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

Shrinkflation, innit

why wouldn't we? It's cheap, good for you, keeps well in ambient temperatures, , cooks quickly, tastes nice etc.

No, not bread and butter, a filling would be included if I were having half a tin.

...no one... and if your home made soup is a watery mush, you're doing it wrong.

such as....?

For some Heinz soups it would be more like 50 calories. 100 would be about the average.

Add in the bread and butter and you’re probably in the 250 - 350 range. Certainly a very light lunch.

No. Tin per person.

Lol, any usual sandwich filling. Cheese and pickle, chicken salad, cheese and ham toastie, whatever.

One tin, no bread here. Just for me.

Thought I'd pop along to say before someone else does (maybe they have already but I'm not reading whole thing) Obviously you shouldn't be eating tinned soup at all do you know cheap n easy it is to make your own lasts longer too so much added sugar salt e numbers added to tinned soup bla bla bla

A tin per person. Half a tin is a tiny serving.

I often make soups from recipes I have found online, and they also produce a teeny serving. Says it "serves 8". More like 3.

Ok then…!

If you don’t have time or space to make a whole pot of soup then I hardly doubt the odd can or plastic tub of soup will kill you.

I do make chicken soup if having a roast or courgette and oregano and Philadelphia cheese soup or butternut squash soup but it does take time chopping veggies plus electricity to cook the soup is more expensive these days.

Portion sizes are commonly a joke. You buy a pie or something and it says serves 4 when in reality it barely serves 2!

I’ve got a courgette, oregano and Philadelphia cheese soup recipe that I might share… it certainly feeds more than 3 people and is quite filling!

@00100001 what an odd response, people with anorexia do eat. Some may have foods they avoid but plenty would eat soup, bread and butter.

The only time I’ve ever had half a tin as a portion was when I was severely anorexic, and even then I knew it was a tiny portion! Although I wouldn’t admit that to my dietician who was constantly trying to up me to a full tin as that was a standard adult portion size.

It's cheap, good for you, keeps well in ambient temperatures, , cooks quickly, tastes nice etc.

Some of those things, yes. It's debatable about it tasting nice - it's pretty rubbish compared with fresh soup in a carton or homemade. And processed longlife stuff high in salt isn't really that good for you tbh.

Not for anyone I know. I get fresh soup in 400gr size and split it with a friend and add half a sandwich, even then I'd classify that as a light lunch.

It's pretty fucking massive leap to go "hmm, someone is eating the portion stated on the front of the tin with an unknown amount of bread and butter, they might have anorexia...I'll ask them".

Jesus Christ.

Well the hundreds of posters just on this thread and the aisles FULL of tinned soup indicates that it's tasty enough.

Full tin (400g) but half of a fresh 600g tub.

One or two pieces of toast with either .

Half a tin is plenty…. if you’re a toddler

1/2 tin for lunch, full tin for dinner!

My 9 year old likes half a tin with a cheese wrap

I don't want any filling with my bread! The soup is just there as a dip for the bread, don't fancy soggy cheese/ham sandwich personally

I was surprised when I began watching what I was eating more and discovered that half a tin of soup is classed as one portion. Surely that's wrong!
I figure that explains why I'm overweight 😂😂😂

One portion for what though?
A meal? A snack?

Something is amiss if your main meal of the day is half a tin of soup and a slice of bread.