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Soups, Sauces, and Gravies · ranked

Highest calorie foods in soups, sauces, and gravies

The most calorie-dense foods, per 100 g. Topped by sauce, alfredo mix, dry at 535.0 kcal.

Highest calorie foods in soups, sauces, and gravies, top 50

#FoodcalorieCaloriesProtein
1 Sauce, alfredo mix, dry 535.0 kcal53515.3 g
2 Sauce, horseradish 503.0 kcal5031.1 g
3 Sauce, cheese sauce mix, dry 438.0 kcal4387.7 g
4 Gravy, instant turkey, dry 409.0 kcal40911.7 g
5 Gravy, chicken, dry 381.0 kcal38111.3 g
6 Gravy, brown instant, dry 380.0 kcal3808.5 g
7 Soup, chicken noodle, dry 377.0 kcal37715.4 g
8 Gravy, instant beef, dry 369.0 kcal3699.8 g
9 Gravy, brown, dry 367.0 kcal36710.7 g
10 Gravy, pork, dry 367.0 kcal3678.8 g
11 Gravy, turkey, dry 367.0 kcal36710.4 g
12 Gravy, unspecified type, dry 344.0 kcal34413.0 g
13 Gravy, mushroom, dry 328.0 kcal32810.0 g
14 Gravy, onion, dry 322.0 kcal3229.0 g
15 Gravy, au jus, dry 313.0 kcal3139.2 g
16 Soup, onion, dry 293.0 kcal2937.5 g
17 Wasabi 292.0 kcal2922.2 g
18 Soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry 267.0 kcal26716.7 g
19 Sauce, duck, ready-to-serve 245.0 kcal2450.4 g
20 Sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe 237.0 kcal23712.8 g
21 Sauce, hoisin, ready-to-serve 220.0 kcal2203.3 g
22 Sauce, tartar, ready-to-serve 211.0 kcal2111.0 g
23 Soup, chicken broth cubes, dry 198.0 kcal19814.6 g
24 Sauce, homemade, white 186.0 kcal1864.0 g
25 Sauce, plum, ready-to-serve 184.0 kcal1840.9 g
26 Sauce, cheese, ready-to-serve 174.0 kcal1746.7 g
27 Sauce, barbecue 172.0 kcal1720.8 g
28 Soup, beef broth, cubed 170.0 kcal17017.3 g
29 Sauce, sweet and sour, ready-to-serve 154.0 kcal1540.3 g
30 Sauce, homemade, white 147.0 kcal1473.8 g
31 Dip, salsa con queso, cheese and salsa- medium 143.0 kcal1433.1 g
32 Sauce, cocktail, ready-to-serve 128.0 kcal1281.4 g
33 Dip, bean, original flavor 119.0 kcal1195.4 g
34 Sauce, steak, tomato based 95.0 kcal951.3 g
35 Sauce, hot chile, sriracha 93.0 kcal931.9 g
36 Sauce, teriyaki, ready-to-serve 89.0 kcal895.9 g
37 Sauce, sweet and sour, prepared-from-recipe 79.0 kcal791.8 g
38 Sauce, worcestershire 77.0 kcal770.0 g
39 SMART SOUP, Indian Bean Masala 57.0 kcal573.3 g
40 SMART SOUP, Santa Fe Corn Chowder 55.0 kcal552.0 g
41 SMART SOUP, French Lentil 53.0 kcal532.9 g
42 Soup, beef barley, ready to serve 52.0 kcal522.8 g
43 Sauce, oyster, ready-to-serve 51.0 kcal511.4 g
44 SMART SOUP, Moroccan Chick Pea 51.0 kcal512.0 g
45 Gravy, mushroom, canned 50.0 kcal501.3 g
46 Gravy, HEINZ Home Style, classic chicken 46.0 kcal460.7 g
47 Soup, onion, canned 46.0 kcal463.1 g
48 Soup, shark fin, restaurant-prepared 46.0 kcal463.2 g
49 SMART SOUP, Vietnamese Carrot Lemongrass 44.0 kcal441.3 g
50 SMART SOUP, Greek Minestrone 40.0 kcal401.7 g

Ranking by weight favours dry and concentrated foods — sauce, alfredo mix, dry tops this list partly because it contains little water.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

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