--- description: The list includes over 100 ingredients the company says it will no longer use title: Panera to Drop 150 Ingredients From Its Menu image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5812ec9f106c181/6987ee5f06f2c13bc1338153/panera.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Panera to Drop 150 Ingredients From Its Menu by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2015 11:48 AM CUT  The Panera Bread Co. logo is seen on a cup of iced tea and a bag arranged for a photograph outside of a restaurant in Torrance, California, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Panera Bread Co. logo is seen on a cup of iced tea and a bag arranged for a photograph outside of a restaurant in Torrance, California, on Oct. 21, 2013.Patrick T. Fallon—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2015 11:48 AM CUT Panera Bread is [cleaning up its menu](http://fortune.com/2015/05/04/panera-bread-ingredients/ "undefined"). The fast-casual restaurant chain will drop or change 150 of the 460 ingredients on its menu to fit new standards the company set to provide a healthier dining experience to customers. In an interview with [_Fortune_](http://fortune.com/2015/05/04/panera-bread-ingredients/?utm%5Fcontent=bufferf1bf4&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=facebook.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer "undefined"), Panera CEO Ron Shaich said banning ingredients like saccharin, aspartame, synthetic benzyl peroxide, and maltodextrin is what customers want. “Consumers are looking for alternatives that are less processed,” he said. The company published it’s so-called “[No-No List](https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/company/food-policy-no-no-list.html "undefined")” on Monday and hopes to have all “clean” ingredients by 2016. The company is the latest to jump on the trend of shifting its menu to more natural ingredients. Chipotle announced recently it would no longer be using genetically modified ingredients, and both McDonalds and Tyson Foods recently banned the use of human antibiotics in their poultry. [Read more at _Fortune_](http://fortune.com/2015/05/04/panera-bread-ingredients/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3846770/panera-bread-ingredients/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3846770/panera-bread-ingredients/"},"headline":"Panera to Drop 150 Ingredients From Its Menu","datePublished":"2015-05-05T11:48:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:55:45.536Z","description":"The list of \"no-no\" ingredients will be eliminated by 2016","url":"https://time.com/3846770/panera-bread-ingredients/","keywords":["Companies","Food","restaurants"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5812ec9f106c181/6987ee5f06f2c13bc1338153/panera.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5812ec9f106c181/6987ee5f06f2c13bc1338153/panera.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Panera Bread Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Figures","caption":"A Panera Bread Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Figures","creditText":"Patrick T. Fallon—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3846770/panera-bread-ingredients/","name":"Panera to Drop 150 Ingredients From Its Menu"}}]}] ```