"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Wed 19 Nov 2008 05:17:48a, john zeiss told us...
>
>> As a child it was a bit of a special treat to have a tin of Heinz tomato
>> soup before going to bed in the evening. Somehow now much older I have
>> an emotional attachment to it and quite often have a cup at night time.
>>
>> I've not much idea what's really in it, its listed on the tin as:
>>
>> Tomatoes 84%, vegetable oil, sugar, modified cornflour, salt, dried
>> skimmed milk, milk proteins, cream, spice extracts, herb extracts,
>> citric acid.
>>
>> I'm not a big fan of animal products and have no idea how scary
>> *modified* cornflour is, or what kind of oil, etc., etc.
>>
>> I know this is not going to be easy, but I am wondering if anyone
>> 'familiar' with this product and who is a bit sophisticated food wise,
>> might be able to *imagine* a recipe roughly similar in taste a novice
>> like myself might manage to make? I do have a blender.
>>
>> Especially one that would be more *healthy*, and also might 'approximate
>> that 'creamy type' tomato taste? Thanks for any advice.
>
> I wouldn't begin to guess. I have made various recipes of tomato soup
> which were all good, but nothing approximating canned tomato soup. Are
> you
> in the UK or AU? We generally don't see Heinz soups in the US. Our most
> common brand is Campbell's and there are many store brands that are
> similar.
>
> As far as modified cornflour (we call it cornstarch), it is made from corn
> and there's nothing dangerous about it. Vegetable oil may be made from a
> variety of different vegetables, but it is definitely not an animal
> product. Based on the list of ingredients, there appears to be no animal
> products in the Heinz product.
>
>
Heinz is a Canadian company. So far....lol...Sharon