Slimming. What a fun topic. Something, which we all HATE, having to do, but adore the results. Something, which we want to be easy. Something, which we want to involve all the chocolate, ice cream, and burgers n chips, we desire. Unfortunately, it’s never like this, and diets tend ... Read review
Advantages: Taste OK, are quite filling Disadvantages: Price is ridiculous, don't taste amazing
...them out.
Slim Fast soups come in 4 flavours –
Garden Vegetables with peppers and croutons
Mediterranean Tomato with basil and croutons
Creamy Wild Mushroom with croutons
Seasoned Chicken with sweetcorn and croutons
The recommended retail price for these is £3.49, but the ones I bought were marked down, and cost me £1.74. I chose the mushroom flavour.
The packaging ... ...the Slim Fast range, in that it carries the logo, and some nutritional info on the front of the packet. There is also a picture of a bowl of soup, looking rather delicious, with loads of herbs, chunks and mushrooms and huge croutons. The box also carries the Knorr logo (yup, those people who did the “They’ve got the K-know how” adverts), as the chefs at Knorr created the recipe. The soups come in a box, which has an envelope style ... more
Slimming. What a fun topic. Something, which we all HATE, having to do, but adore the results. Something, which we want to be easy. Something, which we want to involve all the chocolate, ice cream, and burgers n chips, we desire. Unfortunately, it’s never like this, and diets tend to involve endless glasses of water, lettuce leaves, and “low fat” cereal bars which taste of cardboard. Life really sucks at time.
A couple of weeks ago I was browsing round (read: making wish list of things to waste money on when my student loan comes through) my local Boots, when I stumbled into the “meal replacement” section. I thought about buying a couple of cans of Slimfast, when I suddenly saw the soups. A few days earlier I had actually read a review on Ciao of these, proclaiming that it’s better to starve than eat these. They couldn’t be that bad, could they? In the interest of consumer research (and my fellow Ciaoers), I thought I’d better try them out.
Slim Fast soups come in 4 flavours –
Garden Vegetables with peppers and croutons Mediterranean Tomato with basil and croutons Creamy Wild Mushroom with croutons Seasoned Chicken with sweetcorn and croutons
The recommended retail price for these is £3.49, but the ones I bought were marked down, and cost me £1.74. I chose the mushroom flavour.
The packaging of these soups is in keeping with the rest of the Slim Fast range, in that it carries the logo, and some nutritional info on the front of the packet. There is also a picture of a bowl of soup, looking rather delicious, with loads of herbs, chunks and mushrooms and huge croutons. The box also carries the Knorr logo (yup, those people who did the “They’ve got the K-know how” adverts), as the chefs at Knorr created the recipe. The soups come in a box, which has an envelope style lid, so it can be resealed.
The back of the box is full on detailed, and utterly terrifying nutritional info. We have a huge list of nutritional facts, and details on the vitamins and minerals content. The important ones are as follows (all per serving) –
Calories– 211 Saturated fat – 2.5g Vitamin A – 30% of RDA Vitamin D – 35% of RDA Vitamin E – 100% of RDA Vitamin C – 50% of RDA
Sounds okay so far! The back also contains preparation info, information on the Slim Fast plan, and how to join the group, and some health warnings.
Each soup comes in an individual foil packet, meaning they are really easy to take out and about with you. Each packet again carries the logo and picture, and says, “A delicious soup created from the finest ingredients. Full of the nutrition you need and foil sealed for freshness.” On the back of the packet, we have what reads almost like some kind of dieting prep talk. It uses casual language, so you feel like the people at Slim Fast are your mates (and not people charging you massive prices for the ‘privilege’ of being starved.) “Let’s get one thing straight,” it tells us. “Dieting is tough.” Blah blah blah “There will be ups and downs, but you can do it. And we can be there to support and inspire you.” You catch my drift?
The soups are really easy to prepare, and if you’ve ever made a cuppa soup you can make these – I promise. Simply empty the packet contents into a bowl, add 250ml of boiling water (or fill up the bowl, which is what I did.), and stir until it’s not lumpy anymore (they recommend about 30 seconds, I’d say slightly longer.)
The powder itself is just that – powder. Paley brown in colour, it dissolves fairly quickly, and doesn’t go lumpy, which is a problem I’ve had in the past with packet soups. I was pleased with how quickly this one dissolved.
How does it taste? Well, it’s okay. That’s it. It does taste pretty creamy, and not too much like mushrooms, and I didn’t need to add any salt or pepper to give it a bit of extra taste. It was a fairly thin consistency, but this is in keeping with packet soups, and could easily be made to be thicker by simply adding less water (I usually add water a bit at a time, to see how thin/thick I want it.) Personally, I’m not a massive fan of very thick soups, so the consistency was perfect for me. I did like the taste, but I didn’t think it was it was absolutely gorgeous. I prefer a quite chunky soup, and this was all very thin, with no real bite to it. The pieces of mushroom were miniscule, and resembled tiny brown flecks in the soup, and the croutons were utterly pointless. I personally think that croutons need to be huge and chunky, otherwise they just taste like you’ve got bits of sand in your soup or something. These croutons were tiny, and looked exactly the same as the mushroom flecks, so it was impossible to tell whether you were going to be greeted with a crunchy or slimy sensation with each mouthful.
Did this fill me up? Pretty much. I didn’t quite finish the whole bowl full, but very nearly did. I did feel full, and wasn’t hungry for about another 3 hours. This is perfectly normal for me, as I tend to snack every three hours, rather than have large meals. Therefore, for most people this would probably make quite a good lunch, but I would advise people to eat it with some crackers or something, to save you feel starving later on in the day!
