Beef noodle soup calories come to 83 for 1 cup (244 g) and 34 per 100 g of canned soup prepared with water. The calories are not the number to notice. Sodium is: that same cup carries 793 mg, 34% of the daily value, while delivering just 4.7 g of protein.
83kcal
1 cup · 244 g, canned, prepared with water
23%protein
4.7 gProtein
9 gCarbs
3 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Canned, prepared with water · per 244 g
Calories
83 kcal
Protein
4.7 g
Carbohydrate
8.7 g
Fat
3 g
Saturated fat
1.1 g
Cholesterol
5 mg
Sodium
793 mg
Potassium
98 mg
Iron
1.1 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified October 2026. How we verify our data →
Beef noodle soup: calories, protein and sodium by serving
Percent of daily value uses the FDA reference of 2,000 kcal a day.
Serving
kcal
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Sodium
% DV kcal
1 cup (244 g)
83
4.7 g
8.7 g
3 g
793 mg
4%
1 can, prepared (593 g)
202
11.4 g
21.2 g
7.3 g
1,927 mg
10%
100 g
34
1.9 g
3.6 g
1.2 g
325 mg
2%
3 × 1 cup (244 g)
249
14.1 g
2,379 mg
5 × 1 cup (244 g)
415
23.5 g
3,965 mg
A whole can is a 202-calorie bowl
The label serving is 1 cup (244 g), which gives 83 calories, 4.7 g of protein and 8.7 g of carbs. Few people stop at one cup. A can prepared with water makes 593 g of soup, and finishing it means 202 calories, 11.4 g of protein and 21.2 g of carbs. That is 10% of the daily calorie value, modest for a full bowl.
Scaling by the cup is simple. Two cups (488 g) land at 166 calories, three cups (732 g) at 249, and five cups (1,220 g) at 415. Even a big pot stays light because the soup is mostly water: 100 g holds only 34 calories.
The catch is that protein grows slowly. Two cups give 9.4 g, three give 14.1 g, and five give 23.5 g. If you want the soup to carry a whole meal, the low calorie count leaves plenty of room to add a protein food on the side.
Carbs lead, but fat supplies a third of the calories
Per 100 g, the soup has 3.6 g of carbs, 1.9 g of protein and 1.2 g of fat. In calorie terms, carbs supply 43% of the energy, fat 33% and protein 23%. The noodles drive the carbs, while the beef and broth account for most of the fat.
Saturated fat is 0.5 g per 100 g, a small amount in any normal bowl. Fiber is low at 0.3 g per 100 g and 0.7 g per cup, one reason a cup may not keep you full for long. Sugars stay at 1 g per 100 g and 2.5 g per cup, so sweetness is not a concern here.
Protein at 23% of calories sounds respectable, but the absolute amount is thin: 4.7 g per cup, 9% of the daily value. Broth dilutes everything in the bowl, so the per-cup totals stay small across the board. That works in your favor for calories and against you for staying full.
Sodium is the row to watch
Canned beef noodle soup has 325 mg of sodium per 100 g. One cup brings 793 mg, which is 34% of the daily value for only 4% of the daily calories. That mismatch is the defining trait of this soup.
The full prepared can holds 1,927 mg, 84% of the daily value, for just 202 calories. Two cups reach 1,586 mg, three cups 2,379 mg and five cups 3,965 mg. Put plainly, three cups of soup take you past the full daily value for sodium while supplying only 249 calories.
If you watch sodium, the single cup is the portion to stick with, and the rest of the day's food should lean lower in salt. Potassium is just 40 mg per 100 g and cholesterol a minor 2 mg per 100 g, so neither changes the picture. Sodium is the one number on this label that deserves your attention.
Treat it as a light base, not a full meal
At 83 calories per cup, beef noodle soup works well as a starter or as the base of a light lunch. On its own it is low in protein and fiber, so a cup rarely holds you until the next meal. Adding lean meat, extra vegetables or a slice of bread turns it into a fuller plate, and each addition moves the numbers in a different direction.
The values on this page come from the USDA row for canned soup prepared with equal volume water. Homemade pots and products such as Campbell's Hearty Beef Noodle Soup, Wei-Chuan Stewed Beef Noodle Soup With Tomato or Miracle Noodle Bone Broth Beef Noodle Soup will differ, so check the label of the version you actually eat.
Bowl size is the easiest thing to misjudge with soup. A deep bowl can easily hold two cups, which doubles the calories to 166 and the sodium to 1,586 mg. If you would rather not measure, BodyPal can log a bowl from a photo.
How does beef noodle soup compare?
Here is canned beef noodle soup next to beef pho, chicken soup and vegetable soup, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories and less sodium, chicken soup wins narrowly at 33 calories and 266 mg of sodium per 100 g, against 34 calories and 325 mg here. For a bowl that keeps you full, pick beef pho: it has about 2.3 times the calories at 77 per 100 g, but 5.8 g of protein against 1.9 g.
Most popular beef noodle soup brands in the United States
Branded soups are ready-to-eat recipes with their own amounts of beef and noodles, so they differ from the canned soup diluted with water above. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Beef noodle soup FAQs
How many calories are in a cup of beef noodle soup?
About 83 calories per cup (244 g) of canned soup prepared with water. A whole can, once prepared, is 202 calories.
Is beef noodle soup good for weight loss?
It is light at 34 calories per 100 g. A cup has 83 calories, 4.7 g protein, 8.7 g carbs and 3.0 g fat.
Beef noodle soup vs chicken soup: which has fewer calories?
They are almost the same: 34 calories per 100 g for beef noodle soup and 33 for chicken soup.
How much sodium is in beef noodle soup?
A cup has 793 mg of sodium, or 325 mg per 100 g.
How many calories are in beef pho?
Beef pho has 77 calories per 100 g, about 2.3 times the 34 in canned beef noodle soup. It also carries more protein at 5.8 g and more fat at 3.3 g per 100 g.
How many carbs are in beef pho?
Beef pho has 5.6 g of carbohydrates per 100 g, a bit more than the 3.6 g in canned beef noodle soup. It also has 3.3 g of fat and 365 mg of sodium per 100 g.
How much protein is in a can of beef noodle soup?
A can prepared with water (593 g) has 11.4 g of protein, 23% of the daily value. One cup has 4.7 g, so protein stays modest even across the whole 202-calorie can.
How many carbs are in a cup of beef noodle soup?
One cup (244 g) has 8.7 g of carbs, with 0.7 g of fiber and 2.5 g of sugars. A whole prepared can raises that to 21.2 g of carbs.
Does beef noodle soup have a lot of sugar?
No. One cup has 2.5 g of sugars and 100 g has 1 g. Even a full prepared can stays at 6.1 g, so sugar is not the number to watch here; sodium is.
