Chicken & Turkey Soups, Broths & Gravies

part of: Chicken

This broad category covers the full range of commercially prepared chicken and turkey-based liquid foods: clear broths and stocks, chunky soups with vegetables and noodles, cream-based varieties, and gravies. They’re sold in cans, cartons, pouches, and as concentrates or powders.

Chicken soup in particular holds a place in home cooking traditions worldwide and remains one of the most popular ready-made soup varieties in Australia. Commercial versions range from simple broths intended as a cooking ingredient to hearty soups meant as a complete meal.

Chicken and turkey gravies in this category are ready-to-pour sauces designed for roast dinners, typically thickened with flour or starch and flavoured with pan drippings or meat extracts.

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How it's made

Chicken or turkey carcasses, bones, and trimmings are simmered in water to extract flavour, collagen, and nutrients — a process called broth extraction. The resulting stock is strained, seasoned, and combined with other ingredients depending on the final product: vegetables and noodles for chunky soups, cream and thickeners for cream-based varieties, or starch and drippings for gravies. The finished product is heated to sterilisation temperature and sealed in cans or aseptic cartons for shelf stability.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 6kcal
Protein 0.6g
Carbs 0.4g
Fat 0.2g
Fibre 0g Sugar 0.4g
Mass Distribution

1 cup is about 249 g — roughly 10 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon 5.57kg
Freshwater 628.72L
Land 7.31m²

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

savory cooking liquid

Goes well with
noodle carrot celery onion rice thyme
Classic dishes
  • Chicken Noodle Soup
  • Risotto
  • French Onion Soup
  • Chicken and Rice

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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