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Canned soup: what's actually in it?

Three different products share the soup shelf. A condensed soup is a concentrated can — mostly Campbell's in Singapore — that you thin with water or milk before eating, so the list on the can is the undiluted list. A ready-to-serve soup (Heinz 400g tins) is eaten as it comes from the tin. And a broth (Heinz and Swanson 1L / 250ml packs) is a thin, mostly-broth liquid sold as a cooking base and light soup — it is not a meal in a can. The front of the can rarely makes the distinction clear; the ingredient list and the pack size do.

This page covers canned/tinned soup and long-life carton/packet soup sold in Singapore — condensed and ready-to-eat, all flavours. It does not cover dry soup sachets, cup soups or instant soup mixes (a different category), hot-pot soup bases, or frozen/chilled ready-meal soups. This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Only two products on this page have a full Singapore retailer ingredient section. Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 1L and Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml are both panelled from FairPrice Singapore ingredient sections. Everything else panelled here uses a flagged overseas list — see each card.
The two broths are broth-led. Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken is 96.5% rehydrated chicken broth; Swanson Clear Chicken Broth is 98% chicken broth. Neither is a condensed cream soup.
Every Campbell's condensed soup panelled here starts with water or chicken stock and contains wheat flour. Wheat flour is the thickener in the condensed range — tomato, mushroom, chicken and chicken noodle alike — so none of them is gluten-free.
Flavour enhancers are the norm in this category, not the exception. Monosodium glutamate and/or yeast extract appear in the Campbell's condensed lists; Heinz broth uses flavour enhancer E621; Swanson's SG list uses monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.
Condensed nutrition figures are as sold, undiluted. A condensed can is roughly twice as concentrated as the soup you eat, so do not compare its per-100g sodium directly with a ready-to-serve soup's per-100g sodium. The nutrition table flags the basis for every row.
The Singapore canned-soup shelf is narrow. In this pass the SG shelf was dominated by Campbell's condensed cans, Heinz tins and Heinz/Swanson broths. Amy's, Pacific Foods and Baxters — big canned-soup names overseas — produced no Singapore sale evidence in this pass, and no named Japanese canned soup was retrieved from Don Don Donki or Meidi-Ya. Those gaps are listed below, not hidden.

At a glance

Product	Type	First ingredient	Added sugar?	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 1L	Broth, carton/packet	Chicken broth rehydrated (96.5%)	No sugar listed — dextrose (see card)	1L	Hong Kong
Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml	Broth, carton/packet	Chicken broth (98%)	Glucose listed	250ml	China
Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup 290g	Condensed, canned	Water	No sugar listed (US list)	290g	not stated
Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup 300g	Condensed, canned	Chicken stock	No sugar listed (US list)	300g	not stated
Heinz Classic Cream of Tomato Soup 400g	Ready-to-serve, canned	Tomatoes (89%)	Yes — sugar	400g	not stated
Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup — US-list reference	Condensed, canned (SG sale not verified)	Tomato puree (water, tomato paste)	Yes — sugar (US list)	10.75 oz (US can)	not stated
Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup — US-list reference	Condensed, canned (SG sale not verified)	Chicken stock	No sugar listed (US list)	10.75 oz (US can)	not stated

Panelled with verbatim lists: 7 products — 5 with Singapore sale confirmed (Heinz Packet Broth Chicken 1L, Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml, Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom 290g, Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken 300g, Heinz Classic Cream of Tomato Soup 400g) and 2 flagged US-list reference panels whose Singapore sale was not verified in this pass (Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup, Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup). Only the two broths are panelled from a Singapore retailer ingredient section; the other five lists are flagged overseas lists (US for Campbell's, UK for Heinz tomato). Seen-but-not-verified: see the list below.

Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

Broths — the Singapore-listed pair

Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 1L

Pack size: 1L · Made in: Hong Kong (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice Singapore ingredient section): Chicken Broth Rehydrated (96.5%), Flavour, and Flavouring (Chicken Flavouring), Salt, Chicken Fat, Dextose, Flavour Enhancer (E621), Yeast Extract, Dehydrated Chicken Meat, Color (Beta-Carotene).

