The Bagel Check · Panera bagels, ranked
The same $1.98 buys you 190 calories or 430. Here is every bagel, ranked, plus the Tuesday math and the cream cheese pairing nobody shows. Bagels cover the morning here; the rest of the menu is mapped out when you are planning the rest of the day.
A Panera bagel is a single-serve bagel baked fresh daily at Panera Bread, sold individually for $1.98 and in money-saving packs. This guide covers all 11 varieties on the 2026 menu with verified prices and official nutrition, plus pack math and the Tuesday deal.
Every single bagel below costs $1.98, except the new Everything Protein Bagel at $1.99. The price tells you nothing, so this page ranks what the price hides: calories from 190 to 430, protein from 6g to 15g, and sodium up to 800mg in a single bagel. Nutrition is taken from Panera’s official guide dated September 2, 2026, and prices are 9-city averages checked September 30, 2026. Tuesday pricing is labeled typical throughout.
How to read the labels: bagel, pack, and spread prices and nutrition come from Panera’s published menu information. Tuesday prices change by cafe and week, apply only where offered, and should be confirmed in the Panera app.
The headline finding
Panera prices every classic bagel at $1.98, so the counter gives you no signal at all. The check does: the lightest and heaviest bagels differ by 240 calories, more than a full cream cheese individual.
The light end · $1.98
6g protein · 420mg sodium. The only Panera bagel under 200 calories, and the gentlest sodium of any bagel on the board. This is the default for a light morning.
The heavy end · $1.98
13g protein · 460mg sodium. The sweet crunch topping turns this into the highest calorie bagel Panera sells. It is a good order, as long as you order it as dessert.
The decision: at one flat price, calories are the choice, not the cost. Pick by the morning you want: the Flat keeps breakfast light, the Crunch is the treat, and the eight bagels between them trade protein against sodium. The full ranking is next.
The full check
Lowest to highest, with the trade-offs labeled instead of buried. Two patterns matter: the Asiago pair owns protein, and the Everything topping owns sodium.
| Rank | Bagel | Price | Calories | Protein | Sodium | The check note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multigrain Bagel FlatLightest | $1.98 | 190 | 6g | 420mg | The light pick. Lowest calories and lowest sodium on the board. |
| 2 | Plain Bagel | $1.98 | 280 | 7g | 590mg | The blank canvas. Nothing competes with the spread you choose. |
| 3 | Blueberry Bagel | $1.98 | 290 | 10g | 570mg | The sweet pick with real protein: 10g at under 300 calories. |
| 4 | Cinnamon Swirl & Raisin Bagel | $1.98 | 300 | 8g | 590mg | Middle of the road in every column. A safe, ordinary order. |
| 5 | Everything Bagel | $1.98 | 300 | 8g | 720mg | Flavor first. The topping pushes sodium near the top of the board. |
| 6 | Sesame Bagel | $1.98 | 310 | 8g | 600mg | The classic toasted base. No surprises in any column. |
| 7 | Chocolate Chip Bagel | $1.98 | 330 | 10g | 430mg | Dessert leaning, but with the gentlest sodium of the sweet bagels. |
| 8 | Asiago Bagel14g protein | $1.98 | 350 | 14g | 660mg | Protein without the everything topping, and 140mg less sodium for it. |
| 9 | Asiago Everything BagelMost protein | $1.98 | 370 | 15g | 800mg | The protein leader and the sodium leader in one bagel. Know the trade. |
| 10 | Cinnamon Crunch Bagel | $1.98 | 430 | 13g | 460mg | The highest calorie bagel. Order it deliberately: it is dessert. |
| New | Everything Protein BagelNutrition pending | $1.99 | Not published | Not published | Not published | A new item. Its nutrition is not in the official guide yet, so it is not ranked rather than guessed. |
Good to know: prices are 9-city averages checked September 30, 2026. Nutrition is taken from Panera’s official Nutrition Guide dated September 2, 2026. Where the guide has no figure, this page says so instead of estimating one.
Pick your bagel by goal
The ranking answers every question, but most mornings ask one of three. Start from the goal and the bagel picks itself.
Goal · Keep it light
The only bagel under 200 calories, with the lowest sodium on the board. It leaves room for a full cream cheese individual and still lands at 300 calories total.
Order it when: breakfast is a starting point, not the main event.
Goal · Most protein
The most protein of any Panera bagel, at the same $1.98 as everything else. The everything topping is also why it carries the most sodium of any bagel here.
Order it when: protein is the job. If sodium matters, the plain Asiago keeps 14g protein at 660mg.
Goal · Sweet tooth
The highest calorie bagel Panera sells, ordered with eyes open. It is a pastry in bagel form, and there is nothing wrong with that on the morning you want it.
Order it when: you want the treat. For sweet without the splurge, the Blueberry gives 10g protein at 290 calories.
The Tuesday math
Singles are the worst way to buy bagels at Panera, and it is not close. Thirteen singles cost $25.74. Every pack undercuts that, and the Tuesday special, where it runs, undercuts the packs. Here is the whole ladder with the labels kept honest.
The Tuesday bagel deal is a weekly Baker's Dozen discount at participating Panera bakery-cafes, with typical pricing that varies by market. Confirm in the Panera app before going.
The Tuesday special
Reports cite Tuesday Baker’s Dozen pricing around $6.99 to $10.99 against regular prices of $9.99 to $15.99, varying by market and time. Participating locations only.
