How many calories are in chicken corn soup?
A 1-cup serving of chicken corn soup carries 238 calories, and per 100 g the soup runs 99 calories. That cup is thicker than it looks: 15.1 g of fat and 718 mg of sodium ride along with it. The whole 539 g can comes to 534 calories.
You'd need to walk about 48 minutes to burn the 238 calories in a 1-cup (240 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 238 kcal of chicken corn soup?
A 1-cup (240 g) serving is 238 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 238 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 48 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 30 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 34 min |
| Jogging | 28 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 53 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 (240 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken corn soup quick facts
- US servings, from half a cup to the whole can
- Canned and light versions, cup by cup
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does chicken corn soup compare?
- Most popular chicken corn soup brands
- FAQs
Chicken corn soup quick facts
There is exactly one generic USDA entry for this food, and it is the thick kind: SR Legacy 171585, "Soup, chicken corn chowder, chunky, ready-to-serve, single brand". That is deliberate. The soup most Americans are holding is a chunky, ready-to-serve bowl poured straight from a can or a deli container, not a condensed concentrate waiting for a can of water. Numbers for a concentrate would be roughly double what ends up in the bowl, which is why the ready-to-serve record is the honest starting point.
The serving USDA attaches to that record is 240 g, close enough to a standard measuring cup that the two are used interchangeably below.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (240 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 99 | 238 | — |
| Total fat | 6.3 g | 15.1 g | 19% |
| Saturated fat | 1.75 g | 4.2 g | 21% |
| Carbohydrate | 7.5 g | 18.0 g | 7% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.9 g | 2.2 g | 8% |
| Protein | 3.1 g | 7.4 g | 15% |
| Sodium | 299 mg | 718 mg | 31% |
| Cholesterol | 11 mg | 26 mg | 9% |
% 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 rows you would expect are missing on purpose. This SR Legacy edition does not measure total sugars, added sugars, trans fat or potassium for the soup, so those lines are left out rather than filled in from a similar food. Cholesterol is measured, and a cup delivers 26 mg of it, 9% of the Daily Value. The Daily Values used here are the FDA's current reference amounts.
US servings, from half a cup to the whole can
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.35 g | 28 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 99 kcal |
| Half a cup, a side portion | 120 g | 119 kcal |
| 1 cup, the USDA serving | 240 g | 238 kcal |
| A deep bowl, about 1.5 cups | 360 g | 356 kcal |
| Whole can, package yield | 539 g | 534 kcal |
Apart from the 100 g reference row, only two of those weights come from USDA itself: the 240 g serving and the 539 g package yield. The half cup, the ounce and the 1.5-cup bowl are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 99 calories, not USDA servings.
The gap between the cup and the bowl is where most logging errors live. A restaurant or deli bowl is rarely a level cup; it is usually a cup and a half, and that pushes 238 calories to 356 before a single cracker goes in. Soup also sits at an awkward place on the scale, since 1 oz of it is 28 calories, an amount too small to be worth tracking on its own but big enough to matter when you top up the bowl twice.
Canned and light versions, cup by cup
The generic USDA record sits at the heavy end of what is actually on shelves. National brands land lower, and the light lines land much lower, because fat is what moves the number in a chowder.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken corn chowder, ready-to-serve (generic) | 99 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 238 kcal |
| Canned chicken corn chowder, Campbell's Chunky | 78 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 187 kcal |
| Chicken corn chowder with bacon | 75 kcal | 1 cup (248 g) | 186 kcal |
| Reduced-sodium chicken corn chowder | 71 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 174 kcal |
| Healthy Request chicken corn chowder | 57 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 137 kcal |
| Light chicken corn chowder | 41 kcal | 1 cup (246 g) | 101 kcal |
Read that top to bottom and the spread is 2.4 times: 99 calories per 100 g for the generic chowder against 41 for the light version. On a cup that is 238 against 101, a difference of 137 calories for the same volume of soup in the same size bowl. The bacon version is barely different from the plain canned one, 186 against 187 per serving, because the bacon shows up as flavor more than as fat.
One warning about condensed cans, which look cheaper per 100 g and are not. A condensed soup such as chicken mushroom, canned, condensed is listed at 100 calories per 100 g of concentrate, but you add an equal volume of water before eating, so the prepared soup lands near 50 calories per 100 g. That halving is our own arithmetic from the USDA condensed figure, not a separate USDA record. Log the prepared soup, not the can.
Sodium is the row to watch
Calories are not the problem with this soup. Salt is. One cup carries 718 mg of sodium, 31% of the Daily Value, which is about a third of a teaspoon of table salt sitting in an otherwise ordinary bowl. Eat the whole 539 g can, as people do when the can is lunch, and you reach 1,612 mg, or 70% of the day, for 534 calories.