FairPrice lists this as a 1L packet broth, made in France, Halal. It is 96.5% rehydrated chicken broth — the rest is salt, chicken fat, flavouring, flavour enhancer E621 (monosodium glutamate), yeast extract, dehydrated chicken meat and beta-carotene colour. "Dextose" is quoted exactly as FairPrice prints it; it reads as a transcription of dextrose, a sugar. The same list is corroborated by Open Food Facts (barcode 4897003340327), which spells it "Dextrose" and adds the allergen note "[Contains Cereal, Milk, Celery, Sesame]" after the flavouring. Cold Storage also lists Heinz Chicken Broth 1L (country: Hong Kong on its listing) and a 250ml size. Broth 96.5% chicken broth Flavour enhancer: E621 Allergens: cereal, milk, celery, sesame (OFF)

Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml

Pack size: 250ml · Made in: China (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice Singapore ingredient section): Chicken Broth (98%), Salt, Glucose, Yeast Extract, Flavour and Flavouring (contains Soy, Cottonseed Oil Butter), Flavour Enhancers (Monsodium Glutamate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate), Chicken Fat, Maltodextrin, Emulsifier (Lecithin), Colour (Caramel IIi- Ammonia Process). Product contains soya beans, soya bean products, milk products.

FairPrice lists this as a 250ml pack, country of origin China. It is 98% chicken broth, with salt, glucose, yeast extract, three flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate — "Monsodium Glutamate" is quoted exactly as FairPrice prints it), chicken fat, maltodextrin, lecithin emulsifier and caramel colour. Do not confuse this SG list with the US Swanson broth list (chicken stock, salt, natural flavoring, mirepoix, chicken fat, yeast extract) — the SG 250ml pack is a different formulation, made in China, and its list is the one quoted here. Broth 98% chicken broth Added sugar: glucose Flavour enhancers: E621, E631, E627 Allergens: soy, milk

Condensed soups — Campbell's

Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup 290g

Pack size: 290g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US sources agreeing — SG pack not transcribed): Water, mushrooms, vegetable oil (corn, canola, soybean), modified cornstarch, wheat flour, salt, cream, whey, soy protein concentrate, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, dried garlic, natural flavoring.

Sold at FairPrice and Cold Storage Singapore as a 290g Halal can. The list above is the US list, corroborated by Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000012616) and Campbell's own foodservice specification, which agree ingredient-for-ingredient (the foodservice spec orders vegetable oil before mushrooms; the retail list above is the one quoted). Flag: no verbatim SG pack list was retrievable online — FairPrice publishes an ingredient section for some Campbell's cans but not a complete one for this can in this pass — so this is panelled as a flagged US-source list, and the SG 290g can still needs a pack photo. Contains wheat, milk and soy. Condensed Wheat flour (thickener) MSG + yeast extract Allergens: wheat, milk, soy

Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup 300g

Pack size: 300g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US sources agreeing — SG pack not transcribed): Chicken stock, modified food starch, vegetable oil, wheat flour, cream (milk), chicken meat, chicken fat, contains less than 2% of: salt, dehydrated whey, dehydrated chicken, monosodium glutamate, soy protein concentrate, water, yeast extract, flavoring, beta carotene for color, soy protein isolate, sodium phosphate, celery extract, sunflower oil, onion extract, butter (cream, annatto).

Sold at FairPrice Singapore as a 300g Halal can. The list above is the US list, corroborated by Open Food Facts and by US retailer listings (Brookshire's, Fairway) which agree. Flag: as with the mushroom can, no verbatim SG pack list was retrievable online, so this is panelled as a flagged US-source list and the SG 300g can still needs a pack photo. Note the US list itself has small variants (one listing starts "Chicken stock, modified cornstarch, wheat flour, cream, chicken meat…") — the version quoted here is the fuller one with vegetable oil and chicken fat in the main list. Contains wheat, milk, soy and celery. Condensed Wheat flour (thickener) MSG + yeast extract Allergens: wheat, milk, soy, celery

Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup — US-list reference, SG sale not verified

Pack size: 10.75 oz (US can) · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US list): Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, wheat flour, sugar, contains less than 2% of: salt, potassium salt, natural flavoring, citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), celery extract, garlic oil.

