Introduction
The Panda Express Calorie Calculator counts the calories in your meal before you order. Pick your entrées, sides, appetizers, and drinks, and it totals your calories, protein, carbs, fat, sodium, and sugar.
Search the full menu or tap a popular pick like Orange Chicken, Chow Mein, or Beijing Beef. You can filter for vegetarian or gluten-free items, and hide dishes with allergens like peanuts, wheat, soy, or shellfish. Choose your drink size, set the amount you want, and add it to your meal.
Set your daily calorie goal and the bar shows what percent of it your meal uses. You will also get warnings if the meal is high in sodium, saturated fat, or sugar. Switch between calories and kilojoules, or between ounces and grams, at any time.
Use it to plan a lighter lunch, hit a protein target, or just know what you are eating.
How to use our Panda Express Calorie Calculator
Pick the Panda Express menu items you want to eat, set how many of each, and add your daily calorie goal. The calculator shows your total calories, protein, carbs, fat, sodium, macro split, and how much of your daily goal the meal uses.
Search Menu: Type a dish name, like "Orange Chicken," to find it fast. Click the X to clear the box.
Energy Units: Choose calories (kcal) or kilojoules (kJ). Every number on the page changes right away.
Serving Size Units: Choose US (oz / fl oz) or metric (g / mL) for all serving sizes.
Category Tabs: Click a tab like Chicken, Beef, Sides, or Beverages to see only that group. Use the arrows to scroll the tabs.
Vegetarian and Gluten-Free Buttons: Click either button to show only items that fit that diet. Click again to turn it off.
Filter by Allergens: Open this panel and tick any allergen, such as peanuts, wheat, or milk, to hide items that contain it.
Clear All Filters: Click this to reset your search, tabs, diet buttons, and allergen boxes at once.
Popular Picks: Click a top seller to add one serving to your meal in one tap.
Sort Buttons: Click a column title, like Energy or Protein, to sort the menu list low to high or high to low.
Size Buttons: For drinks and kids meals, pick a size such as Kids, Small, Medium, or Large before you add the item.
Quantity: Use the plus and minus buttons, or type a number from 1 to 99, to set how many servings you want.
Add to Meal: Click this to put the item in your meal. The floating badge shows your running calorie total and item count.
Full Nutrition Info: Open this to see fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugars, and protein for one serving.
My Daily Energy Goal: Enter your daily calorie target, such as 2,000 kcal. The bar shows what percent of that goal your meal uses.
Calculate and Reset: Click Calculate to update your totals and the step-by-step math. Click Reset to start over with the sample meal.
Panda Express Calories: What You Should Know
Panda Express is a fast food chain that serves American Chinese food. You build your meal by picking a side, like chow mein or rice, and then one or more entrees, like Orange Chicken or Broccoli Beef. Because you choose the parts yourself, two meals from the same store can have very different calorie counts.
Calories in a Panda Express Meal
A calorie is a unit of energy in food. Your body uses that energy to move, think, and stay warm. Most adults need about 2,000 calories a day, but the real number changes with your age, size, and how active you are.
At Panda Express, single servings run from about 35 calories (Mixed Vegetables) to nearly 500 calories (The Original Orange Chicken or Beijing Beef). Sides add a lot too. A serving of Chow Mein is around 510 calories, and Fried Rice is about 520. A full plate with rice and two fried entrees can pass 1,400 calories, which is most of a day's food in one meal.
Sodium Is the Other Big Number
Panda Express food is often high in sodium (salt). The daily limit for most people is 2,300 mg. Some single entrees hold over 1,000 mg, so one plate can use up your whole day's salt. Too much sodium over time can raise blood pressure. Drinking water and skipping extra soy sauce packets helps, since one packet alone has about 750 mg.
Lower Calorie Choices
- Pick Super Greens as your side instead of rice or chow mein. It saves 300 to 400 calories.
- Choose grilled or steamed items like Grilled Teriyaki Chicken, String Bean Chicken Breast, or Broccoli Beef. Fried and breaded dishes soak up oil.
- Skip the sweet sauces. Orange, honey, and sweet and sour sauces add sugar and calories fast.
- Drink water or unsweetened tea. A large soda can add 460 calories or more with no protein or fiber.
Protein, Carbs, and Fat
Food energy comes from three macronutrients. Protein and carbohydrates each give about 4 calories per gram, and fat gives about 9. Protein helps build muscle and keeps you full longer. Chicken breast and steak dishes are the highest in protein at Panda Express, while rice and noodles are mostly carbs.
Allergens and Diet Needs
Many Panda Express dishes contain wheat, soy, eggs, sesame, or shellfish. Kung Pao Chicken has peanuts, and Honey Walnut Shrimp has tree nuts, milk, and shellfish. Plain steamed white rice, brown rice, and Mixed Vegetables have no major allergens. All food is cooked in shared woks, so tiny amounts of other ingredients can still mix in.
Why Numbers Can Differ
Serving sizes are averages. A worker may scoop a bit more or less, and some items are only sold in certain regions or for a short time. Use these numbers as a close guide, not an exact count.