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, 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.
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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)
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]
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] The International Trademark Association's position is that trademarks should always be used as adjectives rather than nouns,[3] which would make the correct plural "cups of Cup-a-Soup soup".