Panelled as a reference only: this is the classic US Campbell's tomato list (EWG/LabelINSIGHT and Campbell's foodservice agree on it), but no Singapore listing for a Campbell's tomato can was confirmed in this pass, so it is not presented as an SG shelf claim. Do not use the Australian 420g list as the SG list — it is a different formulation (tomato puree 85%, sugar, onions, modified tapioca starch, salt, garlic, sodium bicarbonate, xanthan gum, paprika extract, herbs, natural flavour, spices). Contains wheat and celery. Condensed US list only Added sugar: sugar Allergens: wheat, celery

Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup — US-list reference, SG sale not verified

Pack size: 10.75 oz (US can) · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US list, Open Food Facts): Chicken stock, enriched egg noodles (wheat flour, eggs, egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chicken meat, modified food starch, contains less than 2% of: salt, chicken fat, monosodium glutamate, yeast extract, flavoring, beta carotene for color, sodium phosphate, soy protein isolate, dehydrated chicken.

Panelled as a reference only: the US list, but no Singapore listing for a Campbell's chicken noodle can was confirmed in this pass, so it is not presented as an SG shelf claim. Other US listings vary slightly (one starts with water after chicken meat and adds cornstarch and mechanically separated chicken) — formulations vary by market and batch, which is itself a reason the SG can needs a pack photo before it is treated as an SG row. Contains wheat, egg and soy. Condensed US list only MSG + yeast extract Allergens: wheat, egg, soy

Ready-to-serve soup — Heinz

Heinz Classic Cream of Tomato Soup 400g

Pack size: 400g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (UK list — SG pack not transcribed): Tomatoes (89%), Water, Modified Cornflour, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Dried Skimmed Milk, Salt, Cream (Milk), Milk Proteins, Acidity Regulator - Citric Acid, Spice Extracts, Herb Extract.

Sold at FairPrice and Cold Storage Singapore as a 400g tin (Cold Storage lists it alongside its Heinz broth range; FairPrice's soup category page names Heinz Classic Soup Tomato 400g). The list above is the UK list (Erudus manufacturer data, Heinz UK, Open Food Facts barcode 5000157062673 agree on the 89% tomato figure and the same ingredients in the same order). Flag: the SG tin is a UK import (country of origin England on the UK data), but no verbatim SG pack list was retrievable online, so this is panelled as a flagged UK-source list and the SG tin still needs a pack photo. Do not mix it up with the separate Heinz No Added Sugar tomato variant, whose list and nutrition differ (see nutrition notes). Contains milk. Ready-to-serve Tomatoes 89% Added sugar: sugar Allergen: milk

