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Progresso Soup,Traditional, Creamy Chicken Noodle Ready To Serve Soup
Soups & Broths
📊 NOVA 4

Progresso Soup,Traditional, Creamy Chicken Noodle Ready To Serve Soup

Progresso
18.50 oz
Available at Foodtown
120
Calories
6g
Protein
2g
Sugars
690mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
64
Ingredients

What You Should Know

This is a ready-to-serve creamy chicken noodle soup sold in an 18.5 oz can under the Progresso Traditional line. Store placement: you would spot it on the supermarket soup aisle among other canned and ready-to-eat soups and broths, often shelved near condensed soups, broths, and quick pantry staples like crackers and instant rice. Occasions: it fits into busy weeknight dinners, rainy-day or storm-prep pantry stocking, and quick lunches when time is short. Brand positioning: Progresso markets this as a familiar, mainstream comfort option—nostalgic and family-friendly, aimed at adults shopping for convenient home meals, especially those seeking recognizable flavors rather than artisanal or organic credentials. Label characteristics: packaging emphasizes tradition and comfort with words like creamy and traditional; you’ll find no organic certification and modest health halos (low calorie per serving claim), but the front label leans on taste and homestyle appeal rather than clean-label or natural-only messaging. Processing context: this product is a shelf-stable, industrially processed ready-to-eat soup with added stabilizers, starches, flavorings, and protein isolates to ensure texture and shelf stability. Sensory details: the soup pours warm, silky broth with a creamy mouthfeel, soft egg noodles, tender shredded white chicken pieces and small diced carrots and celery providing mild bite; aroma is savory and chicken-forward with a light herb note from parsley. Packaging is a metal can with a colorful label and requires heating on the stovetop or microwave, making it a ritual of quick comfort for solo meals, sick days, or when shoppers want an easy, familiar bowl without cooking from scratch.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 cup
Servings per Container: 2
Calories120
% Daily Value*
Total Fat4g5%
Saturated Fat1g5%
Cholesterol20mg7%
Sodium690mg30%
Total Carbohydrate15g5%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars2g
Added Sugars1g2%
Protein6g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Chicken, Broth,, Carrots,, Cooked, White, Chicken, Meat,, Egg, Noodles, (Semolina, Wheat,, Egg*,, Egg, White*),, Celery,, Modified, Food, Starch,, Contains, Less, than, 2%, of:, Soybean, Oil,, Salt,, Water,, Maltodextrin,, Chicken, Fat,, Sugar,, Cream,, Flavoring,, Potassium, Chloride,, Natural, Flavor,, Soy, Protein, Concentrate,, Yeast, Extract,, Whey, Protein, Concentrate,, Soy, Protein, Isolate,, Whey, Powder,, Sodium, Phosphate,, Parsley*,, Chicken*,, Spice,, Buttermilk*,, Butter,, Guar, Gum,, Beta, Carotene, (Color)., *, Dried..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (modified food starch, maltodextrin, protein isolates, flavors, emulsifiers) and is a ready-to-serve processed product, consistent with ultra-processed (NOVA 4) classification.

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Common Questions about Progresso Soup,Traditional, Creamy Chicken Noodle Ready To Serve Soup

Well, it depends on your definition of healthy! This soup has 120 calories per cup, which is pretty reasonable for a quick meal. It’s not loaded with added sugars or artificial sweeteners, but it does have a moderate amount of sodium — about 690 mg per serving. So, if you're watching your salt intake, you might want to balance it with something low in sodium later.

Perfect For

storm-prep
back-to-school
movie-night

Vibe:

comfortingconvenientnostalgicpractical
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