How many calories are in chicken noodle soup?
A 1-cup serving of chicken noodle soup weighs 243 g and carries 114 calories. Per 100 g the soup runs 47 calories, which makes it one of the lightest things you can eat out of a bowl. The whole 526 g can is 247. The number that matters here, though, is the sodium.
You'd need to walk about 23 minutes to burn the 114 calories in a 1-cup (243 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 114 kcal of chicken Noodle soup?
A 1-cup (243 g) serving is 114 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 114 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 23 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 14 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 16 min |
| Jogging | 13 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 25 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 (243 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken noodle soup quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to a whole can
- Condensed soup and lighter cans
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does chicken noodle soup compare?
- Most popular chicken noodle soup brands
- FAQ
Chicken noodle soup quick facts
The record behind every number on this page is SR Legacy 174548, "CAMPBELL'S CHUNKY, Classic Chicken Noodle Soup". That choice is deliberate. When somebody searches for the calories in chicken noodle soup, what they usually have in front of them is a thick, ready-to-eat bowl with visible chunks of chicken and flat noodles, not a can of concentrate waiting to be cut with water. This record is the ready-to-serve one, and it comes with its own household measures, so the 1-cup and 1-can figures below are USDA servings rather than guesses.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (243 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 47 | 114 | — |
| Total fat | 1.3 g | 3.2 g | 4% |
| Saturated fat | 0.41 g | 1.0 g | 5% |
| Carbohydrate | 5.41 g | 13.1 g | 5% |
| Dietary fiber | 1 g | 2.4 g | 9% |
| Total sugars | 0.41 g | 1.0 g | — |
| Protein | 3.41 g | 8.3 g | 17% |
| Sodium | 325 mg | 790 mg | 34% |
% 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 →
There is no added sugars row above because the SR Legacy edition of this record does not publish added sugars at all, and a row invented from the total is not a number. Two nutrients that did survive are worth a line each: a cup carries 19 mg of cholesterol, 6% of the Daily Value, and 219 mg of potassium, about 5%. Neither one changes how you should think about the bowl.
What does change it is the shape of the plate. A cup of this soup gives you 8.3 g of protein for 114 calories, which is a better protein-per-calorie ratio than most hot lunches in a can. The Daily Value reference amounts put protein at 50 g a day, so one cup is 17% of it before you have spent 6% of your calories.
US servings from one ounce to a whole can
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 13 kcal |
| 1 cup | 243 g | 114 kcal |
| 1 bowl, 1.5 cups | 365 g | 172 kcal |
| 1 can | 526 g | 247 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 47 kcal |
The 1-cup and 1-can lines are USDA household measures attached to record 174548. The 1.5-cup bowl and the 1 oz line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, because most people ladle a bowl rather than measure a cup.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. A restaurant-style soup bowl holds roughly a cup and a half, so the honest number for "a bowl" is 172 calories, not 114. And a can is not two servings the way the label implies people will eat it. Between the cup you pour and the can you finish there is a 133-calorie gap, and a far bigger one in salt.
Condensed soup and lighter cans
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chunky, ready-to-serve | 47 kcal | 1 cup, 243 g | 114 kcal |
| Chunky, ready-to-serve | 47 kcal | 1 can, 526 g | 247 kcal |
| Condensed, as packaged | 47 kcal | 0.5 cup, 123 g | 58 kcal |
| Generic canned condensed | 48 kcal | 0.5 cup, 123 g | 59 kcal |
| Healthy Choice, ready-to-serve | 41 kcal | 1 cup, 243 g | 100 kcal |
The condensed row is the one that surprises people. Straight out of the can, before water, it is 47 calories per 100 g — identical to the ready-to-serve chunky soup. Condensing does not concentrate the calories in any way you will notice. It concentrates the salt: 683 mg of sodium per 100 g against 325 mg. Half a cup of the concentrate as packaged is only 58 calories but 840 mg of sodium, 37% of a day, and that is before you have eaten anything else.
The reduced-sodium route works better than the "light" route. Healthy Choice's canned version runs 41 calories per 100 g, so a cup is 100 calories, and it comes in at 195 mg of sodium per 100 g — a 243 g cup is 474 mg, 21% of the Daily Value, against 34% for the chunky one. You give up 14 calories and lose 40% of the salt.
Store shelves push lower still, and this is where the trade shows up. Progresso Light Chicken Noodle Soup is 25 calories per 100 g, roughly half the chunky record, but its protein falls to about 2.05 g per 100 g against 3.41 g. Cutting the soup that thin cuts the part of it that keeps you full. The half-cup condensed servings above are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures rather than USDA household measures.
Sodium is the row to watch
Chicken noodle soup is a rare food where the calorie count is almost beside the point. Here is the same set of portions costed in salt instead:
| Portion | Weight | Sodium | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 91 mg | 4% |
| 1 cup | 243 g | 790 mg | 34% |
| 1 bowl, 1.5 cups | 365 g | 1186 mg | 52% |
| 1 can | 526 g | 1710 mg | 74% |
One cup is about a third of a teaspoon of table salt. Finish the can and you have used 74% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value on 247 calories, which is about an eighth of a 2,000-calorie day. The CDC's sodium guidance is the context worth holding here: most Americans already run above the limit, and canned soup is one of the named contributors.
