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Progresso High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
By: | Dec 14, 2009
Let me just come right out and say this ... Progresso High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil Soup tastes like a simple spaghetti sauce mixed with a handful of basil to give it a somewhat pleasant herb flavor. However, there is just something about this soup's textural nature that makes it taste less like tomato soup and more like spaghetti sauce. Is it good? Yes. Would I buy it again? I don't know; perhaps, if I needed something to toss my ravioli in.
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 130
Total Fat: 4 grams, 6%
Saturated Fat: 1 gram, 6%
Sodium: 690 mg, 29%
Carbohydrates: 26 grams
Fiber: 7 grams, 28%
Sugars:13 grams
Protein: 3 grams
However, let's look at the ingredient list: Tomato Puree (water, tomato paste), Water, Sugar, Soluble Corn Fiber, Soybean Oil, Cream, Basil and a few other minuscule items. Each 1 cup serving of Progresso High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil Soup (2 servings per can) provides 130 calories, 4 grams of total fat which includes 1 gram of saturated fat, 29% of the daily value for sodium, 7 grams of fiber (28% of the DV), 13 grams of sugars and 3 grams of protein.
I love the high fiber; that's something Pacific Natural Foods Organic Creamy Tomato Light Sodium Soup and Pacific Natural Foods Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup don't have. But what they do have is a superbly seasoned tomato soup - and that's something Progresso High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil Soup hasn't quite got down yet.
Progresso Soups were 3 for $5 when I decided to give their High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil Soup a try. If you are truly in the mood for this particular soup, you can buy a jar of spaghetti sauce that is about twice the size for the same price and eating experience. My suggestion: get your fiber elsewhere and for a truly fantastic tomato soup experience, go with either of the 2 Pacific Natural soups previously mentioned.
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Thanks for sharing this review. I only wish that I had seen it before I purchased this soup three days ago.
I decided to try Progresso's new soups, mainly for the fiber. I bought the Tomato Basil, the French Onion, and the Chicken Tuscany.
I tried the French Onion yesterday. The flavor was good, but it was very watery. I felt that there could have been more onions, to make the soup a little more dense. I thought there was too much broth and not enough onions for my liking, but overall it was good.
I think I will try adding some orzo to the Tomato Basil to see if that makes it a little more appealing.
Go Enzyte with either of the 2 Pacific Natural soups previously mentioned.