zone.
  • If you build a plate, stick to low components like Romaine, Arugula, Cucumber, Fire Roasted Seasoned Broccoli, and Herbed Brown Rice, and note the finished combination has not been rated on its own.
  • Leaving off cherry tomato and Garlic Aioli helps, since those two push 30 and 15 items to high respectively.
  • For a low side, Chips are the single low pick in Sides and Spreads, and Apple or Apple Chips are low components as well.

Guide written from Panera Bread's published ingredient statements and the ratings below. Updated 2026-08-23.

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Common questions about Panera Bread

Are any Panera salads low histamine?

No salad rates low. Of 26 salads, 24 are high and 2 are moderate, those being the Asian Sesame Chicken Salad and the Asian Sesame Chicken Salad Stuffer.

What can I drink at Panera that is low histamine?

The Beverages group has 10 low options, including Cafe Blend Iced Coffee, Caffe Latte, Cappuccino, Caramel Latte, Decaf Coffee, Hazelnut Coffee, Iced Caffe Latte, Madagascar Vanilla Latte, Organic Apple Juice, and Passion Papaya Iced Green Tea. Three beverages are moderate and six are high.

Is there a low-histamine breakfast at Panera?

The Breakfast group itself lists no low items, with all 14 rating high. That said, low components like Steel Cut Oatmeal, Scrambled Egg, and Hard-Boiled Egg are available to build with, and the combination you assemble has not been rated on its own.

Which ingredients tend to push Panera items high?

Cherry tomato pushes the most, affecting 30 items, followed by dark chocolate at 21. Provolone and Garlic Aioli each push 15 items, and avocado pushes 14.