Healthy, tasty and cheap - perfection in a pot. (Asda Good For You Carrot and Coriander Soup)

Member Name: abercrombie92

Product:	Asda Good For You Carrot and Coriander Soup
Date:	12/04/09 (169 review reads)
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If you've read my Baxters Chicken Noodle Soup review ten you'll know that I'm someone who doesn't have a big appetite, so soup is always a great choice for me as it's filling, cheap and healthy. Score! This flavour of soup is one that I've been eating regularly for about 9 months now, but whilst in Asda, I came across a one I had never seen before. Asda Good For You Carrot and Coriander Soup. Time to try a new brand of my favourite flavour!

This soup comes in a 600g plastic tub, which is around 6.5inches tall. The label is a yellowy - orange colour with white, yellow and green accents and a picture of the soup and main ingredients on the front, with the Asda Good For You logo directly above it. In one of the petals on the Good For You logo, we you are told that the soup contains 'No Hidden Nasties'. Further down the label you are told what these hidden nasties are. No artificial colours. No artificial flavours. No hydrogenated fat. Perfect. In another of the petals, you are told that there is less that 2% fat. It's sounding better and better, isn't it? Well, just wait for this...only 26 calories per 100g!!
On the back of the tub heating guidelines, ingredients, allergy advice, storage advice, nutritional information and company contact information. The plastic tub is 100% recyclable and is opened with a 'pop off' type lid.

According to the back of the tub, "We promise that all good for you products are always low or lower in fat and won't ever contain any hydrogenated fat, artificial flavours, artificial colours". It then continues to say "let's hear it for...veg - this soup contains one of your 5-a-day fruit and vegetable portions per serving". It really does sound wonderful - ""light and creamy, sweet carrots combined with fragrant corriander". Yum, all that and its deliciously healthy.

As I peeled open the the lid, I was met with a thick, orangey yellow liquid and a sweet, but savoury scent. There were little green particles in it, but this is obviously the coriander. There seemed to be alot of this, so that was a plus - there's no use in getting a Carrot and Coriander soup with hardly any coriander. I can't really explain the scent more than sweet & savoury, but it was delicious whatever it was. When it was time to eat it, I measured out half of the tub and put it in the pan to heat up for a few minutes, then poured it straight into the bowl. It's as easy as that.
I grabbed a spoon and sat myself down, eager to try the soup as it had seemed perfect so far. I took a taste and was extremely impressed. It tasted exactly like it smelled! Absolutely delicious. Savoury enough to be a meal, but sweet enough to be something different. Not only was it very healthy, very tasty and very cheap, it was very filling. Really now, what more could you want?

This can only be bought in Asda and costs roughly £1 (the price changes all the time and is occasionally on special offer).

Overall, I think this is a delicious soup and will definitely replace the Somerfield Carrot & Coriander soup that I'm used to buying. I only need half of a tub for a delicious, filling meal, and only quarter if I'm having a slice of bread with it, but I rarely do this as it has to be eaten rather quickly due to it being a fresh soup.

Per 100g (microwaved), this soup contains 26 calories, 1.1g of fat and 0.11g of sodium.
Per 1/2 tub (microwaved), this soup contains 79 calories, 3.3g of fat and 0.33g of sodium.

Contains: milk and celery/celeriac.
May contain: traces of nuts and/or seeds.

Thank you for reading!

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