Help. How many calories in pho soup?

losterstock
losterstock Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I've done the normal searching in the app and googling. I ate a GIANT bowl of pho ga (Vietnamese chicken noodle soup). Most sites are estimating 450 calories for a bowl but then later say the serving size is 1.5 cups or so. There's no way the normal GIANT bowl of pho is 1.5 cups but then again the soup is mostly water so what do you guys think? Anyone know the calories for a truly average serving (a giant sized bowl of soup )

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,914 Member
    I have no insight, just the comment that I have the same problem trying to work out the calories of laksa. Particularly as I don't consume all the soup, which tends to be the highest cal bit.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I guess too. 450 calories sounds about right. All the numbers regarding calories are just estimates, tracking your weight gives you an idea of your calorie intake.
  • briegirl28
    briegirl28 Posts: 121 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    I guess too. 450 calories sounds about right. All the numbers regarding calories are just estimates, tracking your weight gives you an idea of your calorie intake.

    I would figure it out by breaking down each of the components --- maybe 3 cups of chicken broth, 4-6 ounces of shredded chicken, 1-2 cups of rice noodles, soy sauce, bean sprouts, etc. pho may be high in sodium but other than that, it's very healthy in my opinion
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    briegirl28 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    I guess too. 450 calories sounds about right. All the numbers regarding calories are just estimates, tracking your weight gives you an idea of your calorie intake.

    I would figure it out by breaking down each of the components --- maybe 3 cups of chicken broth, 4-6 ounces of shredded chicken, 1-2 cups of rice noodles, soy sauce, bean sprouts, etc. pho may be high in sodium but other than that, it's very healthy in my opinion

    Yep, that's how I do it.
  • losterstock
    losterstock Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks that's probably the smartest way to do it!!
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    American sized Pho? I did the numbers a couple of years ago and you have to consider the hoisin and Sriracha and the fact that you're not eating only 3 standard cups (or the laughable 1 1/2 above). Loaded with noodles and meat? It's likely 700-800 calories.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    American sized Pho? I did the numbers a couple of years ago and you have to consider the hoisin and Sriracha and the fact that you're not eating only 3 standard cups (or the laughable 1 1/2 above). Loaded with noodles and meat? It's likely 700-800 calories.

    ^
    i eat pho all the time and its easily 5 cups of broth alone. them bowls are HUGE.
  • losterstock
    losterstock Posts: 4 Member
    edited March 2016
    Just for fun here is a photo of the pho in question: q9q8jk1qjp6z.jpg

    Unfortunately you can't really see the noodles
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    fishshark wrote: »
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    American sized Pho? I did the numbers a couple of years ago and you have to consider the hoisin and Sriracha and the fact that you're not eating only 3 standard cups (or the laughable 1 1/2 above). Loaded with noodles and meat? It's likely 700-800 calories.

    ^
    i eat pho all the time and its easily 5 cups of broth alone. them bowls are HUGE.

    And oh so good!
  • losterstock
    losterstock Posts: 4 Member
    Ok now I'm thinking I should just estimate the amount of rice noodles since that's the high calorie item... Chicken broth and chicken being relatively low-cal
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    The bowl of pho I order has no more than 2 cups of broth with a cup of noodles loaded with low cal vegetables and 3 oz of chicken. 500 calories max. The huge bowl you are talking of my SO and I would split. So yea, 800 calories
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