Every Low Calorie Takeaway & Ready Meals Food
View nutrition data for takeaway dishes and ready meals from around the world. These convenient foods range widely in their nutritional profiles. Within Takeaway & Ready Meals, portion size and how a dish is prepared make the biggest difference to whether it stays in a low-calorie range, two very similar-looking dishes can differ substantially.
A food or drink qualifies as Low Calorie here using the real UK/EU regulated "low energy" claim thresholds: 40kcal or less per 100g for a solid food, or 20kcal or less per 100ml for a drink. Showing 17 takeaway & ready meals foods that qualify, sorted by lowest first.
| Food | kcal | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kongnamul Guk (bean sprout soup) | 20 | 1.5g | 0.5g |
| Seaweed and Egg Soup | 25 | 2.0g | 1.0g |
| Gazpacho | 30 | 0.7g | 0.8g |
| Egg Drop Soup (dan hua tang) | 35 | 2.5g | 1.5g |
| Dovga (yoghurt & herb soup) | 35 | 2.0g | 1.5g |
| Vegetable Soup (homemade) | 35 | 1.5g | 0.8g |
| Borscht (beetroot soup) | 38 | 1.5g | 0.8g |
| Chicken Soup (canned) | 39 | 2.5g | 1.5g |
| Aukstā Zupa (Latvian cold beet soup) | 40 | 2.0g | 1.0g |
| Šaltibarščiai (cold pink beet soup) | 40 | 2.0g | 1.0g |
| Carrot & Coriander Soup | 40 | 0.8g | 1.5g |
| Sichuan Hot Pot (broth per 100ml) | 40 | 2.0g | 2.5g |
| Tarator (Bulgarian cold yoghurt soup) | 40 | 1.5g | 2.5g |
| Jiaozi (boiled dumpling, 1pc) | 40 | 2.0g | 1.5g |
| Sushi (prawn nigiri, 1pc) | 40 | 2.5g | 0.2g |
| Kaeng Nor Mai (bamboo shoot soup) | 40 | 2.5g | 1.5g |
| Ukha (fish soup) | 40 | 4.5g | 1.5g |
All values are per 100g. See every Low Calorie food across all categories on the Low Calorie Foods hub, or every food in this category on the Takeaway & Ready Meals page.
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Low Calorie takeaway & ready meals foods are a real minority: 17 of the 621 takeaway & ready meals foods in our database (3%) actually clear the threshold.
A typical Low Calorie takeaway & ready meals food sits closer to Aukstā Zupa (Latvian cold beet soup) at 40kcal per 100g than the extremes above, worth checking the exact figure on each food’s own page rather than assuming every takeaway & ready meals item behaves the same way.
Kongnamul Guk (bean sprout soup) is the takeaway & ready meals food that goes furthest here, at 20kcal per 100g, out of 17 real takeaway & ready meals foods that meet the Low Calorie threshold. At the other end, Ukha (fish soup) only just qualifies, at 40kcal per 100g.
A running log of Low Calorie Takeaway & Ready Meals beats a rough mental estimate every time. Our healthy eating calculator makes that log easy to keep.