Cup-a-Soup

Cup-a-Soup is an instant soup product sold under various brands worldwide. In the United States and Canada the product is manufactured and marketed by Unilever's Lipton brand, and in Australia under the Continental brand. In the United Kingdom the product is sold as Batchelors Cup-a-Soup, a brand which is now owned by Premier Foods. In the Netherlands it's sold under the Unox brand. In South Africa it's sold under the Knorr brand.

The soup is made by pouring the soup sachet into a mug or cup, filling the mug with hot water and stirring the mixture.

Some flavors include minestrone, chicken noodle, tomato soup and chicken & vegetable. Low-calorie versions also exist in the UK, under the name slim-a-soup, and include slightly different flavours, such as mediterranean tomato.

2007 saw the introduction of 'Cup-a-Soup Extra', individual sachets of soup and pasta sold in a variety of flavours, including cheese and broccoli (with tagliatelle), chicken and mushroom (with pasta), minestrone, and Tangy Salsa Tomato.

Recently,^[when?] there has been a new release of a jar featuring approximately 12 servings.

Cup-a-Soup is a product from Unox, which is an Unilever brand, from Oss in the Netherlands. It's worldwide distributed under various brand names of Unilever.

Flavours Available Around the World

Australia

Classics

Chicken & Vegetable
Chicken Noodle
Cream of Chicken
Cream of Mushroom
Hearty Beef
Pea & Ham
Pumpkin
Spring Vegetable
Tomato

Asian

Chinese Chicken & Corn
Laksa
Thai Red Curry

Croutons

Creamy Chicken
Creamy Chicken & Corn
Creamy Mushroom
Creamy Mushroom Bacon & Sour Cream
Creamy Potato & Bacon
Creamy Pumpkin
Creamy Seafood Bisque
Creamy Vegetable

Hearty

Chilli Con Carne
Dutch Curry & Rice
Garden Vegetable
Italian Minestrone
Pea & Ham
Roast Chicken
Spanish Tomato
Tomato, Bacon & Chilli
Vegetable & Beef
Winter Vegetable

Vegifull

Eight Vegetable
Potato & Leek
Rich Tomato
Winter Vegetable

Xtra Full

Beef Stroganoff
Chicken N Sweet Corn Chowder
Flame Grilled BBQ Chicken
Pepper Steak
Smoky Beef N Bacon

Netherlands

Classics

Asperge
Broccoli Crème
Champignon Crème
Champignon Ham
Chinese Kip
Chinese Tomaat
Erwt
Franse Ui
Groente
Hongaarse Goulash
Indiase Kerry
Kip
Koninginnen
Prei Crème
Rundvlees
Spicy Tomato
Thai Spicy Chicken
Tomaat
Tomaten Crème
Toscaanse Tomaat

Specials

Bospaddestoelen
Broccoli Ham
Geroosterde Paprika & Tomaat
Groene Asperge
Italiaanse Tomaat
Pomodori Tomaat
Pompoen
Romige Mosterd

South Africa

Lamb and Vegetable
Country Vegetable
Creamy Mushroom
Cream of Tomato
Chicken Noodle
Oxtail
Chicken and Mushroom

United States of America

Chicken Noodle
Cream of Chicken
Hearty Chicken Noodle
Tomato
Spring Vegetable

Ingredients

Batchelor's Cup-a-Soup Extra ("A Great Big Hug in a Mug") Minestrone with Pasta lists the following ingredients as served (greatest first): Water, Pasta (18%), Vegetables (5%) (Carrot 2%, onion, peas (0.5%), leek), maize starch, potato starch, sugar, salt, flavouring (contains milk, barley), glucose syrup, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium *-ribonucleotides, parsley, yeast extract, hydrogenated vegetable oil

In popular culture

Cup-a-soups featured prominently in the Reeves and Mortimer sketch 'Slade in Residence' with the band being avid consumers of the instant soups.^[1]

Pluralisation

Grammarians have argued as to the correct plural form of Cup-a-Soup. Some believe the correct form is "Cups-a-Soup", whereas others contest that being a registered trademark the correct form is "Cup-a-Soups". ^[2]

References

^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSz9WVPuDs&feature=related
^ BBC Radio 4's A Word In Your Ear, first broadcast on March 17, 1987.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSz9WVPuDs&feature=related

[2] BBC Radio 4's A Word In Your Ear, first broadcast on March 17, 1987.

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