How many calories are in chicken gnocchi soup?
A 1-cup (245 g) serving of chicken gnocchi soup carries 135 calories, and the soup itself runs 55 calories per 100 g, lighter than almost anything else with dumplings floating in it. The broth does that. Eat the whole 454 g jar in one sitting and the number climbs to 250.
You'd need to walk about 27 minutes to burn the 135 calories in a 1-cup (245 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 135 kcal of chicken gnocchi soup?
A 1-cup (245 g) serving is 135 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 135 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 27 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 17 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 19 min |
| Jogging | 16 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 30 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 (245 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken gnocchi soup quick facts
- US servings, from half a cup to the whole jar
- Creamy, canned, and gnocchi on its own
- Sodium and saturated fat are the rows to watch
- How does chicken gnocchi soup compare?
- Most popular chicken gnocchi soup brands
- FAQ
Chicken gnocchi soup quick facts
USDA has no Foundation, SR Legacy, or FNDDS entry for this soup. What it does have is retail labels, and the one used here is FoodData Central 2667303, "Chicken & Gnocchi Slow Simmered Italian Style Soup", a jarred product sold in US grocery stores. A second, unrelated store brand lands on exactly the same 55 calories per 100 g, which is a good sign that the number describes the category and not one recipe.
The FNDDS records for gnocchi cover the dumplings only, with no liquid at all, so they answer a different question. They show up further down as a variant, because the ratio of dumpling to broth is what actually moves the calorie count in your bowl.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (245 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 55 | 135 | — |
| Total fat | 3.52 g | 8.6 g | 11% |
| Saturated fat | 1.76 g | 4.3 g | 22% |
| Carbohydrate | 4.19 g | 10.3 g | 4% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.4 g | 1.0 g | 4% |
| Total sugars | 0.66 g | 1.6 g | — |
| Added sugars | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Protein | 1.76 g | 4.3 g | 9% |
| Sodium | 139 mg | 341 mg | 15% |
% 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 →
Scaled from the same label, a cup carries 27 mg of cholesterol (9% of the Daily Value) and 157 mg of potassium (3%), plus zero trans fat and zero added sugars. Nothing had to be dropped from the table here, which is unusual for a branded record. Total sugars carry no Daily Value under FDA labeling rules, so that cell stays empty.
US servings, from half a cup to the whole jar
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 15 kcal |
| Half a cup, a side portion | 123 g | 68 kcal |
| 1 cup, standard soup measure | 245 g | 135 kcal |
| One bowl, 1.5 cups | 368 g | 202 kcal |
| One jar, the label serving | 454 g | 250 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 55 kcal |
Only two of those rows come from USDA directly: the 100 g line and the 454 g jar, which is what the manufacturer prints as one serving. Every other weight here is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving. A cup of soup is taken as 245 g, the standard US measure for a liquid food.
That jar row is the trap worth naming. Most soups are labeled per cup, so people assume the number on the front of a jar is a cup. On this one it is the entire container: 250 calories, not 135. If you pour a jar into a bowl and finish it, log 250.
A cup of this soup is the lightest hot lunch in most people's rotation, which is also its problem. At 135 calories it will not hold anyone until dinner on its own. A slice of bread or a hard-boiled egg alongside it costs less than the difference between a cup and a jar.
Creamy, canned, and gnocchi on its own
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken and gnocchi soup, jarred | 55 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 135 kcal |
| Creamy gnocchi and chicken soup, second brand | 55 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 135 kcal |
| Earlier label edition, same product | 62 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 152 kcal |
| Chunky chicken soup, no gnocchi | 71 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 174 kcal |
| Potato gnocchi alone | 135 kcal | 1 cup (188 g) | 254 kcal |
| Cheese gnocchi | 178 kcal | 1 cup (70 g) | 125 kcal |
| Gnocchi with chicken, chilled ready meal | 212 kcal | 1 cup (283 g) | 600 kcal |
The word "creamy" on the front of the jar changes nothing measurable. The two US store brands in USDA's branded set, Rao's and Private Selection, both come in at 55 calories per 100 g, and one of them puts creamy in the product name. Fat is 3.52 g per 100 g either way. What separates them is salt: the creamy one carries 196 mg of sodium per 100 g against 139 mg.
The earlier edition of the same barcode was reformulated down from 62 to 55 calories per 100 g. That is a 17-calorie gap on a cup, which is invisible in practice but explains why two calorie trackers can disagree about the same jar.
The bottom rows are the real lesson. Potato gnocchi on their own run 135 calories per 100 g, more than twice the soup, and a cup of them is 254. A chilled gnocchi-with-chicken ready meal, sauce instead of broth, reaches 212 per 100 g and 600 for a cup-sized 283 g portion. That is four and a half times a cup of the soup from the same two ingredients. Liquid is the cheapest thing in the bowl, and the more of it you have, the lower the number.
Restaurant versions sit somewhere in that gap. A thick, stew-style bowl with spinach and cream, the kind chain menus serve, has no USDA record, so no honest number can be quoted for it. Judge it by texture: if the spoon stands up, price it closer to the gnocchi row than the soup row.
