Panda Express Nutrition Menu 2026
Panda Express nutrition menu for 2026 — real calorie counts across every category, the lightest picks on the menu, the highest-calorie items to watch for, and allergen guidance, all from the same three-city menu research behind this guide.
Panda Express Nutrition Menu calories for 2026 range from 0 Cal (sauces, unsweetened tea, water) up to 1,460 Cal for a whole 26-30 person Party Bundle catering box, based on the same three-city menu research (Los Angeles, Dallas, New York) captured on 8 Sep 2026 behind this whole guide. Among single-serving items, the lightest real-food pick is Super Greens at 130 Cal; the heaviest single-serving plate is the Double Protein Plate at 875 Cal. For exact prices alongside these calories, see our complete Panda Express Menu Prices guide.
Calorie Range by Category
Calorie counts below are computed directly from the same three-city menu data (8 Sep 2026) used across this cluster — the same figure at every store we checked for a given item, not an estimate or a published-elsewhere average. The two Catering rows are split apart because whole Party Bundle totals (feeding 12-30 people) are a different unit from every other row here, which is a single serving or item.
Calorie Range by Category
| Category | Calorie Range | Items |
|---|---|---|
| Panda Bundles | 20-620 Cal | 26 |
| Bowl | 210-520 Cal | 4 |
| Plate | 430 Cal | 1 |
| Bigger Plate | 130-620 Cal | 16 |
| Balanced Protein Plates | 130-875 Cal | 19 |
| A La Carte (Entrees & Sides, Medium) | 130-620 Cal | 15 |
| 5 Person Family Meal | 130-620 Cal | 17 |
| Panda Cub Meal (Kids) | 0-580 Cal | 37 |
| Appetizers and More | 190-240 Cal | 3 |
| Panda Crafted Beverages | 140-238 Cal | 4 |
| Drinks | 0-560 Cal | 48 |
| Catering (per item) | 130-780 Cal | 20 |
| Catering Party Bundles (whole box, serves 12-30) | 730-1,460 Cal | 3 |
| Sauces | 0 Cal | 5 |
Lightest Options on the Menu
These are the lowest-calorie real food items in our Panda Express Nutrition Menu research, excluding plain sauces and unsweetened beverages — useful starting points if you’re watching calories without giving up a full side or entree. All five come from the Balanced Protein Plates lineup, where a plate itself runs $10.50-$13.10 no matter which entrees or sides you pick — see our complete Panda Express Menu Prices guide for exact pricing by size and store.
Lightest picks
| Item | Calories |
|---|---|
| Super Greens | 130 Cal |
| Broccoli Beef | 150 Cal |
| Black Pepper Sirloin Steak | 180 Cal |
| String Bean Chicken Breast | 210 Cal |
| Mushroom Chicken | 220 Cal |
Highest-Calorie Items
On the other end, these are the highest-calorie single-serving items in our Panda Express Nutrition Menu research — not counting the whole-box Party Bundle catering totals, which feed a group rather than one person and are shown separately in the category table above. The Double Protein Plate, the heaviest single serving, is priced the same as every other Balanced Protein Plate at $10.50-$13.10; the other four items below are sides and entrees ordered as part of a plate or bowl rather than priced on their own — see the Panda Express Menu Prices guide for full pricing.
Highest-calorie single-serving items
| Item | Calories |
|---|---|
| Double Protein Plate | 875 Cal |
| Fried Rice | 620 Cal |
| Chow Mein | 600 Cal |
| White Steamed Rice | 520 Cal |
| The Original Orange Chicken | 510 Cal |
Allergen Guidance
The Panda Express Nutrition Menu research behind this guide did not capture item-by-item allergen data (soy, wheat, egg, tree nut, shellfish and similar declarations), so this guide does not list a per-item allergen table rather than guess one. Panda Express’s own official nutrition and allergen documentation at pandaexpress.com/nutritioninformation is the authoritative source for allergen information — check it directly, or ask at your local restaurant, before ordering if you have a food allergy.
One coverage gap worth disclosing from our own research: A La Carte entrees and sides only had captured calories at Medium size in our three-city check — Small and Large portions weren’t captured, so this guide doesn’t show Small/Large calorie figures for those items rather than estimate them from the Medium count. The Balanced Protein Plates category above lists the same core entrees and sides without a size split, and is what this guide draws the lightest/highest picks from.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the lowest-calorie item on the Panda Express Nutrition Menu?
Among real food items (not counting plain sauces or unsweetened beverages), Super Greens is the lightest at 130 calories, followed by Broccoli Beef at 150 and Black Pepper Sirloin Steak at 180.
What’s the highest-calorie item at Panda Express?
Among single-serving items, the Double Protein Plate tops our research at 875 calories. The single highest calorie figure overall belongs to the 26-30 person Party Bundle catering box at 1,460 calories, but that’s a whole box meant to feed a group, not one serving.
How many calories are in Panda Express Orange Chicken?
510 calories for The Original Orange Chicken at Medium size, matched exactly at all three restaurants we checked on 8 Sep 2026.
Does Panda Express publish allergen information?
Yes, but not as part of our own three-city menu research, which captured prices and calories only. Check Panda Express’s own official nutrition and allergen documentation at pandaexpress.com/nutritioninformation, or ask at your local restaurant, before ordering if you have a food allergy.
Our Methodology
Calorie figures in this Panda Express Nutrition Menu guide were captured directly from each restaurant’s live official online-ordering menu at pandaexpress.com on 8 Sep 2026, the same three-city dataset (Los Angeles, Dallas, New York) used across this cluster — every canonical item matched the same calorie count at all three restaurants checked.
The category calorie-range table and the lightest/highest item picks above are computed directly from that same dataset, not estimated or pulled from a third-party source. A La Carte entrees and sides only had captured calories at Medium size — Small and Large weren’t captured, and this guide discloses that gap rather than filling it with an estimate (see Allergen Guidance above).
No allergen data was captured in our own research — see the Allergen Guidance section above for why this page doesn’t include a per-item allergen table.