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How many calories are in dried instant soup?

960kcal

in a 250 g bowl

384 kcal per 100 g.

Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-653, 11 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.

33.5 gFat

14.8 gProtein

14 gFibre

98 %Daily potassium

Chicken Broth, the nearest illustration to Soup, instant, dried, as purchased

What’s in a 250 g bowl

More than half of a bowl is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 43.5 g of that.

  • 33.5 gFat
  • 14.8 gProtein
  • 160 gCarbohydrate
  • 14 gFibre
  • 10.8 gWater
  • 16.8 gMinerals and the rest

Above average for sauces, soups and condiments

Instant soup is 384 kcal per 100 g. The 92 sauces, soups and condiments in this database average 154.

Instant soup384
Sauces, soups and condiments average154

High in salt

5.9 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).

Salt, per bowl14.9 g
Sugars, per bowl43.5 g

Vitamins and minerals in instant soup

Three of the 23 recorded reach the “high in” level. Potassium leads by a long way.

98 %

Potassium

1955 mg in a 250 g bowl

2nd of 91 sauces, soups and condiments

Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system and to normal muscle function.

Chloride8925 mg1116 %
Phosphorus528 mg75 %
Manganese0.75 mg38 %
Vitamin E4.5 mg37 %
Vitamin A0.295 mg37 %

None recorded

  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin B12
Show all 23 with amounts
Chloride8925 mg, 1116 %
Potassium1955 mg, 98 %
Phosphorus528 mg, 75 %
Manganese0.75 mg, 38 %
Vitamin E4.5 mg, 37 %
Vitamin A0.295 mg, 37 %
Calcium248 mg, 31 %
Copper0.3 mg, 30 %
Vitamin K0.0186 mg, 25 %
Iron3.2 mg, 23 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.5 mg, 22 %
Magnesium70 mg, 19 %
Zinc1.8 mg, 17 %
Biotin0.00625 mg, 13 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.73 mg, 12 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.13 mg, 11 %
Vitamin B60.15 mg, 11 %
Selenium0.005 mg, 9.1 %
Folate0.015 mg, 7.5 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.05 mg, 3.6 %
Vitamin Dnone recorded
Vitamin Cnone recorded
Vitamin B12none recorded

Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”.

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No recorded vitamin D or vitamin C, and only 3.6 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.

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Instant soup against other sauces, soups and condiments

Per 100 g, instant soup has the most potassium of the 6 here, ahead of worcestershire sauce.

Soup, instant, dried, as purchasedthis page
Worcestershire sauce−182 mg
Pesto, green−602 mg
Hollandaise sauce−716 mg
Dressing, blue cheese−730 mg
Salad cream−742 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against instant soup.

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Questions about instant soup

Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.

How many calories are in a portion of instant soup?
A typical portion (250 g, one bowl) gives 960 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 384 kcal.
Is instant soup high in chloride?
Yes. Soup, instant, dried, as purchased has 3570 mg chloride per 100 g, 446 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does instant soup have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (3570 mg, 446 %), potassium (782 mg, 39 %) and phosphorus (211 mg, 30 %) per 100 g.
Is instant soup high in fibre?
It is a source of fibre (5.6 g per 100 g, above the 3 g line) but not high in fibre, which needs 6 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-653, Soup, instant, dried, as purchased, 11 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: DH, Nutrient analysis of a range of processed foods with particular reference to trans fatty acids, 2013. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a bowl is 250 g, one bowl, the usual UK portion for sauces, soups and condiments. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 92 sauces, soups and condiments kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Chicken Broth). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nutrition

Soup, instant, dried, as purchased

Calories960 kcal
Fat
33.5 g
of which saturates
21.8 g
Carbohydrate
160 g
of which sugars
43.5 g
of which starch
73 g
Fibre
14 g
Protein
14.8 g
Salt
14.9 g

Vitamins and minerals

Chloride
8925 mg
Potassium
1955 mg
Phosphorus
528 mg
Manganese
0.75 mg

4053 kJ per bowl. Values for the edible portion. Source: UK CoFID 2021.

All 23 vitamins and minerals