this was my first experience with msg.what a wicked wierd headache i had the next day- i could almost taste it. it was really salty and tasty though- i love sodium in all its forms-but it just affected me the wrong way

I used Soup Starter in the 70's and 80's. Then it disappeared...online a message states that Wylers Mrs. Grass Hearty Soup is Soup Starter renamed (Beef).

I have been looking for Soup Starter also. It came in a heavy paper cannister and I thought it was a Campbells product. Today all the stores have starters that are mush mixes. The Soup Starter had chucks of carrot celery beef and was a great mix.

I am sure Soup Starter was still around in the early 90's (since I only became somewhat of an adult during that time) - I loved Soup Starter and have been scouring store shelves for it - Sure hate that it has disappeared!

How weird that I found this site about 'Soup Starter'. I was just in my local Wal-Mart looking for the 'Stew Starter' version of this product. I'm so sorry to read it's gone but I will look for the 'Mrs. Grass Hearty Soup'. Hopefully I can use it as a good stew base.

Love soup starter from the 80's. I used it for a base for Chicken Lemon soup.. It was great I will try Wylers Mrs Grass Hearty Soup Thanks for the tip.

I developed Homemade Soup Starter in the 80's. It was sold to Beatrice when Swift & Co. was sold to them. It was one of my favorite developments. I reciently saw the Wylers product and it looks much like the original starter but the seasoning was modified and uses less vegetables.

Ok so I am not losing it!! I have searched for past month for Wylers Soup Starter to no avail! Now know it's not out there, keep seeing Bear Creek brand and tried but just not the same....Some things should be left alone, sorry to hear gone.

My mom used soup starter, and I used to LOVE it! She made some great soup!

Use to eat soup starter as a kid. LOVE Mrs. Grass soup mixes but Publix quit carrying them and you are right, Bear Creek brand doesn't compare. Amazon has the homestyle chicken noodle as an option but it is sold out. I found another site that sells it by the case, 8 packs, for about $32. I think it was factorydirect.com or factoryfooddirect.com. I'll post again if this isn't right. Mrs. Grass is a Wyler's product, which is part of Heinz. You can go to either wylers or mrs. grass website and there is a phone number to call. There are all other types of flavors besides chicken noodle, also.

I want my Chicken Soup Starter back! My family and I loved that stuff. Why someone needs to improve things that are so enjoyable? I can't find anywhere in the Asheville, NC area Wyler's Soup. Tried once Bear Creek and well, I won't comment besides Bear Creek is no way near what Soup Starter used to be. I want my Soup Starter back. Is anyone listening?

Almost beat up the store manager when I couldn't find my Soup Starter and only found Bear (yukky) Creek. He told me if I could find a code for it he would order it. What happened? Why don't they leave the good stuff alone?

I have been also looking for Soup Starter, would somebody please order this goOd soup starter

I called Hienz and they told me super target or sweetbay supermarkets carry soup starter or ask the manager to order it.

Was cleaning out my pantry and found Wyler's Soup Starter mix, three of them, with expiration dates of Aug 2000! Wonder if they are still good, never been opened. We loved them.

Beef Barley was our favorite. Looked for it for years. At first thought local stores stopped carrying it--then figured it was gone for good! Would also like to see it come back. Just like everything--good stuff gets axed!

Best soup starter ever. I am so please to read that there are others out there to remember this product. It should be brought back.

I remember my mom making this. Something about it tasted off.

I have been looking for this product as well! It's great to see that I am not the only one who loved this product growing up. It was so convient for us who just wanted to throw everything in a pot and let it cook to perfection!!!!! Why oh why take it away??????

Soup starter was great. Start with some fresh chicken and it was unbeatable. But like so many GOOD things its gone forever. One wonders why. It was like the old "Itza Pizza" frozen pizzas, the only ones that tasted good. The premium RC cola, Ppepsi throwback coke C-2.

I am glad to see that I am not the only one wondering what happened to Soup Starter and Stew Starter. I really miss these products! Please bring them back.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED chicken soup starter..... I want it so bad in the winter :(..... please come back!!! I don't mind MSG

After giving up hope, I recently found my family's recipe for "Italian Soup." I was so delighted, but sigh, the base of it is made using "soup starter"...was wondering how "Wylers, Mrs. Grass Hearty Soup" compares..any comments? :)

My family also greatly misses Soup Starter. Our favorite was the chicken noodle. I always used it as a base and added from there. My children are grown up now, but daughter called today and said that her sons and she have a cold and would love to have some. I thought maybe I could find something out about it on the web. If there are these many people that love it just on this site, there must be loads of others out there that feel the same way. Surely something could be done to bring it back. I would even be willing to pay more for it than we used to.

I also have been looking unsuccessfully for Soup Starter. My family just enjoyed it so much. I bought the Bear Creek brand today but after reading these comments I have a feeling it is not going to be the same. Bring Soup Starter back!

