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Pacific Natural Foods Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
By: | Mar 15, 2009
Tomato soup is one of the first kinds of soup that I ate as a child - my mother loved that it is made of vegetables (well, I guess it's really a fruit), and I loved that it didn't actually contain any remote likeness to vegetables. Pacific Natural Foods, while already offering an amazing Organic Creamy Tomato Light Sodium Soup , has also produced a Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato "hybrid" soup. Is it worthy of a place on the stove?
The first thing that I noticed about this soup was its color. While the carton portrays a deep red, the soup is actually a dark orange. It's not that the color is off-putting, just not what I expected. I heated it up gently as this soup does contain milk, so if you boil it too quickly and too long, it could curdle. I ladled half the carton into a bowl, plopped in some Goldfish crackers, and took a hearty spoonful. This is one of the best soups I've ever tasted 
. The texture is smooth, creamy, and silky with a wonderfully thick body. The taste is smoky, sweet, and the red pepper really shines through, although the tomato flavor is there too. It has a bit of a kick to it - not enough to notice immediately, but as you eat, it builds in the back of your throat.
One serving (1 cup) of Pacific Natural Foods Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup provides 110 calories, 2 grams of total fat, 1.5 grams of which are saturated, 30% of the daily value for sodium - 720 mg (yikes), 5 grams of protei and 16 grams of carbohydrates which includes 12 grams of sugar and 1 gram of fiber. There is also 10% of the DV for vitamin A, and 15% DV calcium.
I paid $1.79 for a 32 ounce carton. This would be 5 stars if it weren't for the incredibly high sodium content. Luckily, a low sodium variety exists, if you can locate it. There's a lot more sugar than you'd expect from the flavor, but the overall nutrition isn't too shabby. This is a soup worthy of center stage in your cupboard.
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There is always always ALWAYS a carton of this in my cabinet. As a kid, I loved the plain old Campbell's tomato soup from a can. As a grown up, I can't get enough of this particular soup. I just think it is amazing!
Trader Joe's has a soup that is VERY similar (basically, exactly the same...) under their store brand, and it is sometimes a bit cheaper.
I think this soup tastes just like the sauce from spaghetti-o's!
Looks yummy. I've never tried any Pacific Foods soup before.
I've eaten this before, and it's DE-Light-FUL! Unfortunately, it tends to be a bit pricier in my grocery store.
I love pacific soups! Although I have been making my own soup in the vitamix a lot lately. Great price by the way, that same soup costs around $5 in my grocery store!
My 18 year old daughter and I love this soup. My daughter also loves to eat the soup with Goldfish crackers and now so do I! We also like to eat it with grilled cheese sandwiches and dip the sandwich into the soup! I buy the soup at Costco for a good price, if you don't mind buying 6 at a time.
This is the yummiest, hands down- however, Trader Joes has a cheaper version that is their store brand that's just as delicious. Seeing it has made me crave some, I'm thinking soup and grilled cheese for lunch tomorrow! -e