Campbell's Select Harvest Vegetable & Pasta Light Soup, 15.3 oz Reviews
Rating Summary
“Hey, it's lunch.”
- Quick meal lover, health conscious
- Pros
- High Fiber, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Microwavable Container, Low Calorie
- Cons
- Really Mild Flavor, Lazy portion description
Campbell's Select Harvest Vegetable & Pasta Light Soup, 15.3 oz —
What I like about Campbell's: Select Harvest Vegetable & Pasta Light Soup is the fact that it's about 1 Weight Watchers point per serving. Yes, the container says 0, but even Campbells admits that over one serving exceeds zero. So if you pull out your WW slide-ruley thingy, it's really close to 1 point.The flavor is very mild, but okay. If you're looking for an outstanding taste, this isn't it. But if you want something to fill you up so you can stack your points into your evening meal, this IS it. It's good enough that I have it for part of my work lunch EVERY DAY.
This is also about 40% lower in sodium than regular Campbells soups and Progresso soups. Food companies crack me up. They go after each other like politicians! Progresso now carries the Weight Watchers logo, BUT, they've only recently been low sodium. I like that Campbells has this soup in a microwavable container I can dispose of (I know, not envirofriendly since I don't recycle them.)
I have trouble with acidic tomato soups. These light soups don't give me heart burn like their regular soups do. That's a HUGE plus.
If progresso starts making their Low Sodium Light Soups in Microwavables, I'll try them. Their soups have more flavor, but I'm not happy about the high sodium. I suspect their low sodiums may lack flavor too, but I haven't tried them.
If you compare Campbells Canned and Microwavable soups, they carry the SAME nutritional info per serving, even though there's a 3.3 oz difference. Progresso plays the same game. They get away with it by using the words "ABOUT 2 SERVINGS." Not cute. Be accurate people! [/ rant]
I'm a little afraid that Cambells is pulling back on this product line. When I first started buying them in October 2008, there were more microwavable options. :-(
