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Default Campbell's Tomato Soup Redux

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:49:22p, Jean B. told us...

> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>> On May 12, 4:51 pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> After all the discussion about the disappointment in the change to
>>>> Campbell's Tomato Soup and their cream soups in general, I discovered
>>>> something while shopping yesterday.
>>>> At least 15 or more years ago Campbell's introduced a Tomato Bisque
>>>> that I liked even better than their regular tomato soup because it
>>>> has nice little bits of tomato in it. Whether you made it with
>>>> water, milk, or cream, it was very good.
>>>> Over the past several years I haven't fouynd it on the shelf in the
>>>> stores, so assumed they had discontinued it. Perhaps they actually
>>>> did for a while. Yesterday, I found it again at Safeway. I'm having
>>>> it for lunch as I write this, and out of the can it is the same nice
>>>> thick concentrate with the same flavor that the regular tomato soup
>>>> used to be. So...if you're interestd and wouldn't mind the bits of
>>>> tomato, you might want to give this a try. Dare I ask what the
>>>> ingredients are?

>>
>> Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes in
>> Tomato Juice, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Cream, (Milk), Water Contains Less
>> than 2% of the Following: Salt, Vegetable Oil, (Corn, Cottonseed,
>> Canola and/or Soybean), Dried Dairy Blend (Whey, Calcium Caseinate
>> (Milk), Cornstarch, Spice Extract, Citric Acid, Vitamin C (Ascorbic
>> Acid).
>>
>>> --
>>> Jean B

>>
>> --Bryan

>
> Thanks! I'll try that. Having the sugar in that position doesn't
> thrill me, but I'm happy it's sugar and not HFCS!
>


I thank all commercial tomato soups rank fairly high in sweetness,
regardless the type.

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