Typical · Confirm in appThe regular dozen
Thirteen bagels at $13.68 works out to about $1.05 a bagel, against $1.98 at the single counter. This is the everyday stock up price, no special day required.
Verified priceThe office play
Thirteen bagels and two cream cheese tubs for $18.46. The same 13 bagels as singles cost $25.74 before any spread, so the pack saves about $7.28 and throws the tubs in.
Verified priceThe cream cheese pairing
Nobody ranks the spread with the bagel, which is odd, because the spread can matter more than the bagel you picked. Both individuals cost $1.73. The calories are where they part.
Panera cream cheese is sold in 1.5 oz individuals ($1.73) and 8 oz tubs ($3.78). The spread can add more calories than the gap between two bagel varieties.
The lighter spread · Individual 1.5 oz
The default pairing, and the lighter one. On a Multigrain Flat it builds the lightest full bagel order at Panera: 300 calories with 9g protein.
Choose it when: the bagel is the flavor and the spread is just there to hold it together.
The flavor spread · Individual 1.5 oz
Twenty more calories and one more gram of protein than plain, at the same price. On a Plain Bagel it builds a 410 calorie order, nearly a Cinnamon Crunch before the Crunch gets its own spread.
Choose it when: the spread is the point. Price it into the bagel decision, not after it.
190 plus 110 calories, 9g protein. A complete bagel order that stays lighter than most single bagels alone.
290 plus 110 calories, 13g protein. Sweet, filling, and still under the Cinnamon Crunch on its own.
370 plus 130 calories, 19g protein. The most protein a $3.71 bagel order can carry, with 960mg sodium to show for it.
430 plus 130 calories, 17g protein. Dessert, priced and portioned like dessert. Split it and it is a reasonable one.
The honest note: the gap between a Plain Bagel (280) and a Sesame (310) is 30 calories. A cream cheese individual is 110 to 130. The spread can outweigh the bagel to bagel gap, so decide the pairing with the same care as the bagel. For a group, the 8 oz tubs cost $3.78 each (plain at 80 cal per 1 oz serving, honey walnut at 90): one tub holds about five individual portions that would cost $8.65 bought one at a time.
Bagels as a vehicle
Half the breakfast menu is built on these same bagels. The Asiago and Asiago Everything that top the protein ranking are the bases for Panera’s Bagel Stacks, which is why a $1.98 bagel with an egg on it becomes a 30g protein breakfast. This page looks at the bagel on its own; the builds live on the breakfast page.
One ordering note carries over: the sodium you see in the check table is the floor, not the total. Cheese, sausage and bacon stack on top of it, so the bagel choice you make here sets the budget for everything added later.
See bagels built into breakfastAsiago Everything, 370 cal and 800mg sodium: the strongest base, and the one that spends the sodium budget fastest.
Asiago, 350 cal and 660mg sodium: nearly the same protein for less sodium, the smarter stack base.
Multigrain Flat, 190 cal and 420mg sodium: the base that keeps a breakfast sandwich light enough to stay breakfast.
Where your next question leads
Bagel just the start? See the full breakfast menu it belongs to. Buying bagels for a meeting? Here is how the bagel pack math works for a room.
Come on a Tuesday often? Check whether Bagel Tuesday changes the math for you.
Questions, answered
Verified Panera bagels run from 190 calories for the Multigrain Bagel Flat to 430 calories for the Cinnamon Crunch Bagel, and most sit between 280 and 370. The new Everything Protein Bagel is not in the official guide yet, so its calories are not published. Add 110 to 130 calories for a cream cheese individual. The full ranking has every variety.
By the verified numbers, the Multigrain Bagel Flat: 190 calories, 6g protein and 420mg sodium for $1.98, the lightest bagel and the gentlest sodium on the board. If protein matters more than calories, the Asiago Bagel gives 14g protein at 350 calories and 660mg sodium.
The Asiago Everything Bagel, with 15g protein at 370 calories, 800mg sodium and $1.98. The plain Asiago Bagel is close behind at 14g protein, 350 calories and 660mg sodium, so it is the better pick when sodium matters more than the last gram.
Typically, participating locations discount the Baker’s Dozen on Tuesdays, with reported prices around $6.99 to $10.99 depending on market and time. The regular verified Baker’s Dozen price is $13.68. Tuesday pricing is typical only, varies by location, and should be confirmed in the Panera app before you go. The Tuesday math section compares it with the everyday packs.
A Baker’s Dozen is 13 bagels and costs $13.68 verified. The Bagel Pack, with 13 bagels and two cream cheese tubs, costs $18.46. A Half Dozen costs $8.95 and a Dozen and a Half costs $17.40. Thirteen singles at $1.98 would cost $25.74, which is why the packs win.
Vegan guides commonly cite the plain, everything, blueberry and sesame bagels as the vegan friendly Panera bagels, but recipes change, so verify in the Panera app or allergen information before ordering. Cream cheese contains dairy, so a bagel with cream cheese is not vegan. Our vegan guide covers the full plant based ordering picture.
Keep deciding
This page owns the bagel itself. These pages own the sandwich built on it, the room it feeds, and the full nutrition picture.
The Bagel Stacks and egg sandwiches that use these bagels as a base, ranked by protein, price and sodium.
Breakfast menuThe breakfast catering playbook: bagel pack math per person, coffee totes, and formulas for rooms of 6, 12 or 25.
Breakfast cateringAll 247 items with official nutrition in one searchable table, including every bagel and spread on this page.
Nutrition guide