to think that 1/2 tin of soup is a portion?

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as in 200g of soup

with bread and butter etc.

that's a normal size, right?

Friend heats a tin each for her family

Half a cab is plenty, with bread and butter that’s a decent amount of calories for a lunch

Yeah I used to think it was grose putting ketchup or brown sauce on. But someone pointed out it's no different to me putting soup on.

Whole tin in this house (with bread and butter) and we are all healthy weights.

Half a tin of beans I can kind of understand but not soup.

Aldi do a green bag of garlic and parsley bruschetta, they're lovely with any tomato based soup.

I have a 600g tub to myself.

Soup isn't exactly filling unless it's some type of carribean soup which contains dumplins, veg and meat/chicken.

MN is distorted when it comes to food. Have a tin of soup? And what do you do with the rest?

I've just bought another tin of soup and some garlic bread to try with it

How can you possibly eat French Onion soup without a thick piece of baguette toasted with cheese floating in the soup?

I have half a tin for lunch, and a couple of slices of buttered bread. I like soup, but somewhat see it as a bread dipping sauce 😁

Don't know what MM did wrong but brocolli and stilton is one of my favourites, with a liberal helping of slivers of toasted almonds.

You ascend to MN greatness if you're the width of my thumb and enjoy a glance of soup for lunch...

I've now got a craving for tomato soup.

I'm going to have half a can with a dairylea and ham sandwich to dip into it.

Tin per person are you anorexic?

😂😂😂 ahh that made me really laugh

It wouldnt be enough for me and I'm 5'1 and a size 6 😂

Then you've never had my pea and ham soup, the very mention of it brings a queue of grandchildren to my door.

It's the bread. Bread is roughly 100 calories per slice or more -

I looked up Heinz tomato soup and it’s half a tin per portion, you are right OP. But I think it’s more a starter or a snack then a meal.

Also googled borrowers and found this article in the Telegraph. I’m amazed how science moved since 2016, you are not only exist OP but even on MN!

Posted too soon @kilo If youre supplementing it with loads of bread of course half a tin is enough.

It's probably because if they say a serving is half a tin then the salt/fat or whatever content doesn't look quite so awful. Just like a serving of sugary cereal is tiny to make it appear not quite so horrendous in the sugar content.

Ok so in a full can of Heinz tomato soup there is 2.2g of salt. That's more than a third of your recommended daily intake in just in that tin - plus bread and butter on top.....

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258148741

They do sell them, but as you say, maybe not at your Tesco :)

My in-laws who are both in their 80s with tiny appetites are the only people I know who would consider that a portion- full tin each here

"normal" is different to everyone. I personally want a whole tin and half a loaf of bread, but my husband pours a tiny amount into a cup and has a couple of slices of bread. Soups not filling for the most part so I'd say your friend making a tin per person is very normal. But you only wanting half a tin is also normal.

... so what if you have ½ of your salt from one meal?
Surely it doesn't matter until you go over your daily intake? And even then occasionally going over wouldn't be an issue.

My tin of soup says it's two portions (400g)

I don’t like canned soup due to the salt content but my favourite carton of soup is 600g. I have 300g with feta pieces in it.

200g of soup makes me think Oliver Twist.