Choose It and Lose It: Soups

It's winter and we often order soups from restaurants or buy the convenient canned or instant soups from the grocery store at this time of year for warmth and comfort. Soups seem innocent but some of these names can confuse you when it comes to nutrition and health! Make sure you choose the right ones:

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Druxy's
	Tomato red pepper bisque 350 calories / 24 g fat
Equivalent to 4 McCain’s three-cheese mini pizzas in fat
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	Beef chili 204 calories / 3 g fat

Tim Hortons
	Chili 300 calories / 19 g fat / 7 g saturated / 1320 mg sodium
* Equivalent to 33 cups of Original butter salt popcorn in sodium *
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	Cream of Mushroom 150 calories / 3 g fat / 2 g saturated / 740 mg sodium

Instant Noodle Soup
	Mr. Noodles 290 calories / 13 gm fat / 1220 mg sodium
Equivalent to 4 turkey breast sandwiches from Druxy’s in fat
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	Campbell's – hearty noodles 200 cal / 0.5 gm fat / 950 mg sodium

Campbell's Canned Soup
	Cambell's chunky – chicken corn chowder (1 cup) 240 cal / 11 gm fat / 650 mg sodium
* Equivalent to 11 chicken skewers from Blue Menu in fat *
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	Campbell's chunky chicken vegetable (1 cup) - 150 cal / 5 gm fat / 630 mg sodium

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