Put next to it the 2,300 mg daily limit the Dietary Guidelines for Americans use, and one can of soup takes most of the day's allowance before dinner is cooked. If you are watching sodium, the reduced-sodium and Healthy Request lines are the better pick, and splitting the can across two meals does more for the sodium column than for the calorie one.
Saturated fat is the second surprise. A cup is 4.2 g, 21% of the Daily Value, more than the 19% for total fat, because cream and butter do the thickening in a chowder. Protein runs the other way: 7.4 g a cup, only 15% of the Daily Value, thin for a soup with chicken in its name. If protein is what you want from lunch, MyPlate's protein foods guidance points at the chicken itself rather than the broth it was cooked in.
How does chicken corn soup compare?
| Soup | Per 100 g | Protein / fat per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken corn chowder, ready-to-serve | 99 kcal | 3.1 g / 6.3 g | 1 cup (240 g) | 238 kcal |
| Beef stroganoff, chunky, ready-to-serve | 98 kcal | 5.1 g / 4.6 g | 1 cup (240 g) | 235 kcal |
| Bean with ham, chunky, ready-to-serve | 95 kcal | 5.19 g / 3.5 g | 1 cup (240 g) | 228 kcal |
| Green pea, prepared with milk | 94 kcal | 4.97 g / 2.77 g | 1 cup (240 g) | 226 kcal |
Our take: the four soups sit within 12 calories of each other per cup, so choosing between them on calories alone is pointless. What separates them is what those calories are made of. Chicken corn chowder has the most fat of the four, 6.3 g per 100 g, and the least protein, 3.1 g, which is the opposite of what the name suggests. For a lunch that holds you until dinner, bean with ham does more per calorie. For comfort in a bowl on a cold night, the chowder wins and costs you almost nothing extra to have it.
Most popular chicken corn 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 Toppers Chicken Corn Chowder with Oyster Crackers | 85 cal |
| Campbell's Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder | 78 cal |
| Progresso Rich & Hearty Chicken Corn Chowder with Bacon | 75 cal |
| Progresso Reduced Sodium Chicken Corn Chowder | 71 cal |
| Campbell's Chunky Healthy Request Chicken Corn Chowder | 57 cal |
| Progresso Light Chicken Corn Chowder | 41 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken corn soup FAQs
How many calories are in a bowl of chicken corn soup?
A 1.5-cup bowl weighing 360 g comes to 356 calories. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 99 calories, not a listed USDA serving. The same bowl carries about 11.2 g of protein and 1,076 mg of sodium, which is 47% of the Daily Value.
How many calories in 1 cup of chicken corn soup?
One cup, 240 g, is 238 calories, and that is the serving USDA lists for this record. It brings 15.1 g of fat, 18.0 g of carbohydrate, 7.4 g of protein and 718 mg of sodium. Per 100 g the soup is 99 calories, so a cup is 2.4 times the 100 g number.
How much protein is in chicken corn soup?
A cup gives 7.4 g of protein, 15% of the Daily Value, which is modest for a soup named after chicken. Canned bean with ham soup gives about 12.5 g for the same 240 g cup by our arithmetic from its USDA 100 g figure. Broth carries flavor, not much protein.
How much sodium is in canned chicken corn soup?
One cup has 718 mg of sodium, 31% of the Daily Value, roughly a third of a teaspoon of table salt. The whole 539 g can reaches 1,612 mg, or 70% of the day. Reduced-sodium and Healthy Request lines exist for exactly this reason, so compare labels before you buy.
How many carbs are in chicken corn soup?
A cup has 18.0 g of carbohydrate, 7% of the Daily Value, and 2.2 g of that is fiber. Corn and potato do most of that work. Per 100 g the soup is only 7.5 g of carbohydrate, low for something this filling, because fat rather than starch carries the calories.
How many calories in a whole can of chicken corn soup?
The 539 g can is 534 calories, the package yield USDA lists for this record. It also carries 34.0 g of fat, 16.7 g of protein and 1,612 mg of sodium, 70% of the Daily Value. As a one-can lunch it is reasonable on calories and heavy on salt.
Is chicken corn chowder the same as chicken corn soup?
USDA keeps one generic record for both, at 99 calories per 100 g, and files it under chowder. In practice a chowder is thickened with cream or potato and a brothy chicken corn soup is not, so a homemade thin version will come in under this number. Canned versions are chowder.
Is chicken corn soup good for weight loss?
At 99 calories per 100 g it is light per gram, but a cup is still 238 calories and a deli bowl is 356. If you want soup to be the light option, the canned light versions run 101 to 137 calories a cup, which leaves room for bread alongside.
Similar foods
- Ear of Corn — 99 cal per medium ear
- Sweet Potato — 103 cal per medium, baked
- Papaya salad — 190 cal per plate
- Carrot — 53 cal per cup chopped
- Onion — 46 cal per cup sliced
- Potato wedges — 138 cal for 3 oz
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