The Calories in Green Bean Soup

The Calories in Green Bean Soup
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Green bean soup is a hearty soup made with sliced green beans, a bay leaf, flour, sour cream, vinegar and seasoning. Especially high in potassium, green bean soup provides a healthy balance of vitamins and minerals for only 15 percent of your daily calories, based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

Calorie Content

Green bean soup has 288.5 calories per 265 g serving. Calories from fat are 115, which is 40 percent of the daily value. Total fat content is 12.8 g comprised 7.6 g of saturated fat, 3.5 g of monounsaturated fat and .8 g of polyunsaturated fat. Carbohydrate content in one serving of green bean soup is 8 percent DV, or 40.1 g, of which dietary fiber accounts for 15.9 g and sugars, 7.5 g, according to Food.com.

Nutrition

Green bean soup has 10.6 g of protein per serving, which accounts for 21 percent of the DV. The sodium content is 58 mg, or 2 percent of the DV. Bean soup supplies 30 percent DV for potassium and 5 percent for magnesium. Other nutrients in bean soup are calcium, phosphorus, folate, selenium and vitamins A and C.

Fun Fact

To burn calories from a serving of green bean soup, you would need to speedskate for 17 minutes, mountain bike for 30 minutes or play ping-pong for 64 minutes, according to Calorie Gallery calculations.

References

Article reviewed by Allen Cone Last updated on: Dec 3, 2010

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