Knorr Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup
Red flags
- −Red flag: High added sugar (13.5g per 100g)
- −Red flag: High sodium (3916mg per 100g)
- −Red flag: Palm oil listed
Green flags
- +Green flag: Source of fibre
Ingredients, decoded
14 listed- Maize Starch
- Sugar
- #Dehydrated Vegetables (Carrot flakes (4.6%), Cabbage Flakes (2.3%), Onion Bits (2.3%), Garlic Bits (1.2%), Leeks (1%))
- Noodles (9.3%) (Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), Palm Oil/ Palmolein, Iodised salt, Wheat Gluten, Acidity Regulator - 500(ii), Texturizer - 451(i), Thickener - 415, Antioxidant - 319)
- Iodised salt
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
- Potassium Chloride
- Flavours - Nature Identical Flavouring substances (Soya Sauce)
- Spices & Condiments (Chillies (1%))
- Food Colour - Caramel IV
- Acidity Regulator- 296 & 330
- Hydrogenated Palm Oil
- Thickener - 415
- Flavour Enhancer - 627 & 631
DD1
How DD1 breaks down
Each grade is scored on its own. Here are the label numbers behind each one, per 100 g.
Low nutrient density
- Protein
- 5 g
- Fibre
- 4.2 g
- Vitamins and minerals
- None declared
- Energy
- 338 kcal
Scored on protein, fibre and twelve vitamins and minerals, against the Codex and FSSAI "source" and "high" levels, per 100 g and per 100 kcal.
Heavily processed or flagged substances
- Base
- Maize Starch
- Main fat
- Noodles, Palm Oil/ Palm...
- Sweeteners
- Sugar
- Additives
- 7
- Flagged
- Palm oil
Scored on how processed the ingredients are, which additives are used and why, and whether the label keeps its promises.
Clean
- Added sugar
- 13.5 g
- Sodium
- 3916 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1.8 g
- Trans fat
- 0.02 g
Scored on free sugar, sodium, saturated fat and trans fat, each weighed by how strong the evidence of harm is.
[R] Contains an ingredient on our red-flag list (such as a partially hydrogenated oil or a flagged synthetic dye), which cuts the ingredient grade.
Common questions
Is Knorr Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup healthy?
Knorr Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup scores DD1 (Fair) on CleanPlate, which makes it an occasional-use product, where the concerns start to outweigh the positives. The main concerns are: High added sugar (13.5g per 100g); High sodium (3916mg per 100g); Palm oil listed. On the plus side: Source of fibre.
What does the DD1 score mean?
The first letter (D) grades nutritional value: low nutrient density. The second letter (D) grades ingredient and label integrity: heavily processed or flagged substances. The number (1) grades risk nutrients (sugar, sodium, saturated fat): clean.
Which ingredients in Knorr Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup should I watch?
Noodles (9.3%) (Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), Palm Oil/ Palmolein, Iodised salt, Wheat Gluten, Acidity Regulator - 500(ii), Texturizer - 451(i), Thickener - 415, Antioxidant - 319) (Palm oil), Hydrogenated Palm Oil (Palm oil).
Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scored with the CleanPlate method from the published label.