Knorr Classic Mixed Vegetable Soup

Knorr Classic Mixed Vegetable Soup is a 40 g sachet of soup powder made from dehydrated vegetables (carrot, cabbage, peas, corn, onion, leeks), maize starch, refined wheat flour, milk solids, salt, sugar, hydrolysed vegetable protein, hydrogenated palm oil and flavourings. The pack serves 4, each 10 g of powder in 150 ml water. The panel is per 100 g of powder.

CleanPlate scores it [R]CD1. The C for nutrition is middling: 11.3 g protein and 7 g fibre per 100 g. The D for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by carrot flakes, cabbage flakes and green peas), with additives that cost points: flavouring, xanthan gum, silicon dioxide and a flavour enhancer. A red flag (hydrogenated fat / vanaspati (unqualified)) cuts the score by 40%. The 1 for risk is low: sodium, free sugar and saturated fat are all modest as made (sodium 249 mg, free sugar 0.537 g, saturated fat 0.081 g per 100 g).

Dehydrated vegetables (carrot flakes 7.1%, cabbage flakes 4.7%, green peas 4.7%, corn 4.7%, onion powder 2%, leeks 0.71%), maize starch, refined wheat flour, milk solids, iodised salt, sugar, hydrolysed vegetable protein, hydrogenated palm oil, thickener (415), flavours (artificial corn, natural garlic, nature-identical), spices, anticaking agent (551) and flavour enhancer (627, 631).

Per 100 g: 337 kcal, 2.8 g fat of which 1.3 g saturated, 22 g sugar of which 8.6 g added, 7 g fibre, 11.3 g protein, 3983 mg sodium. The risk score is as made up: 10 g of powder in 150 ml water per serve (160 g); the printed panel and the nutrition line above are per 100 g of dry powder, where sodium is 3,983 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).