A carton of soup and two slices of bread should not have my daily salt allowance and half of my sugar allowance

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I'm a bit in shock, just worked out that by having a soup with bread I've had just over my salt allowance and half of my sugar allowance for the day in one snack!

I know your only supposed to eat half of the carton, but they aren't very big and one carton equals about one bowl.

It was a Thai style soup, it was just OK nothing special!

Does it matter though?

I wish I didn't care about the sugar stuff.

Salt I can eat loads of though and not care.

Oh thanks the make your own brigade

Sometimes there isn't time. I do think we are being poisoned

I always put a teaspoon of sugar in my homemade pasta sauce anyway. Makes it taste better. I don't obsess over these things, maybe because I'm older and I remember a time when people ate food just to stay alive.
Salt in processed food has been reduced over the last 10 years or so, as far as I know they're going to do the same with sugar.
Even so, Op, you were advised on portion size and you ignored that advice, so it's on you really.

I don't eat either of those foods shop soup etc - processed. Eat normal foods instead and you'll be fine.

I'm with you op. I did mfp a while back and was surprised at the sodium warnings flashing up all the time. I've never been taught about nutrition, I'm only just starting to build some knowledge now.

Side note - You can tell there are a few non bakers on this thread - you can't make decent bread without sugar and salt in the relevant quantities! It's the chemistry of what bread is and how yeast works!

Poisoned my arse, read the labels and make the appropriate decisions.

Yes, there is far too much unnecessary salt and sugar in processed food.

Off on the putting sugar in homemade tomato sauce tangent. I was told that by an Italian friend during my teens, she was shocked that I didn't add it, I thought she was mad. This was several decaes ago now so its not some newfangled idea because we're all sugar addicts now. It works and still contains much much less sugar than in a jar. If everyone tells you what a great pasta bake that was when you throw a jar over some pasta but push it around their plates when you make fresh, maybe its time to try it

Mmm.
Flour,
Olive oil
Yeast
Salt
Water
= Bread
I make it by hand and I used to use sugar but I tried it without and it made absolutely no difference.
I don't put sugar in anything other than cakes and puddings.
I do use salt though while cookin but try to use the minimum
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This isn't a new thing, I think most people are aware of how high the content can be in such foods.

This is why moderation is key. I would have had half a carton and one bit of bread and been full and it probably would have been my lunch, not a snack. If I was in one of those moods where I wanted a huge bowl and lots of bread I would have home made the soup myself and had a homemade roll.

From where I see it everything is bad if you have too much, so just moderate and choose natural over added sugars etc where possible. I'm no health freak I love sweets and chocolate and crisps, I just eat small amounts at a time and that's usually enough to sort the craving. Eyes always bigger than my belly!

Damson, I bake bread and pizza etc. And have never needed sugar? Strong flour+ yeast+oil+ water+salt works for me

You don't need sugar in homemade bread. I make focaccia following Delia's recipe and you only need the tiniest pinch of salt, plus water, olive oil, flour and yeast. That's it. It tastes wonderful.

Agreed one can make French style bread without sugar but sandwich white needs just a bit of sugar imo. I make homemade bread four times a week and always add a teaspoon of sugar, though I usually reduce the salt by a half. The sugar ensures the yeast activates properly and seems to improve the crumb texture too.

noeffingidea Sun 18-Oct-15 08:35:06
I always put a teaspoon of sugar in my homemade pasta sauce anyway. Makes it taste better
Ex DP used to do this - but with Canderel - IMHO it makes it takes foul - overly sweet errrghhh. Same goes for pasta sauce in a bottle - every single one seems to have extra sugar in it - no need - or maybe give us a choice. I don't like the idea that everything I eat has to be sweetened.

If we could put the food snobbery aside for one moment....

Op I think you are right. Even if you'd only had half the pack, that would still have been half your salt allowance at one meal. That's a lot of salt. And the amount of sugar in bread - a staple, cheap food for most people - is also a disgrace.

This thread is giving me flashbacks to the time my mother picked up a loaf of bread in the supermarket and declaimed at the top of her voice that bread shouldn't have sugar in it...

Thanks Lonny, I do think legally they shouldn't be allowed to put an entire meals worth of salt in a portion.

I do think the portion size is ridiculous too, I can't believe any single person has half the carton a meal.

legally they shouldn't be allowed to put an entire meals worth of salt in a portion

I'm not sure about this. If you wanted a lower salt option you could have bought one. I might be wrong by i'd expect a Thai style soup to have a high salt content (and it was meant for 2). If you were monitoring your salt intake you would have the option of keeping low at your next meal.

Or keeping your salt intake down the next day.

I do think legally they shouldn't be allowed to put an entire meals worth of salt in a portion.

It's salt not cyanide. Canned soup without added salt or canned rice pudding without added sugar taste terrible.

It's a convenience food; it would inconvenience me if they took the flavourings out because you want to eat it every day when I eat it every now and then.

Surely canned soup always tastes awful

Why would canned soup taste any worse than soup sold in a carton?

Ooh a bit of soupy snobbery.

Surely canned soup always tastes awful

No it doesn't and if it does, why are you eating it?

I haven't eaten canned soup for ages but I went through a bit of a Baxters phase. My favourites were the classic minestrone, curried parsnip and Scotch broth with bits of real mutton.

It was about 20 years ago and I used to eat a whole can with processed bread for lunch nearly every day.

I have not only survived but a recent test showed that my liver and kidney function was excellent and levels of bad and good cholesterol were good. My GP said the last one was probably a tribute to my excellent diet.

TBH I don't know how my liver got through. It must have superpowers given the amount I drink.

How big was the carton? I had half a carton of soup for lunch today.

I don't understand how you can have twice that and bread as a SNACK (just like I don't understand people on here who have a McDonalds burger as A SNACK??????) And I am not a petite little twig at all...

I once complained to the Covent Garden Soup Company about a substandard carton of soup.

DH and I were loyal customers and never over indulged.

I don't recall the flavour - probably minestrone; we're a bit pedestrian - but they had clearly changed the formula.

They denied everything, of course. Big business always do. They bought us off with a tea towel and a voucher for another carton in full and final settlement.

We never redeemed it. Our faith in their brand was shattered.

The tea towel was rubbish.

Bastards