"Most people know it's best to keep plenty of canned chicken noodle soup in the pantry for when the craving (or cold) strikes. But before you stock up on soup just for the sake of it, it's important to know that some chicken noodle soups out there miss the mark. Take, for instance, Aldi's take on the comfort food classic. While here at Tasting Table, we love an affordable store-bought"
"Hageman writes that "even though one serving makes up 34% of your recommended daily sodium intake, it hardly tastes salty or flavorful at all." In a convenient canned soup, where chicken can be (and was in this case) dry or chewy and vegetables usually are a bit mushy, a deeply flavorful stock is usually the benchmark of a good product."
Aldi's chunky chicken noodle soup was judged the worst in a nine-soup taste test due to muted flavor and lack of savory nuance. One serving provides about 34% of recommended daily sodium yet tastes hardly salty or flavorful. The noodles were the soup's main redeeming element while the chicken could be dry or chewy and vegetables often tended toward mushy. Consumer reports noted cans with mostly broth and few solids. The product requires a deeper, more nuanced stock and stronger savory notes to compete with salt-forward canned brands like Campbell's.
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