Panera Soup Menu: Every Soup, Size, Price and Calorie Count (2026)

What soups are on the Panera soup menu?

Panera's September 2, 2026 allergen guide lists six soups, and the matching nutrition guide confirms sizes and calories for the core five:

• Broccoli Cheddar: Panera's best-known soup, thick and cheesy.
• Bistro French Onion: onion soup topped with cheese and croissant croutons.
• Creamy Tomato with Croissant Croutons: one of two soups Panera labels vegetarian.
• Homestyle Chicken Noodle: the lightest soup on the menu.
• Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice: a creamy chicken soup with rice.
• Autumn Squash: the fall soup, also labeled vegetarian.

Mac and cheese sits on the same part of the menu and comes in a plain and a Bacon Mac & Cheese version.

Some soups have left. Vegetarian Black Bean and Mexican Style Street Corn Chowder were in Panera's June 2026 guide but not the September one, and Ten Vegetable is no longer listed. Online menus that still show them are out of date.

How much is a bowl of soup at Panera?

A bowl of soup at Panera typically costs about $8.79 to $8.99, depending on the soup and your cafe. Broccoli Cheddar runs about $7.19 for a cup, $8.99 for a bowl and $10.99 in a bread bowl. Creamy Tomato and Homestyle Chicken Noodle bowls are about $8.79.

The cheapest way to get Panera soup is a $4.99 cup on the Mix & Match value menu, which in August 2026 included Creamy Tomato, Homestyle Chicken Noodle and Bistro French Onion. You need to order at least two value items, so pair the cup with a half sandwich or half salad. Prices are typical U.S. estimates and run higher on delivery.

What is the difference between a cup, bowl and bread bowl?

A cup is 1 cup of soup, a bowl is 1.5 cups, and a bread bowl is a hollowed sourdough loaf filled with soup. For groups, Panera catering sells a container that serves 4.

The bread bowl changes the meal more than the size suggests. A bowl of Broccoli Cheddar is 420 calories, but the bread bowl version is 930 calories with 152 g of carbs. For Broccoli Cheddar, the plain bowl also costs about $2 less. Choose the bread bowl when soup is the whole meal, and a cup when it is half of a combo.

Which Panera soup should you order?

It depends on what you want from it. The numbers below come from Panera's September 2026 guide, per bowl:

• Most filling for the calories: Homestyle Chicken Noodle, with 14 g of protein in 180 calories.
• Richest: Broccoli Cheddar, at 420 calories and 31 g of fat. Creamy Tomato is lighter at 340 calories but still has 23 g of fat.
• Saltiest: Bistro French Onion, at 1,820 mg of sodium in a 300-calorie bowl. All five core soups top 1,100 mg per bowl, so a cup is the easy way to cut salt.
• For kids: a cup of Broccoli Cheddar is on Panera's kids' menu at 280 calories.

If you are pairing soup with a sandwich, a cup leaves room for a half sandwich without turning lunch into a 1,000-calorie meal.

Does Panera have a soup of the day?

Not in the current lineup. Panera's 2026 guides list one set of soups with no weekday schedule, so the soups available on a Wednesday should be the same as on a Monday. What changes is the season: the June guide had Mexican Style Street Corn Chowder, and by September it was gone and Autumn Squash had appeared.

A cafe can still run out of a soup late in the day. The quickest way to see your cafe's soup menu today is to start an order in the Panera app, which only shows what that cafe can make.

When does Panera start serving soup?

Panera serves soup with lunch, which starts when breakfast ends, at about 10:30 a.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. on weekends at most cafes. Before then the kitchen runs the breakfast menu. Soup then generally stays available until the cafe closes. See our Panera hours guide for more on cafe times.

The most popular way to eat it is soup and sandwich: a cup of soup with a half sandwich as a You Pick Two, or two $4.99 items from the Panera value menu. For vegan and low-calorie choices, see our Panera nutrition guide, and for sandwiches and salads, the full Panera Bread menu.