USDA Survey Foods71 exact records

Soups & stews: find the record that best matches the food.

Broth-based, cream-based, noodle, bean, meat, and vegetable soups and stews. This page shows the shape of the collection before asking you to choose a number: what sits near the middle, how wide the central range is, and which words distinguish one source record from another.

The shortest route to a defensible estimate

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

01
Identity
Match the exact food description—especially preparation, additions, and whether the record is a single food or mixed dish.
02
Amount
Use a household measure tied to that record or enter grams. A familiar serving word without a weight can hide a large difference.
03
Context
Add the brand, recipe, sauce, cooking fat, toppings, or edible portion that the generic source record cannot know.

What the collection actually contains

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Each row uses values per 100 grams. The median is the collection midpoint; the central range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile. That interval describes variation among source records—not uncertainty around a single meal and not a recommended intake range.

Median and central per-100-gram nutrient ranges for records in this category
Nutrient	Median	Central 80%	Records reporting
Energyper 100 g	53 kcal	30–109 kcal	71 of 71
Proteinper 100 g	2.7 g	0.9–5.9 g	71 of 71
Fiberper 100 g	0.9 g	0.5–2.7 g	71 of 71
Sodiumper 100 g	249 mg	239–365 mg	71 of 71

Zeros are retained when reported; missing values are not silently converted to zero. Rounded values are for orientation. Open an exact profile for Feast’s 21-nutrient panel and source citation.

Three coordinates, not winners

Records that make the range easier to understand

These examples sit near the collection’s energy midpoint or upper central protein and fiber boundaries. A high value for one nutrient is not a complete judgment of the food, and the records are not ranked as “best.”

Near the collection midpoint

Soup, chicken noodle

53 kcal per 100 g—close to the median energy concentration among these records.

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Near the upper central protein boundary

Soup, sopa or caldo de res

5.9 g protein per 100 g in this exact source record.

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Near the upper central fiber boundary

Soup, bean, canned

2.7 g fiber per 100 g in this exact source record.

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What “Soups & stews” includes here

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Feast groups related records to make the library navigable. The more specific USDA category and the complete food name remain the better evidence for choosing a match.

Soups, broth-based45 records

Ramen and Asian broth-based soups13 records

Soups, cream-based13 records

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 9 exact records behind Soups & stews category landmarks. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Soup, potato with meat is higher in calories per 100 g

Soup, potato with meat reports 109 kcal versus 6 kcal for Soup, broth: a 103 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

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The denominator changes the answer

Soup, pho, with meat is denser; Soup, bisque is higher in its source amount

Soup, pho, with meat reports 77 kcal per 100 g and 189 kcal in USDA source amount (245 g). Soup, bisque reports a lower 75 kcal per 100 g but a higher 191 kcal in USDA source amount (255 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Soup, chicken noodle” from “Soup, pho, with meat”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

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Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Soups & stews category landmarks, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Soup

Soup, bean, canned and Soup, bisque are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Soup, bean

Soup, bean, canned is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 6 kcal in Soup, broth to 109 kcal in Soup, potato with meat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Soups, broth-based

Soup, chicken noodle and Soup, sopa or caldo de res belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 7 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 35–100 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Mirepoix, cooked, as ingredient

USDA input 99997805 appears in 6 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 10–50 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Soup, bean vs Soup, bean, canned

Soup, bean, canned is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: No matching controlled term in the source name versus canned; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

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Exact-record directory

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Records are presented as source descriptions, not as universal recipes. Open the closest wording first; compare alternatives only after checking that the denominator and preparation context match.

Soups & stews

Ramen bowl, vegetarian with egg

274 kcal in a 245 g source amount. Open the record to compare that amount with 100 grams and other source measures.

Source amount: 274 kcal · 245 g
Protein, same amount: 11.9 g

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

Identity

Amount

Context

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Records that make the range easier to understand

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Turn source data into a better next decision

Soup, potato with meat is higher in calories per 100 g

Soup, pho, with meat is denser; Soup, bisque is higher in its source amount

Distinguish “Soup, chicken noodle” from “Soup, pho, with meat”

Follow the relationship that matches your question

Browse all 71 profiles in this category

Three questions that prevent the most common category mistakes