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Campbell's Condensed Soup — Vegetable 298g (FairPrice) — sold at FairPrice Singapore; FairPrice publishes an ingredient section, but the retrieved text cuts off mid-list at "Dehydrated…" (tomato puree, potatoes, water, carrots, peas, corn, diced tomatoes, green beans, enriched macaroni product, high fructose corn syrup, stabiliser, celery, salt, monosodium glutamate, onions, yeast extract, spice, flavoring, paprika extract, dehydrated…), so it cannot be panelled as a complete verbatim list. Needs a pack photo or a complete FairPrice retrieval.
Campbell's Condensed Soup — Crab Chowder 290g — sold at FairPrice and Cold Storage Singapore (Halal); no verbatim list retrieved in this pass. A US foodservice Maryland-style crab soup list exists but is a different product (frozen, not the SG can) and is not quoted here as the SG list.
Campbell's Chicken Alphabet soup — named in a Singapore canned-food round-up as sold in Singapore; no verbatim list retrieved in this pass.
Campbell's Premium Selection Soup — Wild Mushroom — listed at FairPrice Singapore; no verbatim list retrieved in this pass. Do not assume it matches the Condensed Cream of Mushroom list.
Heinz Packet Soup — Lobster 1L — listed at FairPrice Singapore; no verbatim SG list retrieved. A US Heinz lobster bisque foodservice list exists (water, heavy cream, lobster meat…) but is a different product and is not quoted here as the SG list.
Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 250ml; Heinz Chicken Broth 25% Reduced Salt 1L (Cold Storage "Heinz Chix Broth 25% Rs 1L") — sold in Singapore; no verbatim lists retrieved. Do not copy the 1L regular-broth list onto either of them — the reduced-salt variant is a different formulation by definition.
Swanson Chicken Broth 1L; Swanson Pork Bone Broth 500ml — listed at Cold Storage Singapore; no verbatim lists retrieved. Do not copy the SG 250ml Clear Chicken Broth list onto the 1L (different size, possibly different formulation) or onto the pork bone variant.
Heinz Chicken Noodle Soup 400g — named in a Singapore canned-food round-up as sold in Singapore; no verbatim SG list retrieved. A UK Tesco list exists (water, pearl barley 14%, carrots 7%, parsnips 4%, swede, chicken 3%, leeks, modified cornflour, cornflour, dried onion, salt, flavourings, yeast extracts, parsley, herb extracts, black pepper, garlic flavouring, spice, beta carotene) — UK list only, not quoted as the SG tin.
Heinz Cream of Mushroom Soup 400g — UK list retrieved (water, mushrooms 6%, dried skimmed milk, rapeseed oil, modified cornflour, cream, wheat flour, milk proteins, salt, yeast extracts, flavouring, sugar, stabiliser, spice extract); no Singapore sale confirmed in this pass, so not panelled as an SG product.
Amy's Organic Lentil Vegetable Soup; Amy's Organic Mushroom Bisque with Porcini; Amy's Organic Chunky Vegetable Soup — US lists retrieved (lentil: filtered water, organic onions, organic green lentils, organic carrots, organic celery, organic potatoes, organic diced tomatoes, organic spinach, organic green beans, organic extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, organic garlic, organic balsamic vinegar, organic black pepper, organic spices, bay leaves; mushroom bisque: filtered water, organic mushrooms, organic onions, organic Arborio rice, organic leeks, organic celery, organic cream, organic butter, sea salt, powdered wild-crafted porcini mushrooms, organic spices), but no Singapore sale evidence was found in this pass — no SG retailer, Shopee SG or Lazada SG listing retrieved. Not panelled as SG products.
Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Noodle Soup and other Pacific Foods soups — a major US canned/carton soup brand; no Singapore sale evidence and no verbatim list retrieved in this pass. Not panelled.
Baxters soups (e.g. Chicken Broth, Pea & Ham, Vegetarian Lentil & Vegetable) — UK lists retrieved, but no Singapore sale evidence was found in this pass. Not panelled as SG products.
Campbell's Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup — Australian Open Food Facts list retrieved (chicken stock, sweet corn 21%, potatoes, marinated chicken 5%, onions, cornflour, sugar, salt, potato starch, mineral salt, natural flavour, yeast extract, chives, vegetable protein extract); no Singapore sale confirmed in this pass. Not panelled as an SG product.
Golden Chef soups (Scallop Chicken, Pepper Pork Tripe & Chicken, Golden Sauerkraut, 800g) — sold at FairPrice Singapore with full FairPrice ingredient sections retrieved (see research notes), but their format is a ready-meal soup, not a can or long-life carton, so they are out of scope for this page and are not panelled here. Their lists are recorded in the research notes for a future ready-meals check, not presented as canned-soup rows.
Golden Chef Hot Pot Soup Bases (Tomato, Mala, Mushroom); Ebara Chicken Paitan Soup 500ml (Cold Storage) — soup bases / hot-pot pastes, not ready-to-serve canned soup; out of scope for this page, noted here so they are not mistaken for missing canned soups.
Campbell's Instant soups (Wild Mushroom, Mushroom Cheese with Croutons, Mushroom Chicken with Croutons, Cream of Chicken, 3-sachet packs); Waitrose Pea & Mint Cup Soup — dry soup sachets / cup soups listed at Cold Storage; excluded by scope (different category), not panelled.
Don Don Donki / Meidi-Ya Japanese canned soup; Mustafa, Giant, Sheng Siong, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart and Lazada soup ranges; FairPrice / Cold Storage / Giant / Sheng Siong house-brand soups — no named canned-soup product with a retrievable verbatim list was found for any of these channels in this web pass. That is a gap in this page, not evidence that nothing is sold there: Donki and Meidi-Ya in particular sell Japanese shelf-stable soups that need an in-store shelf check and pack photos. See research notes.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g / 100 ml, except the Swanson row, which is per serving (250 ml pack) as printed by FairPrice Singapore and is not converted. Condensed soups are as sold undiluted — the can's contents before you add water or milk — so their per-100g figures are roughly twice the figures for the soup as eaten. Do not compare a condensed row directly with a ready-to-serve row without allowing for that. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these soup listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned. (Nutri-Grade is a drinks grading scheme and does not apply to canned soup in any case.)

