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Heinz Soup

In the beginning
One of Britain’s all-time favourite, and most convenient, tasty meals Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup first appeared on UK shelves in 1910. Way back then, it was imported from Canada, but when the Second World War broke out, importing products became impossible. Rationing also made it difficult to produce soups in the UK. To solve this problem, we came up with new products making soups out of local ingredients such as potato, lentil and carrot. Many of these varieties are still popular today.

Food stuff
When we make our soups we use only 100 per cent high-quality meat and include as many fresh ingredients as possible, for example, we use three different, carefully selected varieties of tomatoes in every can of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup. We don’t use artificial colours, preservatives or GM ingredients. What’s more, we’ve reduced the salt, sugar and fat in all our recipes, making Heinz soups nutritious and tasty meals.

Top trivia
We sell an amazing 289 million cans of soup each year in the UK – that's five cans of tasty Heinz soup for every person in the country.* If they were put end to end, they would reach round the moon's equator three times!**

*Source: IRI 52wk/e 28/01/06
**Source: Mid-2004, Population Estimates, National Statistics

Milestones

  • 1910: Our famous Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup makes its debut in the UK.
  • 1930: A specialist soup kitchen is installed at Harlesden in London. New products include asparagus, oxtail, mock turtle and vegetable soups.
  • 1941: One of the most revolutionary inventions of the war years was our self-heating can, invented by Heinz and ICI: self-heating cans of Heinz soups were part of our troops’ rations for the historic D-Day landings.
  • 1976: Our Big Soups – a real meal in a bowl – make their first appearance.
  • 1985: The Homestyle and Classic ranges are launched.
  • 2003: We introduce Heinz Microwaveable Soup Cups, designed to help you enjoy your favourite Heinz soup on the go – and to help save on the washing-up.


Latest news
We’ve recently extended our soups range so now you’ve got even more great flavours to choose from. Alongside family favourites such as Cream of Tomato Soup and Cream of Chicken Soup, you’ll now find more adventurous flavours in our Special range such as Chicken Chowder and Sweetcorn and Mediterranean Tomato with Bacon.

Too much salt, sugar & fat can be bad for you, e.g. for some people eating too much salt (sodium chloride) can lead to high blood pressure, and eating too many sugary foods can help to cause tooth decay. That is why the recipes for all our Heinz soups have been redeveloped in line with our Good Food Every Day pledge to reduce salt, sugar and fat levels in our food. In fact, we’ve gradually been reducing salt levels in our food for some 20 years now, allowing consumers palates to become accustomed to the new tastes. So you can still enjoy the food you love, but with less salt in them.

Welcoming back to the Heinz Soup Range...

We know you have missed them, so we’ve brought back three of your favourite soup recipes from Heinz for you to enjoy once again. And, now we’ve improved our recipes to reduce salt, fat and sugar, whilst making sure they still have the same great taste.

Re-introducing:
  • Heinz Spring Vegetable Soup

  • Heinz Chicken & Vegetable Soup

  • Heinz Chicken Noodle Soup


    • Check out my salt level!
    At Heinz we have an ongoing commitment to reducing the salt in our products as part of our mission to help you eat Good Food Every Day. In fact, in the last year alone we’ve used 19% less salt across all our canned food. And from November we have been highlighting the salt content on our Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup, Heinz Cream of Chicken Soup and Heinz Vegetable Soup; SO, CHECK OUT YOUR SALT LEVEL!

    Heinz Soup Drives Awareness of Health
    We are rolling out nutritional flashes on the front of our Heinz Soup, Big Soup and Special Soup ranges in order to highlight all the great work we have done to improve our soup recipes. We have reduced fat, salt and sugar levels, whilst ensuring Heinz Soup retains the same great taste you know and love.


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