panera question

is there french onion soup w/o croutons and cheese really only 80 calories a cup? it seems too good to be true!?

That's what their nutrition guide says:

http://www.panerabread.com/pdf/nutr-guide.pdf

Quite high in sodium, though...

that sounds believable- if you think about it, it's really mostly onions and broth with some added fat.

really the only ingredients in french onion soup are a bit of oil, onions, a little bit of wine, and stock. so yeah 80 calories sounds right, provided you get it without croutons or any of that yummy cheese!

Since, according to your post in the Weight Gain forum, you only weigh 85 pounds, why are you even worrying about this.