Lidl soup ranked by protein density

Productkcal/100gProtein/100kcalCarbs/100kcalFat/100kcal
Lidl Deluxe Tuscan Style Chicken Soup 600g555.5g10.2g3.5g
Lidl Chef Select High Protein Mexican Bean Soup 400g485.2g12.9g2.1g
Lidl Chef Select High Protein Chicken Soup 400g445g12.3g3g
Lidl Chef Select Minestrone Soup 600g464.8g15.9g1.1g
Lidl Deluxe Sri Lankan Chicken Soup 400g504.8g9.2g4.6g
Lidl Chef Select Creamy Chicken Soup 600g544.5g11.2g3.9g
Lidl Combino Soup Noodles 500g3683.8g19g0.8g
Lidl Deluxe Chicken & Vegetable Soup 400g473.8g9.4g4.7g
Lidl Deluxe Malaysian Inspired Chicken Laska Soup 600g703.7g8g5.7g
Lidl Chef Select Classic Chicken Soup 600g583.6g7.2g6g
Lidl Deluxe Mexican Style Bean Soup 600g603.6g15.3g1.8g
Lidl Deluxe Thai Style Chicken Noodle Soup 600g783.3g11.5g4.2g
Lidl Chef Select Garden Vegetable Soup 600g473g13.5g3g
Lidl Deluxe Wild Mushroom Soup 400g502.8g7.2g5.8g
Lidl Chef Select Cream of Vegetable Soup 1kg502.6g15.1g2.4g
Lidl Oaklands Casserole Soup Mix 600g472.5g20.7g0.2g
Lidl Oaklands Ready To Cook Vegetable Soup Mix 600g242.5g18.8g1.7g
Lidl Chef Select Cream of Chicken Soup 400g762.4g6.3g7.2g
Lidl Deluxe Immune Boosting Curried Butternut Squash Soup 300g422.4g10.5g5g
Lidl Deluxe Root Vegetable Soup 300g372.4g14.1g3g
Lidl Chef Select Tomato & Basil Soup 600g392.3g13.6g3.1g
Lidl Newgate Cream of Tomato Soup 400g662g10g5.5g
Lidl Deluxe Immune Boosting Spiced Sweet Potato Soup 300g471.9g11.5g4.3g
Lidl Chef Select Rustic Vegetable Soup 600g501.8g11.6g4.4g
Lidl Chef Select Leek & Potato Soup 400g581.4g8.3g6.4g
Lidl Deluxe Creamy Tomato and Basil Soup 400g621.3g7.4g6.9g
Lidl Deluxe Wholesome Vegetable Soup 400g581.2g7.8g6.7g

Showing the top 27 of the 27 Lidl soup products that carry a comparable calorie figure, ranked by protein per 100 calories.

What Lidl's soup looks like next to everyone else's

Median across the 27 Lidl soup products with usable figures is 2.8g of protein per 100 calories. That is level with the 2.4g median for soup across all 432 products in the database, chains and name brands together.

Not one of them clears 10g of protein per 100 calories, which is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

The best Lidl option here reaches 5.5g of protein per 100 calories; somewhere in the wider soup group something reaches 12.8g, so Lidl is not where the ceiling is.

Calories run from 24 to 368 per 100g across the Lidl soup range, a 15-fold spread, so “Lidl soup” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

What to pick in Lidl

Nothing here is a protein food, so treat it as calories. At a median of 2.8g of protein per 100 calories this group is a taste and energy decision, not a macro one.

Nothing in here passes 400 calories per 100g, so portion size matters less than it does in the snack aisles.

Where this fits

Soup across every Irish store is the wider group this sits in, and everything else Lidl sells is the other half of the comparison.

If the real question is what to put on the plate, there is a week of Irish meals with the numbers already done.

For one specific item rather than a shortlist, the 20,000-product database is searchable on Calories in Ireland and built into the free calorie tracker.

FAQ

How many soup products does Lidl have?

We track 27 Lidl soup products with full label figures. 27 of them carry 20 calories or more per 100g, so those are the ones ranked and averaged here; 0 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories.

Is Lidl the best place to buy soup?

On protein per calorie alone, Lidl's median is 2.8g against 2.4g for soup across every chain and brand we track. That is one number out of several — price and taste are not in this database — but it is the one nobody prints on the shelf.