INSTANT SOUPS

Dear, Valued BTS Members

The Chair of the Instant Soups Follow-up Committee would like to thank all the valued BTS members who attended the February 6th tasting. 13 instant soups were tasted, discussed and evaluated. 100 points were allocated for each instant soup based on taste (50 points), texture (20 points), visual appeal (20 points), after taste (5 points) and packaging (5 points). The official results are listed below the pictures of the instant soup tasting.







The official results tabulated by the BTS Independent Evaluation and Adjudication Commission and reviewed by the BTS Audit Board have been sanctioned for public release. They are as follows:

1st 75.75/100 - Beef Express


BTS member quotes:

• Blah.....
• Decent.
• Shit, those were good noodles.
• Thumbs up.
• Salty.
• Pleasing flavour.
• Tastes like the instant noodles I remember.
• Packaging boring.
• Noodles suck!

2nd 72.75/100 - Knorr Cream of Leek

BTS member quotes:

• Tastes fishy.
• Not a strong leek flavour
• Not super , but not bad.
• OK.
• Eh.
• My first leek experience, not bad.
• Not sure about his one.

3rd 72.33/100 - Kikkoman Red Miso

BTS member quotes:

• Exotique packaging.
• Yum!
• Very tasty.
• Great!
• I can taste the red!
• Mmmmm....red.

4th 70.33/100 - Nile Spice Sweet Corn Chowder

BTS member quotes:

• Not horrible.
• Corny!
• Suprisingly sweet.
• Very nice.
• Yum, nice sweet corn flavour.
• Very corny.
• Blah....

5th 65.93/100 - Grace Fish Tea
BTS member quotes:

• Like airplane soup.
• Needs noodles.
• Tastes like chicken.
• It is nothing like fish tea. What is fish tea?
• Looks like bad jello.
• Chickeny!
• Not going to happen.

6th 64.56/100 - Grace Cock Soup

BTS member quotes:

• Salty, not creamy.
• I love cock.
• One spicy cock; nice!
• Colour is disturbing
• Salty and spicy like bar nuts.
• Spicy!
• Tasty!
• The best cock I have ever tasted.
• Bonus points for the name

7th 58.69/100 - Lipton Cream of Chicken
BTS member quotes:

• Yummy.
• Boring package.
• Okay... but not too creamy.
• Gross.
• The colour was offensive.
• Why so gelatinous?
• Gelatinous not creamy.
• Does not smell like chicken.
• Too gelatinous.

8th 58.31/100 - Red Soup
BTS member quotes:

• Tomato sauce?
• Too tart.
• Fizzy texture and too thick
• Airplane tomato sauce.
• Watered down tomato sauce
• Better than expected.
• Yuck!
• Does not look red.
• Good for airplanes!
• Too thick

9th 57.50/100 Lipton Beef vegetable

BTS member quotes:

• Blah.
• Lacks noodleness.
• Has nothing on beef express.
• Meh.
• Tastes a little burned.
• Salty.
• Noodles suck!

10th 55.83/100 - Lipton Spring vegetable


BTS member quotes:

• Eh.
• Bleh.
• Blah.
  
• Artificial tomato taste.
• Quite respectable.
• No thank you.
• Not sure.....

11th 54.56/100 - Kikkoman Wakame Soup

BTS member quotes:

• Ewwwww.
• Exotique.
• Sesame seeds are a nice touch
• Too fishy.
• After tastes hangs around.
• Nice.
• Pungent.
• Really fishy.
• Wacky!
• Swampy.

12th 52.38/100 - Taste Adventure Sweet Corn Chowder

BTS member quotes:

• Looks Gross.
• Too thick.
• More split pea than corn chowder.
• Good quality.
• Tastes like peas and potatoes.
• Looks like baby puke!
• Did you find this on the floor of a bar?
• Good ingredients not good taste.
• Tastes like mash potatoes.

13th 43.83/100 - Mama Sita's Mung Bean Soup


BTS member quotes:

• Smell fishy.
• Is not bad.
• Seems to thick.
• Weird looking.
• N/A.
• Most disappointing.
• Not environmentally friendly.
• Mung!
• I am out.

The Chair of the Instant Soup Follow-up Committee would like to extend its appreciation to all the valued BTS members who made the culinary exploration of instant soups a success.

Sincerely,

Permanent Chief Secretary
Media Relations Directorate
Broadview Tasting Society