Canned Soup - solid ingredients vs broth

porterca

Ok. So, I've just finished a Microwavable bowl of Campbell's Classic Chicken Noodle (not condensed). It was 2, 1 cup servings. (I know, tons of sodium, but I just love Classic Chicken Noodle every now and then) So I recorded 2 servings in my Diary.

However, I only ate the chicken and noodles and whatever broth ended up on the spoon. I just don't care for broth by itself. There is more than 1 cup of broth left. I actually feel a little cheated. When I make homeade soups the ratio of solid vs broth is heavy on the solid ingredient side.

Now, I'm going to leave it at 2 servings in my diary, but feel that I maybe only had 1.5 servings. I say 1.5 since I'm sure the noodles and chicken make up more of the calories, fat, and such than the broth.

Thoughts on this? Is there a better way to account for the leftover portion not eaten on the diary?

bcattoes

You likely got most or all of the calories of 2 servings, but you would have consumed considerably less sodium since much of the sodium is in the broth, but the calories are mostly going to be in the solids.

SeeMeShrinkDown

I wouldn't bother doing that myself. So much work! Maybe it's just me, but I don't think the calories you record have to be 100% absolutely perfect. Anyway, maybe others have suggestion, but that's my thought.

Edited for grammar

porterca

Thank you bcattoes. That makes a lot of sense. I'm glad that some of the sodium was reduced by not eating all of the broth!

SeeMeShrinkDown - I agree. The diary is never perfect. Homeade items are never made exactly the same twice. I do try to keep a pretty close eye on it though. I think I was mainly frustrated by the amount of broth. :-)

wolfchild59

Yeah, most low fat chicken broth runs around 15-20 calories per cup, so that's probably about all you saved, calorie-wise, by not eating the broth. But you likely cut about 1/3 or more of the sodium content.