Taste Test | Soups
The proliferation of canned soups on store shelves is dizzying; even chefs have jumped into the game. The question is, how to choose? The editors recently held a blind taste test of 18 brands, and the competition was remarkably strong. These four emerged as our favorites.
| Product | Staff Comment | Interesting Bite |
| Sclafani Minestrone | "Homemade tomato taste." | In this 90-year-old Connecticut-based family business, the recipes come from grandmother Eleanor Sclafani. |
| Pritikin Hearty Vegetable | "Vegetables are quite crisp." | A surprising taste-test winner, since it's specially made for people on reduced-sodium, low-fat diets. |
| Dean Fearing's Tortilla Soup | "Zippy, tangy broth." | The same recipe has been served at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas for 21 years. But this chef's soup comes with a restaurant price: it's $20 for a 32-ounce jar. |
| Coco Pazzo's Tuscan Lentil Soup | "Broth is deliciously thick." | Pino Luongo required that the recipe not include the usual fillers and stabilizers found in canned soups before he would put his flagship restaurant's name on it. |
- M.F.F.
Published
December 2001
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