Black Bean Soup (Panera Bread Copycat) - Recipe Diaries (2024)

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Why did Panera stop selling black bean soup? ›

Panera recently removed Black Bean Soup from their menu, saying it was a seasonal item. I think everyone can agree that Black Bean Soup is an Autumn Soup if anything, and its departure from the chain has impacted many.

In the course of his testing, Yonan found that soaking only cut down cooking time by 25 to 30%, and it also had real drawbacks. "You lose a lot of flavors when you soak them," Yonan says. "I've never had a pot of black beans as good soaking as when I don't soak them.

Blount Fine Foods, formerly Blount Seafood, is a prepared foods and soup manufacturer that produces wholesale frozen and fresh soups under the Blount brand as well as Panera Bread and Legal Sea Foods. Blount Fine Foods is headquartered in Fall River, Massachusetts with a production facility in Warren, Rhode Island.

Black beans are naturally low in sodium and contain potassium, calcium, and magnesium, all of which have been found to decrease blood pressure naturally. Be sure to purchase low sodium canned options and still drain and rinse to further reduce sodium content.

Nutrition aside, the other main consideration is texture. For soups, stews and anything else liquidy, feel free to use the whole can — just keep in mind that you'll be adding more liquid than if the recipe calls for drained and rinsed beans.

Canned beans are packed in a solution of water, salt, and starch. That solution can leave a glossy film on the beans, interfering with not only mouthfeel (slimy beans are a little off-putting), but also the ability of the beans to cling to other ingredients in the dish and absorb those flavors.

An experiment done by Cook's Illustrated found that a pot of black beans cooked with citric acid were still hard after 45 minutes. This is because the acid strengthens pectin coat around the dried beans, making it less able to absorb water.

Breads: The bread with the fewest calories is the whole grain miche with 130 per serving. Other good choices are the whole grain baguette or whole grain loaf with 140 calories (each option also has 3 grams of fiber per serving).

Black bean soup, homemade (1 cup) contains 35.2g total carbs, 21.6g net carbs, 1g fat, 10.8g protein, and 186 calories.

What is Panera's best selling soup? ›

According to the bakery-café chain, Broccoli Cheddar is America's favorite soup, with 49 states choosing it as their top pick. The outlier was Minnesota, which chose Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice as its top pick. The top three favorite soups nationwide are: Broccoli Cheddar Soup with 54.6M servings.

The TikTok user alleged that items soon to disappear from the Panera menu include the Bistro French Onion Soup, Ten Vegetable Soup, all cold brew drinks, all grain bowls, and several bakery items, including the blueberry scone, butter croissant, and kitchen sink cookie.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

This is Panera's most popular soup, made with a creamy cheese sauce, fresh broccoli, and carrots. It's a comfort food classic and perfect for cold days.

The recall is limited to 1 SKU of 16 oz. Panera at Home Southwest Corn Chowder cups produced with lot number 042122-2K and “Use By” date of 6/30/22. This item is only sold in refrigerated cases in the deli department of select retail grocery stores; it is not sold at any Panera bakery-cafe.

Panera Bread products that were axed from the menu include the turkey chili, green passion smoothie and the pepperoni mozzarella melt. Interestingly enough, these three items were ranked in the top 20 best Panera menu items by Tasting Table in 2023.