Moscow Food Co-op Food ReviewTomato Soup
From the February 2001 Newsletter
Vicki ran out of time this month to research and write this article, so the whole management team stepped in to save the day.
Vicki had already selected Tomato Soup as the taste test item for February. In the single serving size, we carry 6 different tomato soups. Each one was warmed in a microwave and sampled out by all the team (except Carrie who said she didn't like tomato soup and Kelly who was out of town). The results were very interesting!
The first soup was Imagine Organic Creamy Tomato Soup, $1.95 for a single 15oz serving. The color was slightly alarming especially when compared to the other red soups. This one was orange in color! It's a smooth and simple soup, good for patients under the weather. Nice tomato bite at the end; this was Laura's favorite.
Next we tasted Health Valley's Organic Tomato Soup, $1.89 for a 15oz serving. This soup had a pleasing red color, a sweet taste not unlike ketchup but no zing or bite either.
The third soup—Amy's Organic Creamy Low-fat Tomato Soup at $1.75 for a 15oz serving—was probably the fave. A very thick texture, very filling with few specks of green. This was a very yummy soup.
Number four soup, by Knudsen, was Tomato Basil Soup at $2.29 for a 14.75 oz serving. This was the most expensive, but had no sugar in it at all! It also has lots of herbs with a nice thick consistency and a beautiful color. This was the second favorite for both Erik and Vic.
The fifth soup, Shari Ann's Organic Cream of Tomato Soup, $1.75 for a 15oz serving. This tasted a lot like Spaghetti O's sauce! It had a hint of the roasted pepper flavor, but was not well received.
The sixth and last soup, also by Shari Ann, was a Tomato with Roasted Garlic soup, at $1.75 for a 15oz serving. Organic, fat free and vegetarian. Very dilly, sweet and not very tomato-y. This is a non-traditional tomato soup with a good look.
After all that sampling, we were very full of soup (and pesto cheese rolls) and ready for our weekly meeting.
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