Are packet soups unhealthy?

Question

The kind that you add hot water to and come in an envelope or cup.

Answer 1

Packet soups are usually REALLY high in sodium. Matter of fact, I looked at the nutrition label on my Cup 'O Soup that I had for lunch today. For one container, it's listed as 45% sodium intake for a 2000-calorie a day diet. That's a lot of salt for one serving. A high salt intake makes you hold water and lessons the effectiveness of your kidneys. That's weight gain.

Have one and watch your salt intake for the rest of day.

Answer 2

All processed food is unhealthy, this is the price we pay for greed. If it were prepared in a healthy manner without harmful chemical preservatives, then maybe it would be ok. The so called health restrictions stopped a lot of practical food handleing. We could at one time go to the market and buy chickens for soup that were kept alive, untill we ordered it and they killed and dressed it, served wrapped in butcher paper, that didn't take a power tool to open when you went to cook it, like some of the stonger than car fenders plastic wrap does.

Answer 3

Not per se, but check the ingredients: many soups, packaged OR canned, contain MSG, as a flavor enhancer. This stuff used to be sold as ACCENT, and is pure poison. It will be listed on the label. Avoid it at all costs!!!!
Pick soups that have no MSG (monosodium glutimate) if you're concerned about health.

Answer 4

Have you ever seen a can of condensed cream of brocolli, or mushroom, or chicken, or just about any cream soup? There's no way that packet soups can be unhealthier than that!

Answer 5

I wouldn't say that they are unhealthy, but their isn't hardly any good nutrition that comes from processed packet soups.

Answer 6

some are pretty high in sodium(salt)

Answer 7

maybe