How many calories are in broccoli and cheddar soup?
One cup of broccoli and cheddar soup weighs 255 g and carries 209 calories. Per 100 g the soup runs 82 calories, which lands it dead center among the cream soups USDA tracks. The cheddar shows up somewhere other than the calorie line, though: 11.6 g of fat and 839 mg of sodium in that single cup.
You'd need to walk about 42 minutes to burn the 209 calories in a 1-cup (255 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 209 kcal of broccoli cheddar soup?
A 1-cup (255 g) serving is 209 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 209 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 42 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 26 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 30 min |
| Jogging | 25 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 46 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (255 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Broccoli and cheddar soup quick facts
- US servings from a half cup to a whole can
- Canned condensed and deli-container versions
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does broccoli and cheddar soup compare?
- Most popular broccoli and cheddar soup brands
- FAQ
Broccoli and cheddar soup quick facts
The row behind every number here is FNDDS 2709659, "Soup, broccoli cheese", from the 2021-2023 survey release. It describes the soup as you actually eat it: already prepared, ladled, ready for a spoon. That matters, because the other well-known USDA entry for this soup is a condensed can measured before you add anything to it, and its numbers are not comparable. Someone typing this question is holding a bowl, not a concentrate.
Added sugars and trans fat do not appear below because this FNDDS release does not publish either value for the record, so inventing them would be worse than leaving them out.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (255 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 82 | 209 | — |
| Total fat | 4.54 g | 11.6 g | 15% |
| Saturated fat | 2.35 g | 6.0 g | 30% |
| Carbohydrate | 6.08 g | 15.5 g | 6% |
| Dietary fiber | 1.3 g | 3.3 g | 12% |
| Total sugars | 1.03 g | 2.6 g | — |
| Protein | 4.26 g | 10.9 g | 22% |
| Sodium | 329 mg | 839 mg | 36% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
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 September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two more rows worth knowing: cholesterol comes to 31 mg a cup, 10% of the Daily Value, and potassium to 411 mg, 9%. Both trace back to the dairy rather than the vegetable.
US servings from a half cup to a whole can
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 23 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 82 kcal |
| Half cup | 128 g | 105 kcal |
| 1 cup | 255 g | 209 kcal |
| One individual container | 440 g | 361 kcal |
| One can, ready to eat | 525 g | 431 kcal |
The cup and the two larger sizes are USDA household measures for this record. The half cup and the ounce are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, which is why they land on round-looking numbers.
Here is the trap that costs people the most: the grab-and-go container from the deli case is not a cup. At 440 g it holds 1.7 cups of soup and 361 calories, and nothing on the lid tells you that in cup terms. A 525 g can of ready-to-eat soup, poured out whole, is 431 calories — more than double the cup most people picture when they log "a bowl of soup."
Store cartons swing wider than the USDA average suggests. Across six retail broccoli cheddar soups in USDA's branded database, the range runs from 65 to 131 calories per 100 g: Marketside sits at the bottom with 159 calories a cup, Progresso at 169, and Whole Foods Market at the top with 321 calories for a 245 g cup. That top carton is almost exactly double the bottom one, gram for gram. Check the panel on the box you own before assuming the middle.
Canned condensed and deli-container versions
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical portion | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepared, ready to eat | 82 kcal | 1 cup, 255 g | 209 kcal |
| Restaurant or deli container | 82 kcal | 1 container, 440 g | 361 kcal |
| Canned condensed | 87 kcal | half cup condensed, 121 g | 105 kcal |
| Canned condensed, whole can | 87 kcal | one 10.75 oz can, 303 g | 264 kcal |
The condensed can, USDA record 171178, looks close on calories and is nothing like the prepared soup on everything else. At 87 calories per 100 g it holds 661 mg of sodium in that same 100 g — twice the 329 mg in prepared soup, because the water has not been added yet. Emptying a whole 10.75 oz can into a pot puts roughly 2,000 mg of sodium into whatever you make from it, before a single crouton lands on top. That figure is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g value, not a number USDA prints on the record.
The condensed can also runs leaner on protein: 2.1 g per 100 g against 4.26 g in the prepared soup. Dilute it with milk instead of water and you push both protein and calories back up, but USDA does not publish a milk-prepared row for this soup, so we are not going to guess at one.
Sodium is the row to watch
Calories are not the story on this soup. A cup is 209 of them, which fits inside almost any lunch. The sodium is 839 mg, or 36% of the Daily Value — FDA sets that DV at 2,300 mg, and CDC notes most Americans already run well past it. If it helps to picture it, 839 mg is roughly a third of a teaspoon of table salt dissolved into one cup.
