Panera lists 'unacceptable' ingredients in its foods

(KGW) Panera has put it in writing.

The trendy, fast-casual chain widely known for the quality of its food and integrity of its ingredients on Tuesday will become the first national restaurant chain to publicly post a comprehensive list of all artificial additives that it has has removed or plans to remove by the end of 2016 from the food it serves.

Panera has dubbed it the “No-No List.” The list includes more than 150 ingredients from BHT to maltodextrin to sulfur dioxide that Panera is in the process of removing from its foods.

Also, beginning Wednesday, Panera will only sell salads with “clean” salad dressings, all made without artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors and preservatives. The ingredients on Panera’s salad menu still evolving to meet the 2016 commitment are croutons, tortilla strips, pepperoncini and bacon.