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Monday, 22 September 2014

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Campbells Soup Recipe Biography

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Perhaps my biggest pet peeve is seeing food marketed as “healthy” or “natural” that is anything BUT those things. How can they label bubble-gum flavored apples “100% Natural”?

Of course, I know how. “Natural” is a regulated term that just means derived from nature rather than totally synthesized. But it does not, in any way, mean that the food is presented as it is in nature, or in a way we’ve traditionally prepared it. Hence, we can have “natural” orange juice that has been vat stored for up to a year and had “natural” flavorings added back into it since it would otherwise be flavorless.

“Healthy” is just as ambiguous a term in food marketing. But we buy into it. Over and over.

Case in point? Campbell’s Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup. It says it’s healthy right there on the label. But is it really?

Here’s what the manufacturer claims:

Campbell’s® Healthy Request® condensed Cream of Mushroom soup offers the rich traditional flavor of Cream of Mushroom soup with a more nutritious profile. Great taste made with lower sodium natural sea salt, 98% fat free, 0 grams trans fat, no added MSG, and 480 mg of Sodium per serving. Good source of Calcium.

This soup is part of our Wellness Collection.

It’s got the name “Healthy” right on the label! It’s “more nutritious”! It’s made with “natural sea salt,” has “no added MSG,” and “0 grams of trans fat”! These are all good things…. I think.

Campbell’s Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup: Ingredients

WATER,

MUSHROOMS,

MODIFIED FOOD STARCH,

WHEAT FLOUR,

VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, COTTONSEED, CANOLA, AND/OR SOYBEAN),

SUGAR,

SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE,

CREAM (MILK),

SALT,

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE,

FLAVORING,

LOWER SODIUM NATURAL SEA SALT,

CALCIUM CARBONATE,

DISODIUM GUANYLATE,

DISODIUM INOSINATE,

DEHYDRATED MUSHROOMS

Campbell’s Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup: DECODED

Water and mushrooms need little explanation. We could get picky and ask if it’s clean water and organic mushrooms, but let’s not. Okay?

Modified food starch is a heavily-processed ingredient used as a thickening agent, stabilizer, and emulsifier. It can be made from any number of starchy foods, including corn, wheat, or tapioca. The consensus seems to be that it’s relatively harmless. However, if you’re gluten-sensitive, you’ll want to avoid it unless it’s explicitly labeled “gluten-free.” Also, if it’s made from corn, there’s a 88% chance it’s genetically-modified corn with built-in pesticides and other “goodies.” It’s also likely that modified food starch hides MSG, although this may not always be true for all cases.

Wheat flour is a refined flour with added synthetic vitamins and minerals. While this may not be best for you, it’s also not especially concerning. Many foods are made with refined flours, and this is in low enough quantities that I suspect it’s only here to be a thickener.

Vegetable oil is definitely one of those totally gross products of the industrialization of our food supply that I wish our culture would entirely abandon. Corn, cottonseed, canola, and soybean oil are all highly likely to be from genetically-modified plants. But the real kicker here is that these industrially-produced oils are completely unnatural and new to the human diet: