"When the weather turns nippy, nothing hits the spot quite like a steaming bowl of soup. Ladles full of chicken noodle, potato, broccoli cheddar, butternut squash, and even chowder warm us from the inside out. But at the heart of it all sits a true classic: vegetable soup. With the only requirements being broth and any ol' assortment of veggies, this soup category breeds a wide range of creative interpretations - in household kitchens and in grocery store aisles alike."
"Your mom or grandma may have their own prized family recipe, and brands also like to put their own unique twist on the versatile dish. They'll throw in lentils or beans to make it more substantial. Some add noodles as a core ingredient, for a changeup in texture. And others spruce up the tomato puree base with a fragrant medley of herbs and spices."
Vegetable soup centers on broth plus assorted vegetables, allowing countless creative interpretations. Brands vary widely by ingredient choices, adding lentils or beans for substance, noodles for texture, or herbs and spices to enhance a tomato-puree base. Many labels promise garden-fresh or harvest flavor, but actual quality differs. Ten store-bought vegetable soups were sampled and ranked by mix of vegetables, texture, broth-to-bits ratio, seasonings, and overall flavor. Some products resulted from haphazard ingredient combinations and lacked cohesion, while others delivered the comforting, textbook vegetable-soup experience. One example, Pacific Foods Organic Hearty Vegetable, is plant-based and features diced tomatoes, onion, carrots, corn, roasted red peppers, and celery.
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