[photo source: Panera Bread]

Panera Bread is now offering Broth Bowls, “Asian-inspired” umami soy-miso soup mixed with quinoa, kale and chicken raised without antibiotics.  Panera is marketing these bowls with heavy focus on their “exotic” ingredients and telling customers to “eat adventurously”. They are currently available in four varieties:

• Soba Noodle Bowl with Chicken Soba Noodle Bowl with Chicken – Chicken raised without antibiotics, soba buckwheat noodles, fresh spinach, napa cabbage blend, roasted mushroom and onion blend, sesame seeds and cilantro in our umami soy-miso broth.
• Soba Noodle Bowl with Edamame Soba Noodle Bowl with Edamame – Soba buckwheat noodles, fresh spinach, napa cabbage blend, roasted mushroom and onion blend, fire roasted edamame blend, sesame seeds and cilantro in our umami soy-miso broth.
• Lentil Quinoa Bowl with Chicken Lentil Quinoa Bowl with Chicken – Chicken raised without antibiotics, organic quinoa and organic brown rice, lentil blend, tomato sofrito, fresh kale and spinach with a lemon wheel in our umami soy-miso broth.
• Lentil Quinoa Bowl with Cage-Free Egg Lentil Quinoa Bowl with Cage-Free Egg – Organic quinoa and organic brown rice, lentil blend, tomato sofrito, fresh kale and spinach in our umami soy-miso broth topped with a hard-boiled cage-free egg and lemon wheel.

Panera has locations nearby in Clifton, Edgewater, Fair Lawn, Northvale, Paramus, Ramsey, Rutherford, Wayne, Woodcliff Lake, and West Nyack. Full information on the products (with photos) are available at the Panera Bread website.