Ching's Secret Sweet Corn Soup

Ching's Secret Sweet Corn Soup is a 55 g soup powder of corn flour, sugar, dehydrated vegetables (20%, with sweet corn 13%), salt, dried glucose syrup, a flavour enhancer, thickener, acidity regulator, yeast extract, soy sauce powder and flavourings. It makes 4 serves of 13.75 g in 150 ml of water, and the panel is printed per 100 g of powder.

CleanPlate scores it EB2. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 g. The B for ingredients reflects a mix of whole and refined ingredients (led by corn flour, sugar and sweet corn), with additives that cost points: flavouring, xanthan gum, silicon dioxide and a flavour enhancer. The 2 for risk is low: sodium, free sugar and saturated fat are all modest as made (sodium 398 mg, free sugar 2.48 g, saturated fat 0.034 g per 100 g).

Corn flour, sugar, dehydrated vegetables (20%) [sweet corn (13%), carrot, cabbage], iodised salt, dried glucose syrup, flavour enhancer (INS 635), thickener (INS 415), acidity regulator (INS 330), onion powder, yeast extract, soy sauce powder (soybean, wheat, salt), garlic powder, sunflower oil, pepper powder, anticaking agent (INS 551), chilli powder, turmeric powder and nature identical flavouring substances.

Per 100 g: 344 kcal, 1.7 g fat of which 0.4 g saturated, 31.1 g sugar of which 29.6 g added, 3.5 g protein, 4740 mg sodium. The panel is from the pack in your hands (344 kcal, sodium 4,740 mg per 100 g), which also matches the Blinkit listing; the earlier read of the pack images (339 kcal, sodium 5,432 mg) is not used. Energy matches the Atwater sum exactly (344 kcal), and the macros plus the salt in the sodium come to about 96 g. Scored as made: 13.75 g of powder in 150 ml of water. Net 55 g.