Sodium and saturated fat are the rows to watch
Calories are not the interesting part of this label. A cup is 135 calories, under 7% of a 2,000-calorie day, but it brings 341 mg of sodium, 15% of the Daily Value, and 4.3 g of saturated fat, 22%. The saturated fat percentage is triple the calorie percentage.
Scale that to the jar and it gets sharper: 631 mg of sodium, 27% of the Daily Value, and 8.0 g of saturated fat, 40%. That is roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt, and two fifths of a day's saturated fat, for 250 calories. Both figures are our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g row.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put saturated fat under 10% of daily calories, about 22 g on a 2,000-calorie day. One jar of this soup uses more than a third of that. If you are watching sodium, stop at a cup and eat something dry alongside it. If saturated fat is the number you track, the chunky chicken soup below is a better pick despite being higher in calories.
Protein is where this soup is genuinely weak. A cup gives 4.3 g, 9% of the Daily Value, and MyPlate treats protein foods as a meal component rather than a garnish. Chicken is in the name, but not much of it is in the jar.
How does chicken gnocchi soup compare?
| Soup or dish | Per 100 g | Protein per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken gnocchi soup | 55 kcal | 1.76 g | 1 cup (245 g) | 135 kcal |
| Chunky chicken soup, ready-to-serve | 71 kcal | 5.06 g | 1 cup (245 g) | 174 kcal |
| Chicken noodle soup, prepared with water | 24 kcal | 1.16 g | 1 cup (245 g) | 59 kcal |
| Potato gnocchi | 135 kcal | 2.44 g | 1 cup (188 g) | 254 kcal |
Our take: of the four rows, only canned chicken noodle soup is lighter, at 59 calories a cup, and it is thin enough that most people eat it as a starter rather than lunch. If the goal is the fewest calories, chicken gnocchi soup wins against everything except that. If the goal is staying full, chunky chicken soup is the better buy: 39 more calories a cup and 12.4 g of protein instead of 4.3 g, our arithmetic from its USDA 100 g row. Weight loss is the case for the gnocchi soup; satiety is the case against it.
Most popular chicken gnocchi 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) |
|---|---|
| Rao's Chicken & Gnocchi Soup | 55 cal |
| Private Selection Creamy Gnocchi & Chicken Soup | 55 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken gnocchi soup FAQs
How many calories are in a bowl of chicken gnocchi soup?
A 1.5-cup bowl weighs about 368 g and comes to 202 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA serving. Restaurant bowls are usually thicker, with more gnocchi and less broth, so they land higher. The soup itself is only 55 calories per 100 g.
How many calories in 1 cup of chicken gnocchi soup?
One cup, 245 g, is 135 calories. That cup also carries 8.6 g of fat, 10.3 g of carbohydrate and 4.3 g of protein. It is one of the lighter cups of soup you can log, because most of the weight in the jar is broth rather than potato dumplings.
How much protein is in chicken gnocchi soup?
A cup gives 4.3 g of protein, 9% of the Daily Value. That is low for something with chicken in the name, and it is the honest weakness of this soup. Canned chunky chicken soup without gnocchi gives 12.4 g per cup, our arithmetic from its USDA 100 g row.
Is chicken gnocchi soup high in carbs?
No. A cup has 10.3 g of carbohydrate, 4% of the Daily Value, with 1.0 g of fiber and 1.6 g of total sugars. The gnocchi are the carbohydrate, but there are few of them per cup of liquid. Plain potato gnocchi, by contrast, run 17.2 g per 100 g.
How much sodium is in chicken gnocchi soup?
341 mg per cup, 15% of the Daily Value, and 631 mg for the whole 454 g jar, 27%. That is roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt in the jar. The FDA sets the Daily Value at 2,300 mg, so one jar spends more than a quarter of it.
Is creamy chicken gnocchi soup high in fat?
A cup carries 8.6 g of total fat, 11% of the Daily Value, and 4.3 g of that is saturated, which is 22%. Cream is why. At 9 calories per gram, the fat alone accounts for roughly 77 of the 135 calories in the cup, more than half the total.
How many calories in a whole jar of chicken gnocchi soup?
250 calories for the full 454 g jar, which is the serving size printed on the label. That is nearly double a 1-cup serving at 135, and it brings 631 mg of sodium and 8.0 g of saturated fat, 40% of the Daily Value. Split it if you can.
Is chicken gnocchi soup healthy?
At 55 calories per 100 g it is one of the lightest hot lunches you can pour, and a cup is 135. The trade is protein: 4.3 g a cup is thin. If you are watching sodium, 341 mg a cup is the number to keep an eye on.
Similar foods
- Ceviche — 158 cal per cup
- Clementine — 35 cal per clementine
- Tom yum soup — 191 cal per bowl
- Pomegranate — 72 cal for 1/2 cup arils
- Clam Chowder — 237 cal per cup
- Chinese Chicken and Broccoli — 206 cal per cup
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the soup for you, broth, gnocchi and all.
