How many calories are in chicken tortilla soup?
A 1-cup (245 g) serving of chicken tortilla soup carries 250 calories, and the soup runs 102 calories per 100 g. That cup also brings 10.3 g of protein and 630 mg of sodium. The restaurant version arrives in a two-cup bowl, which doubles both numbers to 500 calories and about 1,260 mg.
You'd need to walk about 50 minutes to burn the 250 calories in a 1-cup (245 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off tortilla soup?
A 1-cup (245 g) serving is 250 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 250 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 50 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 31 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 36 min |
| Jogging | 29 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 56 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 tortilla soup quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to a restaurant bowl
- Canned and dry versions change the math
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does chicken tortilla soup compare?
- Most popular chicken tortilla soup brands
- Chicken tortilla soup FAQs
Chicken tortilla soup quick facts
The numbers below come from the USDA record FNDDS 2709162, "Soup, tortilla", the survey entry for the finished dish: chicken, broth, vegetables and tortilla, measured the way it lands in the bowl. That is the food a person searching for this actually holds. It is not a condensed can, not a soup base and not a dry mix, and each of those three reads very differently, as the variants section shows.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (245 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 102 | 250 | — |
| Total fat | 4.17 g | 10.2 g | 13% |
| Saturated fat | 0.68 g | 1.7 g | 8% |
| Carbohydrate | 12.56 g | 30.8 g | 11% |
| Dietary fiber | 1.3 g | 3.2 g | 11% |
| Total sugars | 0.87 g | 2.1 g | — |
| Protein | 4.22 g | 10.3 g | 21% |
| Sodium | 257 mg | 630 mg | 27% |
% 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 are missing on purpose. FNDDS does not publish added sugars or trans fat for prepared mixed dishes, so there is nothing honest to put in those cells. Cholesterol and potassium do exist in the record: a cup gives 29 mg of cholesterol, 10% of the Daily Value, and 316 mg of potassium, 7%. The Daily Values used here are the FDA figures printed on the Nutrition Facts label.
The shape of this soup is unusual for a broth bowl. Fat and protein sit close together per 100 g, 4.17 g against 4.22 g, because the tortilla and the cooking fat pull as hard as the chicken does. That is why a cup of this lands nearer 250 calories than the 200 or so people expect from a soup course.
US servings from one ounce to a restaurant bowl
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 29 kcal |
| 1 cup | 245 g | 250 kcal |
| 1 individual container | 440 g | 449 kcal |
| 2 cups, restaurant bowl | 490 g | 500 kcal |
| 1 can | 525 g | 536 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 102 kcal |
The cup, the single-serve container and the can are USDA household measures for this record. The two-cup restaurant bowl and the 1 oz line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, and the two-cup figure is the one worth memorizing: it is what a sit-down order usually holds.
This is where the cup-versus-bowl trap bites. Logging "one bowl of soup" as a cup understates a restaurant order by 250 calories, the same gap as an extra sandwich half. If you are eyeballing it, a wide shallow bowl filled to an inch below the rim is closer to two cups than to one.
Canned and dry versions change the math
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken tortilla soup, as served | 102 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 250 kcal |
| Canned store-brand chicken tortilla soup | 57 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 140 kcal |
| Organic canned tortilla soup, meatless | 57 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 140 kcal |
| Lighter organic can | 37 kcal | 1 cup (240 mL) | 89 kcal |
| Dry tortilla soup cup, mix as sold | 357 kcal | 1 container (56 g) | 200 kcal |
| Sopa de fideo, related bowl | 95 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 233 kcal |
Canned chicken tortilla soup is not a smaller portion of the same food. It is a thinner one. Ahold's store-brand can is 57 calories per 100 g, so a cup is 140 calories. Campbell's Homestyle Healthy Request lands at 130 per cup, the Signature Cafe Fiesta version at 110, and Pacific Foods' organic can at 89. Across those labels a cup from a can runs 89 to 140 calories, up to about 160 calories under the 250-calorie cup of the soup as served.
The dry cup looks alarming and is not. At 357 calories per 100 g it reads like a candy bar, but that number describes powder. The 56 g container makes 200 calories once water goes in. Sodium is the real story there: 1214 mg per 100 g of dry mix works out to roughly 680 mg for the whole container, our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure.
One thing the data cannot settle is the garnish. USDA publishes no separate line for a handful of crisp tortilla strips scattered on top, and the FNDDS record already counts the tortilla worked into the dish, so any figure for "strips added at the table" would be invented rather than measured.
