Canned soup- good or bad?

peanutbutterrunna
peanutbutterrunna Posts: 106
edited January 30 in Food and Nutrition
Now, I'm fully aware that having a bowl of top ramen for lunch wouldn't be a ideal choice (sadly, I used to live off that stuff!) but just now I had a 1 cup serving of Amy's organic lentil vegetable soup (low sodium variety) and a bowl of diced mango and pineapple. I really didn't feel motivated to make myself the lunch omelete I was going to eat so I'm saving that until dinner. Anyway, besides high sodium levels is there anything about canned soup that's "bad" from a nutritional standpoint? I read the back of the can and was content with the nutritional information. In fact, as an active young adult I need not even stress about sodium levels very much. I guess I'm just curious as to other people's opinions! So, guys...premade soup. Yes or no?

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  • ashdawg8790
    ashdawg8790 Posts: 819 Member
    Not as good as the fresh stuff, but like you said, better than others. I like soup. Okay, fine, I LOVELOVELOVE soup, but my husband does not , so instead of having to eat a whole entire batch of soup myself, I buy the canned stuff when a craving hits. It sounds like you made a better nutritional choice for your soup than condensed, high-sodium stuff. Good choice! :)
  • SJVZEE
    SJVZEE Posts: 451 Member
    I'm leery of canned goods because of the BPA linings of the cans, but I've realized that I can't avoid them for a few things like olives and beans. For soup-they do make a few that come in cartons so I'd chose one of those over a canned kind :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It's fine once in a while, the sodium is what turns me off though.
  • notdebby
    notdebby Posts: 58
    I eat the heck out of Amy's soups. They don't have BPA in their linings so that's not an issue. My naturopath said that they're a great choice for a quick lunch and he has advanced training in nutrition so I'll take his word for it.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    for me personally it doesn't fill me up at all and the sodium is astronomical.
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