'I compared supermarket tomato soups - most delicious was £1.15 cheaper than Heinz'

The standard, Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup costs a whopping £1.70 per tin now, which is pricey, particularly if you’re whipping up a repast for much than 1 idiosyncratic - but luckily the victor was cheaper

Tomato crockery is 1 of the each time classical foods. Ultimately comforting, speedy and filling, whether you privation a hearty, hassle-free luncheon oregon a airy repast aft a chilly wintertime walk, herb crockery volition benignant you out.

The standard, Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup costs a whopping £1.70 per tin which is pricey, particularly if you’re whipping up a repast for much than 1 person. So intrepid gourmet Zoe Chamberlain, Parenting Editor of our sister rubric Birmingham Live, decided to bash a sensation test.

With fund soups from Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl costing importantly little than the Heinz alternative, Zoe acceptable retired to spot which were worthy the wealth and which were champion near connected the supermarket shelf.

Heinz Tomato Soup

Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup costs £1.70 from Morrisons for 400g, which works retired to 85p per fractional tin portion. By contrast, successful April 2022, this aforesaid tin outgo conscionable £1, truthful these days its go a spot of a luxury.

Zoe said: “This had the astir almighty herb flavour of each the cans. It tasted fresher, much similar homemade crockery with caller vine-ripened tomatoes.

“Reading the ingredients connected the tin, it's casual to spot why. It contains 89 percent tomatoes, pick and herb and spice extracts. Per fractional tin portion, it contains 9.7g of sugar, 1.1g of brackish and 1.7g of protein. I gave it 5 retired of 5 stars.”

Morrisons Savers Tomato soup

Savers Tomato Soup costs 55p for 400g from Morrisons and earned precocious praise from Zoe. “This tasted amazing,” she reports. “It was truly heavy and creamy and packed a almighty saccharine herb punch. There was nary pull-cap truthful I needed to usage a tin opener to unfastened it but that was nary large deal.

Made with 67 percent tomatoes with mustard effect and flavourings, it contained 8.9g of sugar, 1g macromolecule and 1g brackish per fractional can. I gave it 5 retired of 5 stars.

Lidl Tomato Soup

Lidl Tomato Soup costs 62p for 400g, up from conscionable 40p successful 2022. “It was made with herb puree alternatively than tomatoes but it inactive had a beauteous flavour,” Zoe said. “I wasn't truthful keen connected the consistency. Where was the cream, Lidl? It seemed much watery than Heinz and each the different supermarket brands. I gave it 3 retired of 5 stars.”

Aldi Tomato Soup

Aldi Tomato Soup costs 62p for 400g, a nonstop terms lucifer to Lidl, aforesaid arsenic backmost successful 2022. “Just similar Heinz, this was made with 89 percent tomatoes, unneurotic with pick and flavourings,” Zoe explained.

“It had a beauteous creamy consistency but determination wasn't rather specified a punchy herb flavour that was successful immoderate of the others, which was unusual owed to its precocious herb content. It tasted a small bland successful comparison. I gave it 3 retired of 5 stars.”

Final verdict

Zoe was near successful nary uncertainty that determination was a wide victor successful the crockery contest. “Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed the zesty, caller flavour of the Heinz I had discovered thing better,” she said. “I felt the Morrisons flavour was delicious and it was ace creamy. It was the eventual comfortableness nutrient and I didn't privation my vessel of crockery to end. And it was £1.15 cheaper than Heinz. Winner.”