Knorr Classic Chicken Delite Soup

Knorr Classic Chicken Delite Soup is a 42 g sachet of soup powder made from refined wheat flour, sugar, milk solids, hydrolysed vegetable protein, salt, flavourings, dehydrated vegetables, dehydrated chicken (2.2%), hydrogenated palm oil and enhancers. Stir the sachet into 600 ml water; the pack serves 4, each 10.5 g of powder in 150 ml. The panel is per 100 g of powder.

CleanPlate scores it [R]DD2. The D for nutrition is low: only 13.8 g protein per 100 g and little else credited. The D for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by refined wheat flour, sugar and milk solids), with additives that cost points: carrageenan, flavouring, xanthan gum and methylcellulose. A red flag (hydrogenated fat / vanaspati (unqualified)) cuts the score by 40%. The 2 for risk is low: sodium, free sugar and saturated fat are all modest as made (sodium 285 mg, free sugar 0.779 g, saturated fat 0.098 g per 100 g).

Refined wheat flour (maida), sugar, milk solids, hydrolysed vegetable protein, iodised salt, flavours (natural garlic, nature-identical), dehydrated vegetables (onion 1.8%, leeks 0.4%), dehydrated chicken (2.2%), hydrogenated palm oil, thickener (415), flavour enhancers (627, 631), black pepper (0.3%) and caramel colour (IV).

Per 100 g: 330 kcal, 3.4 g fat of which 1.5 g saturated, 23.4 g sugar of which 11.9 g added, 1.4 g fibre, 13.8 g protein, 4363 mg sodium. The risk score is as made up: 10.5 g of powder in 150 ml water per serve (160.5 g), as the pack directs; the printed panel and the nutrition line above are per 100 g of dry powder, where sodium is 4,363 mg. Hydrogenated palm oil has no partly or fully qualifier, so the declared trans fat (0.03 g) is not accepted and the score is provisional (PHO_DEFAULT).