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title: "Panera Bread Achieves Goal of Food Additives Elimination"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/26cb0005-0021-48e1-a2d5-c7936a576e6c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-450-ingredients-122-new-recipes-and-panera-bread-hits-its-goal-of-ditching-all-food-additives-9286
category: "Bakery & breakfast"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Bakery & breakfast"
published: 2017-01-13T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:53.321Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/75c1499e6f6063efaca0df9b2ee790718921.jpg
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# Panera Bread Achieves Goal of Food Additives Elimination

**TL;DR:** Panera Bread has achieved its goal of removing artificial additives from its menu, marking a significant milestone in the company's commitment to clean food. The company's founder and CEO, Ron Shaich, announced that Panera is now '100 percent clean'.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-450-ingredients-122-new-recipes-and-panera-bread-hits-its-goal-of-ditching-all-food-additives-9286).*

## Story

Panera Bread has announced it is officially “100 percent clean,” according to a recent CNBC article. The company has been aiming to rid its menu of all artificial flavors, sweeteners, preservatives and colors.

"We can now say to the world that you can walk into a Panera and you can feel a positive sense that you know with absolutely certainty that there are no artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, colors from artificial sources on our menu," Ron Shaich, Panera Bread's founder and CEO, told CNBC.

Deli meat was one of the challenges the brand had to face—a product known for including preservatives and phosphates. In order to naturally preserve Panera’a turkey deli meat now, the company uses water, sea salt and potato starch.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Panera Bread (company)
- Ron Shaich (person)
- menu reformulation (topic)
- clean food (topic)
- food additives elimination (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-450-ingredients-122-new-recipes-and-panera-bread-hits-its-goal-of-ditching-all-food-additives-9286). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/26cb0005-0021-48e1-a2d5-c7936a576e6c).