Premade soup

There's nothing better than a hot bowl of soup during a cold day – or at any time for that matter. It's uncommon to associate sugar with soup. It's a nutritious option and a great way to easily enhance your vegetable intake when made with fresh, whole ingredients.

As long as they are consumed in moderation and are combined with a variety of healthy nutrients, the naturally occurring sugars found in the vegetables used in soups are safe to consume. However, many soups that are made for sale in restaurants sometimes have a lot of extra additives, including sugar. Look for names like sucrose, barley malt, dextrose, maltose high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and other syrups in the ingredient list of your soup to see if it has added sugars. Keep an eye out for manufacturers who list little amounts of various sugars when buying canned soup, as that may be an indication the product has a high sugar content overall.