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  • 2020-12-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Did TikTok Videos 'Expose' Frozen Food Served at Panera Bread? (en)
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  • In December 2020, a new TikTok video purportedly showed frozen soup, chicken, and mac and cheese being prepared at a Panera Bread restaurant. The video recorded inside a Panera kitchen was later deleted. Similarly, we previously reported about TikTok videos that captured the refried beans prep process inside a Taco Bell kitchen. The video recorded at a Panera Bread restaurant was genuine. It was posted and then removed by TikTok user @jadekirstenkellar5. It was later reuploaded by @mr.tiktok820. It appeared to have been recorded earlier than December: A story from The Daily Dot broke down the details of the new video. The blog confirmed that it appeared to show several frozen menu items thawing: The video began by showing what appeared to be soups: After soups, the person recording the video claimed to show chicken: Third, the video ended by pointing the camera at mac and cheese: The Daily Dot and PopCulture.com pointed out that this was not the first time a TikTok video from inside a Panera Bread kitchen went viral. In 2019, TikTok user @briannaraelenee posted a video that showed the preparation process for the company's frozen macaroni and cheese. In addition to the menu offerings at Panera Bread restaurants, the company also sells in grocery stores a refrigerated version of its macaroni and cheese. Panera Bread defended its use of several frozen foods to USA Today: On the same day, the Washington Post also spoke with Hesselschwerdt about the company's frozen menu items. She said that the company confirmed the TikTok video was genuine: The woman who recorded the 2019 video apparently had worked at the restaurant but tweeted she was eventually fired. Before either TikTok video was available, on Jan. 31, 2019, the Washington Post published a story that rated the best and worst frozen and boxed macaroni and cheese options that were available at grocery stores: While Panera Bread's grocery store macaroni and cheese was not featured in the list of best or worst, a few other big names did make appearances, including Lean Cuisine, Amy's Stouffer's, Kraft, Trader Joe's, Marie Callender's, Annie's, Velveeta, Cracker Barrel, and 365 (Whole Foods). We reached out to Panera Bread for comment, and will update this story in the future should more information come to light. (en)
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