Classic Chicken Soup — OKAY
Munch or Dump rates Classic Chicken Soup by New Covent Garden Soup Co OKAY — score 62/90.
A genuinely simple fresh soup made from real recognizable ingredients with no artificial additives, but it's watery, salty, and light on actual chicken.
Why this verdict
- Short list of real, recognizable ingredients with no artificial additives
- No added sugar and no refined-oil/emulsifier stack
- Only 5% chicken; it's largely water and potato
- Salt appears several ways (added salt, salted butter, salted stock)
- Cornflour thickener and yeast extract are the only mild processing signals
Ingredients (12)
- Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
- Potato (20%) (safe) — Whole starchy vegetable, adds body and some potassium.
- ONION) (safe) — Whole vegetable aromatic.
- Chicken (5%) (safe) — Real animal protein, but only a small proportion of the soup.
- Single cream (milk) (4%) (moderate) — Real dairy fat for richness; adds saturated fat.
- Roast chicken stock (moderate) — Flavor base built from roast chicken, potato, yeast extract and salt; boosts sodium.
- Cornflour (moderate) — Refined starch used as a thickener; minor processing signal.
- Salted butter (milk) (moderate) — Real dairy fat plus more salt.
- YEAST EXTRACT (moderate) — A hidden source of free glutamate, stacked with MSG for umami.
- Garlic Puree (safe) — Real aromatic.
- Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
- black pepper (safe) — Whole spice seasoning.