Saturated fat behaves the same way. Six grams a cup is 30% of the day's 20 g, sitting inside a serving that spends only about a tenth of a 2,000-calorie budget. Both percentages come from the cheddar. The broccoli contributes the 3.3 g of fiber, 12% of the DV, and it is the reason this soup counts toward the vegetables MyPlate asks you to fill half the plate with.
So the honest read: as a vegetable delivery system it works, and 10.9 g of protein a cup is real. As a low-sodium choice it does not, and pairing it with a deli sandwich stacks two salty items in one meal. If you are watching sodium, the cup is the portion to stop at.
How does broccoli and cheddar soup compare?
| Soup | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broccoli and cheddar | 82 kcal | 1 cup, 255 g | 209 kcal |
| Cream of vegetable | 78 kcal | 1 cup, 255 g | 199 kcal |
| Cream of mushroom | 74 kcal | 1 cup, 255 g | 189 kcal |
| Cream of chicken | 91 kcal | 1 cup, 255 g | 232 kcal |
Those neighbor cups use the 255 g measure from the broccoli cheese record, scaled from each soup's own 100 g values — our arithmetic, so the comparison is like for like.
Our take: across these four, only cream of chicken is heavier per cup, and only by 23 calories. Broccoli and cheddar carries the most protein per 100 g of the group at 4.26 g, ahead of cream of chicken's 4 g and just over triple cream of vegetable's 1.41 g. For a lunch where the soup has to hold you until dinner, this is the pick of the four. For a starter next to something else substantial, cream of mushroom saves you 20 calories a cup and not much else.
Most popular broccoli and cheddar soup brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Progresso Broccoli Cheese Soup | 71 cal |
| Marketside Broccoli Cheddar Soup | 65 cal |
| Nature's Promise Broccoli Cheddar Soup | 98 cal |
| O, That's Good! Broccoli Cheddar Soup | 101 cal |
| Whole Foods Market Broccoli Cheddar Soup | 131 cal |
| Garden Fresh Gourmet Broccoli Cheddar with Parmesan | 90 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Broccoli and cheddar soup FAQs
How many calories are in a cup of broccoli and cheddar soup?
209 calories in a standard 1-cup serving, 255 g, based on the USDA FNDDS record for prepared broccoli cheese soup at 82 calories per 100 g. That cup also carries 11.6 g of fat, 10.9 g of protein and 15.5 g of carbohydrate. Store brands range wider, from 159 to 321 calories a cup.
How many calories in a bowl of broccoli cheddar soup?
361 calories for the 440 g individual container sold at delis and grocery hot bars, and 431 calories for a full 525 g ready-to-eat can. A bowl is rarely one cup. The container alone is 1.7 cups, which is where most of the underlogging on this soup happens.
Is broccoli cheddar soup healthy?
One cup gives 3.3 g of fiber, 12% of the Daily Value, plus 10.9 g of protein for only 209 calories. Against that, 839 mg of sodium is 36% of a day and 6.0 g of saturated fat is 30%. Good vegetables in a salty vehicle, so it depends on which line you care about.
How much sodium is in broccoli cheddar soup?
839 mg in a 1-cup serving, which is 36% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value FDA uses, or about a third of a teaspoon of table salt. The 440 g container pushes that past 1,400 mg. Canned condensed soup holds 661 mg per 100 g before you dilute it.
How many carbs are in broccoli cheddar soup?
15.5 g of carbohydrate in a 1-cup serving, 6% of the Daily Value, from 6.08 g per 100 g. Subtract the 3.3 g of fiber and about 12.2 g remain. Total sugars are low at 2.6 g a cup, most of it lactose from the cheese rather than anything added.
How much protein is in broccoli cheddar soup?
10.9 g in a 1-cup serving, 22% of the 50 g Daily Value, from 4.26 g per 100 g. That is the highest protein of the four cream soups compared on this page, just over triple cream of vegetable. The cheddar does that work; canned condensed soup drops to 2.1 g per 100 g.
Is broccoli cheddar soup keto friendly?
A cup runs 15.5 g of carbohydrate, or roughly 12.2 g once you subtract the 3.3 g of fiber, which is a large share of a strict daily keto allowance for one bowl. The fat and protein fit well enough. The half cup at 105 calories and about 7.8 g of carbohydrate is the workable portion.
Canned versus restaurant broccoli cheddar soup calories?
A half cup of condensed soup straight from the can is 105 calories, and the whole 10.75 oz can 264. A restaurant-style 440 g container of prepared soup is 361 calories. The gap is dilution, not richness: condensed soup is 87 calories per 100 g against 82 for prepared.
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- Sweet Potato — 103 cal per medium, baked
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- Carrot — 53 cal per cup chopped
- Onion — 46 cal per cup sliced
- Broccoli — 55 cal per cup chopped
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the soup for you, cheddar and all.