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium. Where a source printed salt rather than sodium (Campbell's Tomato), sodium is derived as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged as derived.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as “added sugar”. Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted in the research notes. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars.

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked “not stated” were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. Two Open Food Facts entries for Heinz tomato soup disagree (51 kcal / 4.8 g sugars for the classic tin vs 34 kcal / 2.6 g sugars for the No Added Sugar variant) — the table uses the classic tin's figures, and the No Added Sugar variant is not tabled as a separate row.

Product	Basis	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup	Per 100 g, as sold, condensed (undiluted) — Open Food Facts, secondary	83 kcal (348 kJ)	1.67 g	5.83 g	0.83 g	not stated	not stated	717 mg (salt 1.79 g)
Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup (US reference)	Per 100 g, as sold, condensed (undiluted) — Open Food Facts, secondary	88 kcal (368 kJ)	1.6 g	1.2 g	0 g	17.6 g	11.2 g	608 mg, derived from printed salt 1.52 g (salt 1.52 g)
Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup (US reference)	Per 100 g, as sold, condensed (undiluted) — Open Food Facts, secondary	50 kcal (209 kJ)	2.5 g	1.67 g	0.42 g	6.67 g	0.83 g	742 mg (salt 1.85 g)
Heinz Classic Cream of Tomato Soup 400g	Per 100 g, as sold — Open Food Facts (UK), secondary	51 kcal (215 kJ)	0.8 g	2.1 g	0.2 g	6.8 g	4.8 g (added sugars 0 g per OFF)	200 mg (salt 0.5 g)
Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 1L	Per 100 g / 100 ml, as sold — Open Food Facts (barcode 4897003340327), secondary	15 kcal (62 kJ)	0.7 g	0.8 g	0 g	1.2 g	0 g	1,163 mg (salt 2.91 g)
Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml	Per serving (250 ml pack), as sold — FairPrice Singapore, not converted to per 100 ml	14 kcal	1.3 g	0.7 g	not stated	0.6 g	not stated	907 mg (salt 2.27 g, derived)

Observed numbers, no verdict: Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken lists 1,163 mg sodium per 100 ml, the highest per-100 figure tabled here; Swanson Clear Chicken Broth lists 907 mg sodium per 250 ml serving as printed. Among the condensed cans (as sold, undiluted), Campbell's Tomato lists 11.2 g sugars per 100 g, Campbell's Chicken Noodle 0.83 g, and Heinz Classic Cream of Tomato (ready-to-serve) 4.8 g. Campbell's Cream of Mushroom lists 5.83 g fat per 100 g condensed, against 2.1 g for Heinz tomato ready-to-serve. No per-100 g/ml nutrition figure was verified in this pass for Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup, so its row is absent rather than estimated.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g/ml nutrition panel was verified in this pass for Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup 300g, Campbell's Condensed Soup — Vegetable 298g, Campbell's Condensed Soup — Crab Chowder 290g, Campbell's Chicken Alphabet, Campbell's Premium Selection Wild Mushroom, Heinz Packet Soup — Lobster 1L, Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 250ml, Heinz Chicken Broth 25% Reduced Salt 1L, Swanson Chicken Broth 1L, Swanson Pork Bone Broth 500ml, Heinz Chicken Noodle Soup 400g, Heinz Cream of Mushroom Soup 400g, any Amy's, Pacific Foods or Baxters soup, Campbell's Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup, and all Golden Chef soups (out of scope). Their ingredient panels are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here. Campbell's Tomato nutrition is tabled only for the US reference list — the Australian 420g condensed tomato soup lists very different figures (31 kcal, 5.1 g sugars, salt 0.86 g per 100 g), so no single tomato figure is presented as the SG figure.

