Celery Soup - Mine versus Cambell's

I have just made a creamy celery soup, that works out at circa 62 calories for an average serving of 284mls or 86.5 for a generous (400 mls) portion. 

The creaminess comes from the use of nuts and the thickness from the use of chia seeds.  It's not Heinz or Campbell's but then that's not what i am looking for.  What is shocking is that Campbell's has 120 calories per serving.  Not bad you say and then you find that the serving size is actually 120mls, or half a cup.  Come on, who has 1/2 a cup?  Ok so it condensed, so if you let that 1/2 a cup down with water and had a whole cup - woo-hoo - you'd have had 240 calories, compared to my 51.9.

I had a "generous portion" in a large pasta bowl which was about 400mls.  That was 86.5 calories.  The same commercial soup would be: 400 calories!  

Ok you say, but campbell's is yummy, thick and unctuous.  Mine is good too, but even better when you look at the nutritional profile of the ingredients.  Mine contains:

- Water

- Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon powder (see http://www.marigoldhealthfoods.com/) 

- Chia Seeds

- Raw Cashew Nuts

- Celery

- Carrot

- Garlic

- Absolutely NO NASTIES!

NB - It should have had onion in it, but i forgot!  

So lets see what Campbells puts in their soup: (Source: http://www.campbellfoodservice.com/details.aspx?code=700):

Water, Celery, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Cottonseed, Canola, and/or Soybean), Wheat Flour, Modified Food Starch, Contains less than 2% of: Salt, Soy Protein Concentrate, Monosodium Glutamate, Cream Powder (Cream [Milk], Soy Lecithin), Yeast Extract, Flavoring, Beta Carotene for Color.

I am not saying for a moment that Campbell's Celery Soup is bad for you, i'm merely pointing out that if you are on a VLCD or you want to contribute to your health and well-being there are ways to do it and ways not to.  

Slurp, slurp, slurp!