Yosua Ian SebastianSoup Log
A list of canned soups to remind me which ones are good or bad.
| Buy again? | Soup | Price (AUD) | Saturated fat (g/100g) | Sugars (g/100g) | Sodium (mg/100g) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | CC Beef & Veg | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.2 | 🟢 1.5 | 🟡 288 | top pick |
| ✅ | HZ Chunky Peppered Steak | 4.4 (3.5) | 🟢 0.4 | 🟢 1.4 | 🟡 230 | don’t add too much pepper |
| ✅ | CC Irish Stew | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.3 | 🟢 1.5 | 🟡 285 | lesser version of beef & veg |
| ✅ | CL Chicken & Sweet Corn | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.1 | 🟢 3.1 | 🟡 294 | corn soup is always nice |
| ✅ | HZ Chicken & Sweetcorn | 4.4 (2.2) | 🟢 0.4 | 🟢 1.4 | 🟡 300 | idem |
| ✅ | CC Ravioli, Beef & Tomato | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.8 | 🟢 3.0 | 🟡 268 | not bad |
| 🤔 | CL Hearty Beef & Veg | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.5 | 🟢 1.6 | 🟡 276 | |
| 🤔 | CL Creamy Chicken | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.5 | 🟢 0.7 | 🟡 290 | |
| 🤔 | CL Garden Vegetable \w Wholegrain Barley | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 <0.1 | 🟢 3.4 | 🟡 281 | |
| ❌ | CL Chicken Noodle | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.1 | 🟢 1.4 | 🟡 268 | disappointing noodle |
| ❌ | CL Rich & Creamy Pumpkin | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.6 | 🟢 4.3 | 🟡 235 | plain pumpkin |
| ❌ | CL Minestrone | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 <0.1 | 🟢 3.2 | 🟡 283 | taste bad |
| ❌ | CL Pea & Ham | 4.5 (2.25) | 🟢 0.2 | 🟢 2.3 | 🟡 283 | |
| ❌ | HZ Creamy Tomato | 4.4 (2.2) | 🟢 0.9 | 🟢 4.0 | 🟡 360 | like tomato juice, just base |
Legend
- Buy again?
- ✅ - yes
- 🤔 - maybe
- ❌ - no
- ? - not yet opened
- Soup, the brand is abbreviated:
- CC - Campbell’s Chunky
- CL - Campbell’s Country Ladle
- HZ - Heinz
- Nutrition, from the label, per UK FSA front-of-pack “traffic light” bands:
- 🟢 - low
- 🟡 - mid
- 🔴 - high
- Price, per can,
base (sale):base- regular shelf price(sale)- cheapest seen on sale
Bands
Using UK’s traffic light criteria, per 100 g.1 Australia has its own Health Star Rating System which kinda works, but I want the individual nutrient ratings.
Aussie labels list sodium, not salt. The UK bands are for salt.
Salt is defined as the total sodium in the product multiplied by 2.5.
- FoP nutrition label guide, p. 151
| Metric | 🟢 low | 🟡 mid | 🔴 high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturated fat (g/100g) | ≤1.5 | >1.5–5.0 | >5.0 |
| Sugars (g/100g) | ≤5.0 | >5.0–22.5 | >22.5 |
| Sodium (mg/100g) | ≤120 | >120–600 | >600 |
Why?
The only canned foods I’ve tried are corned beef, pork (Maling), and tuna. Then I tried canned soup during a cold night. It’s life-changing.
When you’re already battered at night and the usual choice is to go straight to bed, a nice warm soup is a massive upgrade to my life.
Since then, I would stock up on these canned soups during sales.
Changelog
- 2026-07-04: first time trying Heinz, better start logging previous Campbell’s
Footnotes
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These bands are for food, not valid for drinks. Source has per-portion columns (>25%/>30% RIs) and a total-fat row. Sourced from UK pack labelling guide (PDF). ↩ ↩2