
The nutrition info on this soup is pretty horrific. The whole can contains 47g of carbs and 7g of sugars! Eww. That’s a lot. For comparison, a can of condensed Chicken Noodle soup has only 20g of carbs and no sugar.
So I knew that eating this entire can was a bad idea. But I already had the damn soup from my pre-diabetes life, so I figured it would be OK to eat just half a can and save the rest for later.
Blood sugar reading before eating: 104
This reading of 104 was after work, so I hadn’t really eaten anything since lunch.
Blood sugar reading after eating: 171
This reading was about an hour after I finished the soup. During that hour, I went out for a short walk with Terry the Dog.
So this result is pretty terrible, mainly because I only ate half of the can of soup. 104 → 171 would be acceptable to me if I had eaten something more substantial, like a whole meal.
Now, Campbell’s Chunky Soup is the “soup that eats like a meal,” but not if it’s half a damn can!
I did a whole writeup on how Campbell’s soup is generally bad for diabetics, and this really confirms it. I’ll still eat the rest of the Campbell’s soup I have on hand, but the only ones I’ll probably keep eating in the future are Chicken Noodle and maybe Cream of Mushroom if I need it for cooking.

I can’t believe you have T2 and you’re eating this crap! Clam chowder? Tacos? It’s ridiculous. you should be doing post eating proteins and fats
and non-starchy vegetables,and demonstrating how they don’t raise your blood sugar!
Don’t get upset about what I eat. I mean, really … what’s the point? I eat what I’m comfortable with (including plenty of vegetables), and I try things here and there. Sometimes the results are good, sometimes they’re bad. That’s actually what this blog is about.
I’m a T2 and allow myself a “treat” occasionally. One of my favorites is my low carb tortilla/taco Pizza! I use the 0 net carb small tortilla, add a little pizza sauce (lower sugar), add a few slices of Boar’s Head hard salami sliced very very thin strips and top it off with shredded mozzarella (and sometimes mushrooms). Easy, quick and yummy!
Hi Linda, thanks for commenting! Taco pizza is the best!!