Would I recommend this? At nearly £3.50, no. I wouldn’t have bought it had it not been marked down, and I would certainly not buy it again if it was at the full price. Paying over £1 for what is basically a glorified cuppa soup is, in my opinion, out of order, and it obviously cost them a fraction of the price to produce! If I did see this product I would probably buy it again, but I would like to try the tomato flavour instead.
Bachelors are also now doing a slimmers version of their Cuppa Soups, which, whilst I’m not sure on the exact price, are much cheaper than these, and you also get 4 packets rather than 3. I have already bought these, and am chuffed with them!
Taste wise, these are OK. Price wise, if I want to pay that much for a cuppa soup, I’ll go to the Ritz, and have one there, thanks very much!
Slim Fast Soups are available from Boots and most big supermarkets.
...my 2nd op on different Slim Fast products, I tried their Seasoned Chicken Soup with Sweetcorn & Croutons yesterday and its NICE!
It comes in a trendy 'thin pyramid' shaped box boldly emblazoned (swallowed a dictionary this morning!) with (what else) the Slim Fast logo - you've got to give it to Slim Fast, their marketing is blatant! The actual box is great. It shows the Knorr logo on the bottom right hand corner, as this particular soup was 'Created ... ...in my bowl of dried Slim Fast chicken soup but it looks GOOD! The box states that there are 3 complete meals and that each is a meal replacement for weight control and contains 23 vitamins and minerals plus fibre. Turn the box around and you're assaulted with writing and facts and figures. You've got all the nutritional bumph, which means nothing to me except the cals per 59.5g serving made with 250ml hot water is 217cals and the fat is 6.8g for ...
Fruity_Tart 12.01.2003
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Advantages: Easy to make Disadvantages: Not to cheap to buy
After all the over indulgence at the christmas holiday's I decided to try and lose a bit more weight.
I have been going to the gym but have eaten lots of the wrong foods over christmas.
Today I went out and bought two packets of Slimfast soups, these cost me 2.99 each at Safeways.
The flavours are Seasoned chicken with sweetcorn and croutons and Garden vegetable with peppers and croutons.
Sound tasty don't they?
These soups come in cardboard ... ...front.
Each carton of soup contains three individual foil wrapped packets of instant soup.
These are created by Knorr, who make other soups too. There are 23 vitamins and minerals plus fibre in each bowl of soup.
There are 209 calories per serving, each soup is a replacement for one meal and I'd suggest only replacing one meal a day, crash dieting hardly ever works as you'll find the quicker you take weight off the quicker you put it back on again ...
Aquarian 09.01.2003
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Advantages: very few calories Disadvantages: tastes absolutely revolting
I was quite excited when I saw the tv ad for new slimfast soup. I had tried the milkshakes and liked them, but the thought of something savoury available as well made the prospect of dieting much less daunting.
As soon as I went to do my weekly shopping at ASDA, I made a bee line for the "slimming" section - and sure enough they had begun to stock the new SLIMFAST soups. At the time there were four flavours available- Wild mushroom with croutons,creamy ... ...They were being sold in cartons containing three sachets,unfortunately all of one flavour,but as they were only asking £1.80 for a carton I didn't mind. 60p for a complete meal cannot be bad...or so I thought!
I opted for the yummy sounding wild mushroom and the creamy chicken variety.
The instructions were very easy to follow...it was just a case of emptying a sachet into a soup bowl or a large mug...adding 250ml of boiling water that has been ...
scribbelle 02.09.2002
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Advantages: Great expectations Disadvantages: Have a taste bud bypass first
...For the first three reasons, Slim fast seems a good thing, for the fourth, you're going to get poorer before you lose any weight.
Now Slim fast soup sounded like a great idea. I used the milkshakes in the past and wanted to again, but the thought of another period of nothing but suspicious tasting milkshake filled me with dread.
WAIT! There's hope - they do a soup.
Having paid the extortionate price asked for (£5 for 3 or there abouts), I got ... ...Having opened the packet I immediately sensed something was not quite right. The smell...... not in the least appetising, but then again to be fair, neither are a number of dried packet soups.
Tipping it out into the saucepan - the texture. It somehow did not resemble packet soups I have had any experience with. The texture was very very thick and almost gritty. This did not install confidence.
Having added water, whisking and trying to get the ...
Justine 07.11.2002 (11.11.2002)
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Advantages: Taste/price/aid to weight loss Disadvantages: None that I can think of !
Having read the other reviews on here about the Slimfast soup I felt compelled to write one - namely as the last review was sometime in 2003 ! (and judging by my Slimfast soup experience, they've improved 100%25)
So, the first Slimfast soup I tried was the 'chunky vegetable' one. Priced at a extremely reasonable 1.18, I picked it up at my local Tesco and paid.
-Initial reaction-
Upon opening the handy sachet, I was greeted by a pleasant smell. ... ...carrots and other vegetables. Cooking it on the hob took no more than a few minutes, yet it felt an eternity when exposed to the wafting, yummy smell !
-Taste-
The soup tasted delicious. The soup had a really nice consistency - not too think or thin and the vegetables were soft and surprisingly yummy. The soup is actually rather filling, though you wouldn't think so by looking at it. -Other flavours-
The only other slimfast soup I've tried is ...
Ravesy 22.11.2007
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