7 Store-Bought Vegetable Broths, Ranked - Tasting Table

"At least three or four nights a week, vegetable broth is a crucial ingredient for my family's dinners. That's especially true during the winter, when we can't get enough of soups, stews, and casseroles. As a vegetarian (and mostly vegan) family, we've tried many vegetable broths over the years, learning - by trial and error - which ones are too salty and which ones are too bland."

"Notably, vegetable broth is seasoned and simmered for a shorter duration than vegetable stock and can be feasibly enjoyed on its own, so I've chosen to only test vegetable broths for this article. I tasted each of these vegetable broths to get a clearer picture of each one's pros and cons. I then ranked each product according to its flavors, favoring those with less reliance on salt and more emphasis on the various sweet, savory, and umami notes of real vegetables."

Vegetable broth is used at least three or four nights a week for family dinners, especially in winter for soups, stews, and casseroles. The family is vegetarian and mostly vegan and has learned which broths are too salty or too bland through trial and error. A high-quality vegetable broth can make the difference between a good and a stellar meal. Seven store-bought vegetable broths were tasted and ranked based on flavor, favoring less salt and emphasis on sweet, savory, and umami vegetable notes. Each broth was slightly warmed and sipped plain to observe flavors closely. Food Lion vegetable broth is fat-free with no chemical preservatives and contains natural flavor, 2 grams of sugar per cup, potato flour, yeast extract, and citric acid. The natural flavor blended subtly, the sugar was not prominent, and the potato flour was thought to help.

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