Knorr International Italian Mushroom Soup

Knorr International Italian Mushroom Soup is a 48 g sachet of soup powder: refined wheat flour (maida), milk solids, salt, dehydrated vegetables (mushroom 2.5%), sugar, hydrolysed vegetable protein, vegetable fat powder and hydrogenated palm oil, with flavours and flavour enhancers. It serves 4, 11.5 g of powder in 150 ml of water each, and the panel is printed per 100 g of powder.

CleanPlate scores it [R]DD1. The D for nutrition is low: only 13 g protein per 100 g and little else credited. The D for ingredients reflects mostly refined or industrial ingredients (led by refined wheat flour, milk solids and mushroom), with additives that cost points: flavouring 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 250 mg, free sugar 0.385 g, saturated fat 0.221 g per 100 g).

Soup powder: refined wheat flour (maida), milk solids, iodised salt, dehydrated vegetables (mushroom 2.5%, onion, leeks 0.4%), sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, vegetable fat powder mix, hydrogenated palm oil, flavours (natural garlic and nature identical flavouring substances), flavour enhancer (627 and 631) and spices and condiments (black pepper 0.3%).

Per 100 g: 348 kcal, 5.9 g fat of which 3.1 g saturated, 17.2 g sugar of which 5.4 g added, 1.1 g fibre, 13 g protein, 3517 mg sodium. The pack prints two nutrition panels; the per-100 g panel (348 kcal, sodium 3,517 mg), which matches the listing, is used, not the back table (350 kcal, sodium 3,562 mg). 'Hydrogenated palm oil' has no partly or fully qualifier, so the printed trans fat (0.1 g) is not accepted and the fat is scored as partially hydrogenated, which makes the score provisional. Scored as made: 11.5 g of powder in 150 ml of water. Net 48 g.