None of that makes the soup a bad choice. It makes it a lunch you plan around. If the soup is 790 mg, the rest of the day has about 1,500 mg left in it, and a salted snack in the afternoon will eat that fast. If you are watching sodium specifically, the reduced-sodium can at 474 mg per cup is the better pick and saves you 14 calories.
The protein side is the argument for eating it anyway. At 8.3 g a cup and 17.9 g for a whole can, this is not empty broth, and MyPlate's protein guidance treats spread-through-the-day protein as the useful pattern rather than one large serving. A cup of soup beside a sandwich does more work than the calorie count suggests.
How does chicken noodle soup compare?
| Soup | Per 100 g | Protein per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken noodle, chunky ready-to-serve | 47 kcal | 3.41 g | 1 cup, 243 g | 114 kcal |
| Chicken noodle, canned condensed | 48 kcal | 2.37 g | 0.5 cup, 123 g | 59 kcal |
| Beef and vegetable, ready-to-serve | 48 kcal | 3.18 g | 1 cup, 245 g | 118 kcal |
| Tomato rice, prepared with water | 47 kcal | 0.82 g | 1 cup, 245 g | 115 kcal |
All four sit within one calorie of each other per 100 g, which tells you something useful: canned soup is canned soup as far as energy goes, and picking one over another to save calories is wasted effort. The serving sizes in this table are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures.
Our take: choose your soup on protein and salt, not on calories. Chicken noodle is the highest-protein row here at 3.41 g per 100 g, more than four times the tomato rice at 0.82 g, and beef and vegetable is close behind at 3.18 g. If lunch has to hold you until dinner, the chicken noodle bowl wins. If sodium is the thing you are managing, none of these cans wins outright, and the reduced-sodium version of the same soup beats all of them.
Most popular chicken noodle 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 Light Chicken Noodle Soup | 25 cal |
| Progresso Light Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup | 43 cal |
| Progresso Reduced Sodium Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup | 35 cal |
| Harry's Fresh Foods Chicken Noodle Soup | 57 cal |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul Chicken Noodle Soup | 41 cal |
| Ivar's Chicken Noodle Soup | 29 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken noodle soup FAQs
How many calories are in a bowl of chicken noodle soup?
A 1.5-cup bowl of 365 g comes to 172 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA serving. That bowl also carries about 1,186 mg of sodium, 52% of a day's Daily Value, and 12.4 g of protein. The calories are small; the salt is not.
How many calories in a cup of chicken noodle soup?
One cup, 243 g, is 114 calories in Campbell's Chunky Classic Chicken Noodle Soup, the USDA record this page is built on. That cup holds 8.3 g of protein, 13.1 g of carbohydrate, 3.2 g of fat and 790 mg of sodium, which is 34% of the Daily Value.
How many calories in a whole can of chicken noodle soup?
The full 526 g can is 247 calories, which sounds like a light lunch until you read the sodium: 1,710 mg, or 74% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value. You also get 17.9 g of protein from that can. Eating the whole thing is a salt decision, not a calorie one.
How much sodium is in chicken noodle soup?
One cup carries 790 mg, 34% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, from 325 mg per 100 g. That is roughly a third of a teaspoon of table salt in a 114-calorie cup. The condensed version is worse per gram at 683 mg per 100 g before you add water.
How much protein is in chicken noodle soup?
A cup gives 8.3 g of protein, 17% of the Daily Value, from 3.41 g per 100 g. The whole can reaches 17.9 g. That is respectable for something this light, but a single cup still works better beside a sandwich than as the entire protein source at lunch.
How many carbs are in chicken noodle soup?
A cup has 13.1 g of carbohydrate, 5% of the Daily Value, including 2.4 g of fiber and 1.0 g of total sugars. Per 100 g that is 5.41 g of carbohydrate. The noodles do less damage than people expect because the bowl is mostly broth by weight.
Is chicken noodle soup good for weight loss?
At 47 calories per 100 g it is one of the lightest hot meals you can put in a bowl, and a cup costs 114 calories with 8.3 g of protein. If you are watching calories it is a strong pick; if you are watching sodium, the 790 mg per cup is the catch.
Is condensed chicken noodle soup higher in calories than ready-to-serve?
No — both sit at 47 calories per 100 g, so a half-cup of condensed soup as packaged is 58 calories against 114 for a full cup of ready-to-serve. The difference is sodium: 683 mg per 100 g in the condensed can versus 325 mg in the chunky one.
Similar foods
- Milk — 149 cal per cup
- Wild Rice — 166 cal per cup, cooked
- Quinoa — 222 cal per cup cooked
- Rice — 205 cal per cup, cooked
- Pasta — 168 cal per cup penne
- Penne pasta — 169 cal per cup
Count it without the math
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