How to read a canned soup label — the jargon, in plain English

Condensed: A concentrated soup in a can, made to be thinned with an equal amount of water or milk. The ingredient list and nutrition panel on the can describe the concentrate, not the bowl you eat.
Ready-to-serve / ready-to-eat: Soup that is eaten as it comes from the tin or carton, with nothing added. Heinz 400g tins are ready-to-serve; Campbell's condensed cans are not.
Broth vs stock vs soup: A broth is a thin, seasoned liquid (Heinz and Swanson here are 96–98% broth) used as a cooking base or light soup. A stock is usually an unseasoned cooking liquid. A soup is the finished dish — condensed and ready-to-serve cans are soups; the 1L broths are sold as both a soup and a cooking base.
"Contains less than 2% of": On US Campbell's labels, ingredients after this phrase each make up under 2% of the can. Their order after the phrase is not a ranking — salt, MSG and flavourings all sit in this group.
Wheat flour / modified cornstarch / modified cornflour: Thickeners. Wheat flour is why the Campbell's condensed range is not gluten-free; modified cornflour (Heinz tomato) is the thickener in the Heinz tin instead.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG, E621) / yeast extract / disodium inosinate (E631) / disodium guanylate (E627): Flavour enhancers that add savoury (umami) taste. They are listed separately from salt, and a soup can contain several at once — Swanson's SG broth lists three.
High fructose corn syrup / glucose / dextrose: Sweeteners. Dextrose and glucose are sugars; high fructose corn syrup appears in the (incomplete) Campbell's Vegetable list. A "no added sugar" claim on a soup does not mean it contains no sugar at all — check the list.
Beta carotene / caramel colour (E150c) / paprika extract: Colours. Beta carotene gives a golden colour (Heinz broth, Campbell's chicken); caramel colour darkens the Swanson broth; paprika extract colours the Campbell's vegetable soup.
Retort / shelf-stable carton: Long-life packaging that keeps soup safe at room temperature without refrigeration — the 1L Heinz and 250ml Swanson broths are sold this way. "Ambient" storage on a listing means the same thing.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. Condensed, ready-to-serve and broth are different products, and this page does not rank them.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. Only two products are panelled from Singapore retailer ingredient sections; the Campbell's and Heinz tomato lists are flagged overseas lists, and the Donki/Meidi-Ya, Mustafa, Giant, Sheng Siong, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart and Lazada soup shelves were not inventoried with verified lists in this pass. Amy's, Pacific Foods and Baxters produced no Singapore sale evidence at all in this pass. The gaps are listed above, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice Singapore ingredient sections (Heinz Packet Broth — Chicken 1L, Swanson Clear Chicken Broth 250ml, Campbell's Condensed Soup — Vegetable 298g [truncated], Golden Chef soups [out of scope]); FairPrice and Cold Storage Singapore listings (Campbell's Cream of Mushroom 290g, Cream of Chicken 300g, Crab Chowder 290g, Premium Selection Wild Mushroom; Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup 400g, Heinz Chicken Broth 1L/250ml, Heinz Chix Broth 25% Reduced Salt 1L, Swanson Chicken Broth 1L, Swanson Pork Bone Broth 500ml, Heinz Packet Soup — Lobster 1L); Open Food Facts (Campbell's Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Chicken, Tomato US, Chicken Noodle US, Chicken & Sweet Corn AU; Heinz Cream of Tomato UK, Heinz Chicken Broth 1L barcode 4897003340327, Swanson US broth); Campbell's foodservice specifications and US retailer listings (Brookshire's, Fairway) corroborating the Campbell's US lists; Erudus/Heinz UK and Ocado/ASDA for the Heinz UK lists; US retailer listings (City Market, Whole Foods, Save-On-Foods) for the Amy's lists; Tesco UK for Heinz Chicken Noodle; The Smart Local Singapore canned-food round-up for Campbell's Chicken Alphabet and Heinz Chicken Noodle SG sale. Web search only — no in-store shelf check and no pack photos in this pass. Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its shelf is inventoried from listings only. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g or per 100 ml where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.