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Soup, lentil calories per cup: 110–199 across all 4 named USDA examples

Across all 4 named USDA examples, a cup contains 110–199 calories. Each included example lists 255 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 cup · 255 g

153calories

Soup, lentil

Protein
9.7 g
Carbs
26 g
Fat
1.8 g

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The 4 exact records in this guide report 110–199 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 43–78 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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For Soup, lentil, begin by separating “Soup, lentil” from “Soup, lentil, with meat.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How soup, lentil records compare at 100 grams

All 4 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Soup, lentil, canned 43 kcal
    43 kcal
  2. Soup, lentil, canned, reduced sodium 43 kcal
    43 kcal
  3. Soup, lentil 60 kcal
    60 kcal
  4. Soup, lentil, with meat 78 kcal
    78 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 4 named USDA records in view: 4 direct matches. All sit within “Soups, broth-based.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first two description segments” placed these 4 records together under the exact grouping key “soup lentil.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Soup, lentil, this page can compare 4 named records from FDC 2707462 through FDC 2707463. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

A shared 255 g comparison anchor

Equal source weights make the selected Soup, lentil serving totals easier to compare, but the eaten portion still has to be measured or estimated.

Composition

35 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “lentil, canned”; the higher is “with meat.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.5 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “lentil, canned” (2.5 g) and “with meat” (5.9 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 4 records each use a 255 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every soup, lentil; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Soup, lentil, canned; “higher” ends with Soup, lentil, with meat, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every soup, lentil meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Soup, lentil, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Soup, lentil nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Soup, lentil Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 153 kcal 60 9.7 g 9.4 g 622 mg FDC 2707462 ↗
Soup, lentil, canned Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 110 kcal 43 6.3 g 6.4 g 673 mg FDC 2707460 ↗
Soup, lentil, canned, reduced sodium Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 110 kcal 43 6.4 g 6.4 g 479 mg FDC 2707461 ↗
Soup, lentil, with meat Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 199 kcal 78 15.1 g 8.2 g 635 mg FDC 2707463 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 255-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 110 calories for “lentil, canned” to 199 for “with meat.” At a fixed 100 grams, “lentil, canned” is 43 calories and “with meat” is 78—a fixed-weight separation of 35 calories. For Soup, lentil, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “lentil”, “lentil, canned”, “lentil, canned, reduced sodium”, and “lentil, with meat”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes beverages, water, tap, drinking, lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt, and mirepoix, cooked, as ingredient; differentiating rows include beef as ingredient in recipes. On this Soup, lentil page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Soup, lentil” cannot resolve the differences between Soup, lentil and Soup, lentil, with meat. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    A shared source weight

    Every selected record uses 255 grams. Inside this set, serving-calorie differences therefore reflect the published composition rather than a change in source weight.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “lentil”, “lentil, canned”, “lentil, canned, reduced sodium”, and “lentil, with meat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include beverages, water, tap, drinking and lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt; rows that vary across the set include beef as ingredient in recipes. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Soup, lentil” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Soup, lentil unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that soup, lentil is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“lentil”, “lentil, canned”, “lentil, canned, reduced sodium”, and “lentil, with meat”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Soup, lentil source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

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 4 exact records behind Soup, lentil source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Soup, lentil, with meat is higher in total fat per 100 g

Soup, lentil, with meat reports 2.3 g versus 0.6 g for Soup, lentil, canned: a 1.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

4 listed servings each weigh 255 g

The 4 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 255 g. Their serving totals therefore compare equal weights, even if the household labels differ. Match the preparation and adjust the weight to the amount you eat.

Choose the record before reading the number

Soup, lentil and Soup, lentil, canned, reduced sodium are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Source form (No matching controlled term in the source name versus canned) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Soup, lentil source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page Soup, lentil vs Soup, lentil, canned, reduced sodium

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. 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.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Soup, lentil vs Soup, lentil, canned

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. 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.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beef as ingredient in recipes

USDA input 99992100 appears in 1 of 4 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 10–10 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 4 context records in this source topic Soups, broth-based

Soup, lentil and Soup, lentil, canned 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 shared source-formulation input Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 4 of 4 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Protein: density and serving context

In this page’s records, protein runs from 2.5 g in Soup, lentil, canned to 5.9 g in Soup, lentil, with meat, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, calories runs from 43 kcal in Soup, lentil, canned to 78 kcal in Soup, lentil, with meat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path