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Has this gone downhill in recent years? I don't remember it tasting quite this...salty, greasy, and overall gross! And it's not because my palate has improved, because I still enjoy all my other junky food, and Campbell's soup was never that.
I haven't bought more than two cans of Campbells' for decades. The only exception is I use mushroom as a base and it's often the only brand available. Their soup base is different today, but like Kraft products, whose sales go UP in a bad economy, CS is directed to the bottom of the buyer food chain. So it's no surprise.
Take a trip to Europe, especially Holland, and your taste buds will awaken from a decades long sleeep. When you eat that processed American crap for years your brain begins to think it's "normal" and "food". It's not.
I am pretty sure that the Campbell’s Tomato Soup of my childhood is not the same formula now. I just looked at the ingredients of a can in my pantry, and it has high fructose corn syrup, so I don’t think I’ll get it again.
Like another poster, I liked the cream of asparagus soup by Campbell, but not so much now, as it hardly has any asparagus pieces in it.
Just this winter, I was noticing that the Progresso soups that I liked seemed to have more broth and less solids, with the exception of lentil.
I guess. I put Campbell’s soup on the same level as Vermont Maid pancake syrup. It’s what I was fed as a kid but I moved on to better food quality as an adult. With my own cooking, I also went from General Foods recipes based on their processed foods to better ingredients.
Pretty much this. What I once thought tasted good, doesn't any more. My wife and I make home made soup. There are better store bought options, too. I buy maple syrup that is pure - Vermont, Ohio, NYS.
Same with cheese. I don't eat Kraft anymore. There are so many better cheeses. Cheese is a treat. When I indulge, it better be good. Chocolate? Hershey's doesn't cut it for me.
I am pretty sure that the Campbell’s Tomato Soup of my childhood is not the same formula now. I just looked at the ingredients of a can in my pantry, and it has high fructose corn syrup, so I don’t think I’ll get it again.
Like another poster, I liked the cream of asparagus soup by Campbell, but not so much now, as it hardly has any asparagus pieces in it.
Just this winter, I was noticing that the Progresso soups that I liked seemed to have more broth and less solids, with the exception of lentil.
amazing how we spend so much time checking ingredients these days. Years ago they were never listed on the labels or if they were, the % wasn't. I am not a tomato soup fan, but spoiled brat is. I have never heard him say it tastes different today. Sometimes it is more our taste buds than actual changes.
How old is "spoiled brat"? It would be interesting to know the product's ingredients of 30-50 years ago compared to today. I'd be surprised if they'd stayed the same. Again, I've notice a difference in just the last 5 or so.
I use Cambells cream of asparagus soup every day and I notice more salt but also no consistency between cans. Also I Really miss their Scotch Broth which they no longer make.
I noticed that, too, about the Tomato soup; in fact, it does have a ton of sugar in it. Doesn't seem it used to taste that way, though? The Tomato with Rice cuts the sweetness a little.
Same with Progresso Tomato. It had a ridiculous amount of sugar in it, and it just tasted too sweet.
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