Panera Bread at the GROCERY STORE?! SUPERCHEF VS SUPERMARKET

Nov 13, 2025 · 5:21

Summary

Darnell tackles Panera Bread's grocery store mac and cheese and it's a disaster. Nearly 1,000 calories per container, 96% of your daily sodium, and a whopping $8.99 price tag for what tastes mostly like cream and milk with barely any cheese flavor. The noodles stay firm, sure, but this white cheddar situation is underwhelming compared to what you'd get at the actual restaurant. Darnell gives it a D-minus across the board. Nutrition gets an F, taste gets a D-plus, and the price is completely out of control for a bowl of mediocre pasta. Hard pass on this one.

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All right

So, we have seen many, many restaurants convert over [music] to supermarkets selling their products

So, on this episode, Super Chefer Supermarket, let's try out the Big Dogs today

Panera Bread, people

Let's see if this mac and cheese

I could get the family size, but I'm going to save a

little money today cuz I told you they don't give us this stuff for free

So, let's see if it tastes like it does in their stores. [music] And I don't even know if it's good to store

I've never had Panera Breads Mac and Cheese

So, let's see if it's even worth it. [music]

Welcome to Super First Supermarket

Now we here to get you

And um we tried out, you know, Panera Bread Mac and Cheese

Original

You know what I'm saying? Original

Um everything doesn't always translate to [music] um packaging

So let's see if this translates from the gross the

restaurants, you know, Panera Bread [music] into the actual grocery store

So let's tag this on talk that stuff

I don't most products don't talk that stuff when they got a brand built around them

So Panera Bread, let's see what you say on here

Talk that stuff is when they brag on the container

Panera Bread

says nothing because Panera Bread is Panera Bread

They know you going to get it because you like them already

Um, so let's get into nutrition

Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition

Okay

So, let's get this per They said a serving

Okay

Per container

One container is a

serving size

This is understandable, but it's extreme

Okay. 960 calories

Eat this whole thing. 1,000 calories almost

You know what I'm saying? But, I mean, what you expecting to get for milk and cheese and and noodles? Uh, this amount of it

When it comes to trans fats, oh my gosh.

So, I don't want to overlook too many negatives and like this one has

This is [music] negative down to the core

Like, it has over 100 60% of what you need when it comes to fat

Granted, it's made where's the ingredients at? I mean, it's it's made [music] with pasta and it should be made with like cream. should

say well dry [music] milk not milk fat skim milk like dried cream all that stuff is where you get all that from um cholesterol high sodium extremely high extremely 96% of your daily value 2210 milligram crazy work people so nutrition a f plus

forget get it

Don't look at it when you walk past in the grocery stores

Uh, but this is just one more ancillary thing of their products and their brands like that

The grocery store is making no money

They can't be [music] making that much money off mac and cheese inside the grocery stores

Uh, but F for

selling humankind with this nutritional facts label

Uh, then we have price

Uh, we're going to get to price in one second, but let's go to taste

Let's get taste out the way

All right

You know what I'm saying? I grew up with yellow mac and cheese. never seen white mac and cheese till I got in college

You know

what I'm saying? So, that was new to me that there was mac and cheese, you know, made with mozzarella, parmesan, that kind of stuff

Blew my mind

Uh, so you live

Let's go ahead see what it's like

Oh, it's my water bottle

Well, extremely creamy, rich

Um, noodles [music] are still have life left

in them, which is good cuz I mean noodles sitting in sauce for that long could definitely lose its um stature, but um very milky, light light cheese

Um more of a white cheddar cheese

You know, white cheddar is not as impressive as like yellow, but it it's just it's not really cheesy

Um, [music] so really

milk forward, cream forward, not really cheese forward, but it [music] is thick like you like your mac and cheese

Um, I imagine they use some great [music] preservatives, maybe some Zantham gum in here to help keep it like this, too

Um, tastes D plus

I [music] mean,

if there's people out there that love this, then, you know, we don't have the same polls

Uh, but this is all right

If you like panera bread, I I guess go get you some pretty damn bad mac and cheese

But when it comes to price, was it $8.99? Oh, no

Too much money

Too too too much

Tot mac and cheese at a

restaurant don't cost you $8

Um, but $8.99 D as well

And we've seen different products on here that cost $8.99

We've seen sandwiches

We've seen whole lunch meals that have chicken, spicy chicken, teriyaki with vegetables and rice

And then we [music] just have a bowl of macaroni and cheese with very

little cheese for $8.99

So definitely a D

So yeah, let's get past this product

I don't want to I don't want to linger on too much

This is the Panera Bread Mac and Cheese original

It wasn't horrible

Didn't taste bad

It didn't taste like much

Um but Super Chefer Supermarket

Uh this product I [music]

would say probably one of the ones that's not Super Chef approved

See you next time.

Episode description

In today’s video, I’m taste-testing the Panera Bread Store-Bought Macaroni & Cheese! 🍽️🔥 Panera is known for their creamy, cozy mac and cheese in-store… but how does the grocery store version compare? I’m breaking down the flavor, texture, creaminess, value, and whether it’s worth adding to your next grocery run. 👉 Is it as good as the restaurant version? 👉 Does it have that signature Panera richness? 👉 Would I buy it again? Stick around for my honest review, final rating, and whether this mac and cheese deserves a spot in your fridge. If you enjoy food reviews, quick taste tests, and honest opinions, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe! #PaneraBread #FoodReview #MacAndCheeseReview #PaneraMacAndCheese #TasteTest #thesuperchefnetwork #superchefvssupermarket #nutrition