Sodium is the row to watch
Calories are not what makes this soup expensive. Sodium is. One cup is 630 mg, 27% of the Daily Value, which is roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt. The two-cup restaurant bowl is about 1,260 mg, more than half of the 2,300 mg a day that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans set as the ceiling for adults, and it arrives alongside only 500 calories. Very few 500-calorie lunches cost that much of a day's sodium.
The protein line runs the other way. A cup delivers 10.3 g, 21% of the Daily Value, and the 440 g container about 18.6 g, our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure. That is respectable for a broth soup but thin for a whole meal by MyPlate's protein guidance. Fiber helps the cup feel like food: 3.2 g, 11% of the Daily Value, mostly from corn and vegetables.
If you are watching sodium, the move is not to skip the soup. It is to order the cup instead of the bowl and to build the rest of the plate out of unsalted things.
How does chicken tortilla soup compare?
| Soup | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken tortilla soup | 102 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 250 kcal |
| Sopa de fideo aguada | 95 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 233 kcal |
| Noodle soup, NFS | 90 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 221 kcal |
| Bean soup with meat | 84 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 206 kcal |
Our take: chicken tortilla soup is the heaviest of these four per 100 g and the fattiest, at 4.17 g against 2.35 g for bean soup with meat. It is also the second-lowest in protein per cup; only the fideo bowl gives you less. For pure satiety per calorie, bean soup with meat wins, with 14.4 g of protein a cup (our arithmetic from its USDA 100 g figure) for 206 calories. For flavor at a price you can still log, the cup of tortilla soup is fine. The bowl is a meal, not a starter, and should be counted as one.
Most popular chicken tortilla 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) |
|---|---|
| Ahold Chicken Tortilla Soup | 57 cal |
| HT Traders Mexican Style Hearty Chicken Tortilla Soup | 57 cal |
| Campbell's Homestyle Healthy Request Mexican Style Chicken Tortilla Soup | 54 cal |
| Signature Cafe Chicken Tortilla Soup with White Meat Chicken | 57 cal |
| Signature Cafe Fiesta Chicken Tortilla Soup | 45 cal |
| Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Tortilla Soup | 37 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken tortilla soup FAQs
How many calories are in a bowl of chicken tortilla soup?
A restaurant bowl is usually two cups, 490 g, and that comes to 500 calories. The single-serve container sold in stores holds 440 g and works out to 449 calories. Both are built on the same soup at 102 calories per 100 g, so bowl size does all the work here.
How many calories in 1 cup of chicken tortilla soup?
One cup, 245 g, is 250 calories. That cup carries 10.2 g of fat, 30.8 g of carbohydrate, 10.3 g of protein and 630 mg of sodium, which is 27% of the Daily Value. The cup is the standard USDA measure for this soup, and most restaurant bowls hold two of them.
Is chicken tortilla soup good for weight loss?
At 250 calories a cup with 10.3 g of protein and 3.2 g of fiber, one cup fits an ordinary lunch without much strain. The two-cup restaurant bowl at 500 calories is the version that eats the budget. If you are watching calories, order the cup and treat the bowl as the whole meal.
How much protein is in chicken tortilla soup?
One cup gives 10.3 g of protein, 21% of the 50 g Daily Value, from 4.22 g per 100 g of soup. A 440 g single-serve container brings about 18.6 g, our arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure. Bean soup with meat is denser per cup, at roughly 14.4 g.
How much sodium is in chicken tortilla soup?
A cup carries 630 mg of sodium, 27% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, and the two-cup restaurant bowl is about 1,260 mg. That single cup is roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans cap adults at 2,300 mg a day, so the bowl spends half of it.
Is canned chicken tortilla soup lower in calories?
Yes. Store-brand canned chicken tortilla soup runs 57 calories per 100 g, so a 1-cup serving is 140 calories against 250 for the soup as served. Pacific Foods' organic can is lighter still at 37 per 100 g, or 89 calories a cup. Thinner broth, less chicken, less fat.
How many carbs are in chicken tortilla soup?
One cup holds 30.8 g of carbohydrate, 11% of the Daily Value, of which 3.2 g is fiber and 2.1 g is sugars. Per 100 g the soup is 12.56 g of carbohydrate, most of it from the tortilla and the vegetables rather than from anything sweet.
Is chicken tortilla soup keto friendly?
No. One cup holds 30.8 g of carbohydrate against 3.2 g of fiber, which leaves about 27.6 g of net carbs, more than a day's allowance on most keto plans. USDA publishes no net-carb line, so that figure is our own arithmetic from the carbohydrate and fiber numbers.
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