A Weight watchers warming and hearty delight! (Tesco Light Choices Tuscan Bean Soup)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Tesco Light Choices Tuscan Bean Soup
Date:	24/07/09 (136 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Everything

Disadvantages: None at all

I don't know about you but when I'm in a supermarket I always look to see what other people buy. I don't have a huge shopping list or anything as I don't purchase the bulk of my homes shopping (parents do lol) so really I just buy items that I fancy from time to time.

The other day in Tesco's I saw this lady shoving her shopping on the conveyor belt and noticed she had no less than 14 tins of this stuff! I love soup and to me there is no greater advertisement than this woman hoarding this stuff lol So I legged it while I had time and grabbed a couple of tins to try and she didn't half look at me bemused when I returned lol!

The Packaging....

400g can with a white label round the middle of it and on that in silver and orange writing I'm told it is Tesco 'Light Choices' Tuscan Bean Soup which is low in fat and gives me details about joining the Tesco diet plan, there is a photograph of the cooked soup in a dish and finally there is an at a glance nutritional chart of there. On the back of the can I'm told a bit about the soup, directions for heating it up are given as is nutritional information, ingredients and allergy advice, the size is stated, contact details for Tesco's are given, there is a Weightwatchers point guide on here too (this is 2 points per half a can on their diet plan) and finally there is a bar-code on there. This can has really nice labelling to it, it's informative enough though I would like a ring pull to the top of it if I was being nit picking!


A Bit About The Product According To The Back Of The Can....

Big on taste, light on calories, sugar and fat.
Contains 30% less sugar than Tesco Tomato, Basil and Cannellini bean soup.

Directions for Heating It Up....

Gently heat it in a saucepan on the hob for 3-4 minutes or bang it in the microwave in a microwavable dish for 3-4 minutes.

My Experience With The Soup....

Well I cooked this in the microwave because I'm lazy and this was easy to do. It poured out of the can as a orange rather gloopy looking mixture smelling rather heavily of tomatoes and peppers.

Once cooked the sauce was still an orange colour and still rather thick and smelt still of tomatoes and of peppers and sort of smelt mediterranean really. it looked great and really very appetizing!

Taste wise this was really superb. The consistency is/was wonderful as it contained a lot of ingredients. In this soup there is a huge mix of red lentils, black eyed beans, bortolli and flageolet beans with some small chunks of carrot and red and green pepper squares. All of these ingredients are really well cooked through but retain their individual flavors and taste very fresh indeed. On top of all all those individual flavours I've mentioned already this is really well seasoned with salt and pepper and a hint of garlic along with a light blend of coriander and cumin.

I found this really, really tasty! Filling, this is, easy to cook and I liked the fact that it wasn't a mushy soup but all the ingredients held together well! The consistency not being too runny but 'dippable with bread' worked really well for me and this is a great way of eating vegetables and being healthy without realising at all! I found this luxurious on every level! Lovely!

Allergy Advice....

Contains milk, celery.
Recipe: No nuts.
Ingredients: Cannot guarantee nut free
Factory: No nuts.

Nutritional Information Per Half A Can:

Calories: 130
Sugar: 3g
Fat: 1.8g
Saturates: 0.4g
Salt: 0.8g

Only available in Tesco stores priced at 35p a can! Bargain!

Summary: A really yummy soup I whole heartedly recommend!