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Are ready to eat soups healthy? I see some ready to eat soups at supermarket that say no GMO, made from fresh vegetables, without additives. Also their expire date is very short. Looks promising. I've tried to read articles on internet, but they are all different. Somebody says it's not healthy, somebody says it is, which makes me think they are talking about different types. If anybody here is proficient in ready to eat soups, can you tell the difference and if there are healthy brands?

Are ready to eat soups healthy? I see some ready to eat soups at supermarket that say no GMO, made from fresh vegetables, without additives. Also their expire date is very short. Looks promising. I've tried to read articles on internet, but they are all different. Somebody says it's not healthy, somebody says it is, which makes me think they are talking about different types. If anybody here is proficient in ready to eat soups, can you tell the difference and if there are healthy brands?

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As you can easily imagine, the modern commercial food distribution system is a colossal industry.

They receive literally thousands of new recipes every single day. Many of them are quite excellent. However, after selecting one of these recipes as a starting point, the industry must then redesign the food in question so as to enable mass production, mass distribution, and the extended shelf life of the meal. There are also a huge amount of health regulations that have to be complied with. Even selecting candidates from the incoming recipes is a major undertaking. It's risky as hell to commit money in advance on this scale, with no clear picture of the final outcome.

This whole process is conducted at the industry level by teams of specialists who do just this job full time. By the time they have finished the process of making this food supermarket compatible for large scale production, the original product has all but vanished and the final product, which will also continue to evolve, is all that remains.

More often than not, the final product is quite lethal for human consumption, just not immediately so. It will have a great shelf life, a presentable appearance, and an entirely artificial synthetic flavor. Nothing offensive for the consumer to see. Tens of millions of dollars will have already been spent bringing this one food item to market in this new format. Even then, they will test this in a handful of markets, before finally gearing up to full production.

Now, you can eat that frankensoup mystery product, which will probably give you cancer, regardless of it's label, or you can make your own much tastier, healthier, and cheaper soup, if you are willing to chop up a few fresh vegetables on your own.