I don’t usu. like vegan soups. (As I’ve said before on these boards, I think in my heart of hearts, I am a vegan. But it is just so [well,] expensive to be vegan. And I do live on a fixed income.) Anyways, that all seems to change, when it comes to Amy’s Organic Soups.
Her soups are all vegan. But they are reasonably priced–and pretty tasty too, I think, at least.
They also don’t have hydolyzed soy protein in them. I don’t know what that even is, or why you would want to put it in a soup. But that’s not in her soups. Only natural, basic ingredients (in the ones I have bought, so far at least). (Did you know that even Wolfgang Puck’s “gourmet” soups have hydrolyzed soy protein in them [or something like that]? Why??)
Has anyone else on these boards ever tried Amy’s organic soups?
I haven’t tried the soup, but everything else of Amy’s that I’ve tried I liked. I don’t know how widely it’s available, but Pacific soups might work for you, too. I haven’t had a bad one yet.
I like Pacific’s Creamy Tomato Soup. It’s lovely with grilled cheese.
I haven’t had Amy’s soups, but we eat a lot of their other products. My kids like the mac and cheese. My wife and I like the Amy’s burritos for lunches. I also like the pot pies, but my main grocery store stopped stocking them, and I can’t be bothered to go across town for them. Good stuff all around.
They may be good, but organic food is a scam and if you’re on a fixed income you’re paying way too much for soup. Paying over $3 US for a small can of soup is nuts.
I eat soup most days at lunch and paying almost $4.50 CDN for a can of soup is NOT a good use of money compared to comparable products, even Campbells.
No, but here one of the many grocery stores has soup on sale every week.
Last weekend I bought a bunch on 28 oz cans of soup for $1.67 each ($1.25 USD). And the soups are just fine. Also, I bought some Campbell’s Healthy Request Curried Cauliflower and Lentil on sale for $2 a 540 ml can. (Vegetarian and gluten free.)
I’m not starting to start a fight, but if you’re on a limited budget (like the OP says) there are alternatives to needlessly expensive organic soup. Again, organic is just a scam.
ETA: And yes, I do make a few pots of soup throughout the year.
My kid grew up eating Amy’s Organic Alphabet Soup. It was his favorite thing to eat in the world from about 5-8 years old. He still likes it. We’re not vegan by any stretch of the imagination, we just like a lot of Amy’s products.
In my experience, Campbell’s soups (particularly the traditional condensed products) are so unappealing that I often leave them uneaten. So I’m willing to pay a bit more for a canned soup that I actually enjoy.
(And for those who ask, “Why not make soup from scratch?”, the whole reason to keep canned soup at home is to eat when one has neither the time nor the energy to make soup from scratch. Not that I’m about to make soup from scratch; I’m very unambitious in the kitchen.)
So I tried various packaged soups in the supermarket and one I liked was the one from “The Original SoupMan”. This is a brand of soup in Tetra-Pak containers from the real-life guy who inspired the “Soup Nazi” character from Seinfeld. The chicken noodle is pretty good, and the others that I’ve tried have been OK as well. It’s a little expensive, but I try to stockpile it when it goes on sale.
Meh. It sounds like the OP likes the soup for reasons other than the organic label. Not sure what a rant on organic labeling has to do with anything in this thread.
I concur with the OP that Amy’s brand soups are very very tasty, and generally made with the same ingredients I’d be using if I were making my own soup. I sometimes feel like $2.50 per can is a lot, so I don’t always stock up on it, but I have never been disappointed with flavor and texture from an Amy’s, which is more than I can say for many other brands.
If I were paying $4.50CDN (~$3.50US), I would never buy it, as that gets beyond my sense of ‘cheap, economical food’ (even the $2.50 I pay now pushes that envelope).
These contain milk or milk products: Broccoli Cheddar, Mushroom Bisque, Corn & Potato, Cream of Tomato, Chunky Tomato Bisque, Light in Sodium Cream of Tomato, Summer Corn & Vegetable, and Cream of Mushroom.
The “No Chicken Noodle” soup has “hydrolyzed corn and soy protein”.
Bayard, the Creamy Tomato is my favorite! Had the last of ours last night.
Leaffan, vegetarian is not vegan as the OP is and the debate on “organic” is irrelevant. Pacific is much more flavorful than Campbell’s. On sale I can find Pacific soups for $2.99 for 32 fluid ounces. I will never buy Campbell’s again.
I make plenty of my own soups but as has already been said, sometimes I don’t have the energy or time.
I’m going grocery shopping today and will pick up some Amy’s.
Yeah, actually, I was going to add a post, but you beat me to the punch. I did look into her ingredients more so, after I shared that link. And you are right. The Chicken does contain hydrolyzed soy protein. But I have to tell you, all the ones I tried didn’t. They all had high-quality, all-natural, organic ingredients. And they were very good, as other posters have attested to.
I didn’t realize she had soups with milk or any other animal by-product. The soups I have had, all assure the user they are strictly vegan. That actually is a downer for me now (animal by-products in her soup).
I mean <mini rant> either you’re vegan or your not. Vegetarians are on the fence, it would seem to me. Get off that fence. Animal by-products are just as inhumanely harvested as any meat. I’m sorry to be so blunt. But it’s true.</mini rant>
Of course, I am in no position to be talking about vegan–or even vegetarian. I still eat meat. But as I said, that is mainly for financial, and other practical reasons. (I have colitis, and other wasting diseases–and at least one doctor told me, eat lots of meat and fiber.)
BTW, I don’t want this thread to become another vegan v. vegetarian rant. But I felt compelled to say the above, in any event.
I haven’t eaten any of the Amy’s products. Every time I look around for different frozen burritos than my usual, I go into shock at the price. Therefore, I haven’t even looked for other products by the company.
I like the Amy’s Kitchen products. They’re a nice go-to when I don’t want to check labels for vegetarian ingredients. Plus, usually the vegan products are easy to pick out without having to read the small print, it’s clear on the front. I have the mac and cheese in a box always in my pantry, the dairy comes from Organic Valley, which I also prefer when I buy dairy. (pro-tip, use sour cream instead of butter, fewer calories and a nice creamy cheesy tang)
I liked the lentil soup I tried but unless it’s on sale, I don’t find it worth it as I’m not vegan (or even vegetarian for that matter). The frozen pizza is really good though. Sorry, I know that doesn’t help the OP but I recommend it for anyone who’s looking for organic / gluten free.
