Great Soup, Naturally.™Our company was founded by three "foodies" frustrated with the traditional soup products on store shelves... they were neither as delicious nor as nutritious as homemade, nor as convenient nor as environmentally responsible as they could be (not to mention very high in sodium!).
We had a simple objective: make great tasting, good for you, shelf-stable soups with the same, all natural ingredients we use in our kitchen.
And we wanted our soups to be easy to use and friendly to the environment.
Out of frustration, came inspiration! We scoured our family recipes for some classic soup flavors. Located a terrific group of all natural ingredient suppliers from around the world, many of whom are family owned companies. Identified some "better for you" ingredients, for instance sea salt to deliver outstanding taste at dramatically reduced levels of sodium and rice starch so all of our distinctive flavors shine through. Then added state-of-the-art packaging and...
New England Country Soup was born!




Three of our soups have chicken and, therefore, are USDA certified (See FAQ page for more information): Chicken Corn Chowder, Yankee White Bean and Chicken Pomodoro. The USDA's "Natural" standard is more stringent than Organic. For instance, if our soups were Organic, we could add calcium chloride to our diced tomatoes to make them more firm; as a "natural" soup, we can't and don't. Another example: none of our ingredients have any "natural flavorings". Our butter is butter as you would have it if you lived right on the Happy Cow farm.
Traditional soups are just too salty. That much sodium is plainly unnecessary, is certainly not good for you and hides the flavors of the soup. You do need some salt to bring out all the flavors of a great soup. So we chose a special, lower sodium, natural sea salt to bring you great taste and remarkably low sodium per serving: as low as 240mg (our Chicken Corn Chowder) and no higher than 370mg (our New England Clam Chowder).
One of the many things that sets New England Country Soup apart is our use of rice starch, not corn starch, to add body and a smooth texture to our soups. Rice starch helps us give you broths that are lighter and cleaner, enabling all of our wonderful, natural flavors to be fully savored. As has been said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Many of our biggest competitors have begun using rice starch to improve their soups; we're flattered!
Our pouches are easy to prepare, are safe for the environment, and have an excellent shelf life. This state-of-the-art technology was first perfected in Europe and Japan, and then brought to the US. Multiple governmental and non-governmental agencies have weighed in on the safety of these pouches, such as: the FDA, Mayo Clinic, Harvard, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as the European Food Safety Agency and the Food Safety Commission of Japan. See our FAQ page for more information.