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Campbell's

French onion soup

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #12 of 29 canned soup we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1/2 cup (120 mL) condensed soup (120 ml)
Purine per servingabout 26 mg, at most 63 mg (16% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 53 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 64 mg per serving
Main purine sourcechicken bone broth
Fructose per serving2.5 g
Added sugar per serving1 g
Total sugar per serving5 g

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
beef stock chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 100% 36 mg 33 mg
yeast extract dried yeast (D) 847 mg up to 2% 20 mg 20 mg
dried beef lean ground beef (D) 252 mg up to 2% 6 mg 6 mg
beef tallow beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 2% 3 mg 3 mg
soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 2% 1 mg under 1 mg
onions onions (A) 2 mg up to 50% 1 mg under 1 mg
dried onions onions (A) 2 mg up to 25% under 1 mg under 1 mg
beef stock chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cheddar and semisoft cheese cheddar cheese (A) 7 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
sour cream sour cream (A) 1 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
milk 2% milk (A) 1 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 26 mg of purine per serving, and at most 63 mg (16% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken bone broth. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 1 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
  • Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. Source on GoutSafe.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: BEEF STOCK (WATER, DRIED BEEF STOCK), ONIONS, WATER, DRIED ONIONS, POTATO STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, BEEF STOCK, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVORING, CARAMEL COLOR, BEEF TALLOW, CHEDDAR AND SEMISOFT CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SOUR CREAM, DEXTROSE, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, WHEAT), MILK, MILKFAT, DRIED BEEF.CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SOY.

Serving: 1/2 cup (120 mL) condensed soup (120 ml). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2776076), dated 2026-09-24. UPC 051000011770.

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