Calories in
soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve
6 kcal per 100 g Soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve contains 6 calories per 100 grams, or about 15 calories per cup. Per 100 g it provides 0.6 g protein, 0.4 g carbohydrate and 0.2 g fat.
By calories that splits 28% carbohydrate, 41% protein, 30% fat — dissected below.
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174536·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 6 kcal and USDA publishes 6 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.
Source—USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy—FDC 174536—retrieved 2026-07
How this is worked out
- USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
- The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
- The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
- A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
- The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100 energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F (P, C, F in grams) walk minutes = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)
Calories in a typical serving
Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.
| Serving | Grams | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 249.0 g | 15 | 1.6 g | 1.1 g | 0.5 g |
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cup
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per cup |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 6 kcal | 15 kcal |
| Protein | 0.6 g | 1.6 g |
| Total fat | 0.2 g | 0.5 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.4 g | 1.1 g |
| Fibre | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Sugars | 0.4 g | 1.1 g |
| Sodium | 371.0 mg | 923.8 mg |
| Potassium | 18.0 mg | 44.8 mg |
| Calcium | 4.0 mg | 10.0 mg |
| Iron | 0.1 mg | 0.2 mg |
| Vitamin C | 0.0 mg | 0.0 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0.0 µg | 0.0 µg |
| Cholesterol | 2.0 mg | 5.0 mg |
| Water | 97.8 g | 243.5 g |
A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174536·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve compares
Among the 63 soups, sauces, and gravies items on this site, soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve ranks 62 of 63 by calorie density, against a category average of 169 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 96% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.
It carries 10.7 g of protein per 100 calories — a genuinely protein-dense food.
To burn off one cup (15 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 3 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026
A reference table describes the average soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.
Questions this entry settles
How many calories are in soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve?
Soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve contains 6 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 15 calories per cup. It also provides 0.6 g of protein, 0.4 g of carbohydrate and 0.2 g of fat per 100 g.
What is the macro breakdown of soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve?
By calories, soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve is roughly 28% carbohydrate, 41% protein and 30% fat. That makes it a predominantly protein-based food.
How long does it take to burn off a cup?
About 3 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.
Is this figure exact for the soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve I bought?
No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.
Neighbouring entries
The 6 foods that sit closest to soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve on the calorie-density shelf, all within soups, sauces, and gravies.
Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.