Please bring back soup starter. If you do I'll buy a lifetime supply, though I'm now 66, but still. My favorite IS chicken noodle, yum yum....I miss it so. This is getting mushy so that's it from me. bobi

I loved Soup Starter and the Vegetable Beef was my favorite. Was just looking for it today as this is the first cold day of fall and can't find it anywhere. Glad to have found that others out there are missing it too. PLEASE bring our Soup Starters back, we miss you.

We used the soup starter for years. It made the best soup when you added to it. I assume that it was competing to much with their can soups and they stoped making it. What a shame. We have tried some of the others and they just don't cut it. We have had some success (still not the same)using a beef stew seasoning mix and adding our own stew meat, cabbage, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, carrots, green beans and etc to make vegetable soup.

Oh no! After searching three-five area grocery stores I bought BEAR CREEK.It's for dinner. I hope it's eatable. Bring Back Soup Starter, the best and nutrious.

Soup Starter was my fav thing to use in the crockpot.. dump in chicken the mix.. and bingo.. had such a great soup to come home too.. Bear Creek is no comparison. Some things I agree should be left alone. Bring it back!

I used to make turkey soup with leftover Thanksgiving turkey and soup starter. I loved this stuff! bring it back.

..what a rip!! Soup Starter used to be a winter ritual for me..it was also great on ski trips, etc. when a bunch of guys would take off and have to fend for ourselves..brown meat, put in water and SS-an hour and a half later you had a hearty soup almost as good as homemade and much easier to make..dang..

I have been going out of my mind trying to find the beef barley beef stew starter. Then I finally asked the store manager about it and he told me it was discontinued. Of course I thought he just meant the store discontinued it until I looked it up online and found this page. Has anyone tried the Wylers, Mrs. Grass beef veg.? Any idea how the cooking times will change if I still add browned beef chunks? I grew up on the old stuff. It was a wintertime tradition that I have carried on with my own children and now...there is no more. :-( Please Bring It Back!!!

What do we need to do to get Soup Starter back on the shelves?

I remember eating chicken soup starter as a kid, it was the best. Why cant you just bring it back? The other soup starters out today just don't match up, not even close. Come on, bring it back for one month.

I think of Soup Starter, and Stew Starter, often, especially this time of year when we always have turkey leftovers. If I were younger, I'd make a career of bringing both of them back!

P.S. Just went to Wyler's website, and they say their "Wyler's Mrs. Grass" soups were formerly Soup Starter! I'm heading to the store to find out! Perhaps were back to the good old days!

Eveey year I try Mrs.Grass or the Bear one whatever it's called, to make turkey soup after Thanksgiving and every year I'm disappointed. Nothing out there holds a candle to the original chicken noodle Soup Starter. I'm so sad it's gone!

I have added Wyler's Beef Stew Starter (origionally in the cardboard cannister, now the envelope) as just one of many incrediants to my large pot of beef stew for 20 years. I'm so sad it's gone. Wyler's should learn (and benefit) from this. What are we going to do if they ever stop making Coca-Cola, Heinz Ketchup, Skippy Peanut Butter or McDonalds French Fries. ;-) Jim San Diego CA roadwarior@cox.net

Just read the back of the last package we kept. It is distributed by Heinz and there is a toll free # to call for comments about Wyler's. It is: 888-337-2420 The UPC CODE is: 0 41258 22819 8 Be sure to mention the old cardboard cannister (just to make sure it's about the same product! I'll be calling them first thing Monday!

just tried Bear Creek chicken noodle soup mix and it can not compare to the original soup starter in the tall cannister

I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR EVERYONE! Heinz is still making the WYLER'S (MRS. GRASS) BEEF SOUP STARTER . . . or STEW STARTER. They said it's called Mr. Grass now. They are sending me a list of stores in my area that I should be able to find it at and also mailing me some coupons! All you need to do is call the 888- toll free number that I gave two e-mails ago. Good hunting! :-)

Much to my wife and I horror, I found out that they no longer make Soup Starter. It really was a great winter time meal. Well, as I head off to the store, I'll try one of the other brands. Hope we're not disappointed... Please bring back the Original Soup Starter!!!

Soup Starter, as I recall, was made by Bordens. At least that is who made some ancient canisters I found in the cupboard. Bordens Soup Starter was bought out by Wylers which later merged with Mrs Grass. Todays product is marketed in a pouch under the Wylers / Mrs Grass name. There are less dehydrated vegetables and noodles in the current mix. I make it using approx a pound of cut up boneless skinless chicken breast. (You can cook up whatever chicken suits your taste.) I add about a half a can or about half cup of mixed vegetables to the mix. Again, adjust the vegetables to suit your taste. You can also add some extra noodles as well. Cook acording the the package directions. It is still VERY good this way. For Vegetable Beef soup, I use the wylers /Mrs Grass vegetable beef soup mix. I add about a pound of inexpensive beef (chuck for example) trimmed and cut up. I add a bit of quick cook barley and about half a can (or frozen) mixed vegetables . NOw here is the best part. Add about 6 oz of tomato sauce to the soup mix. This makes an EXCELLENT vegrtable beef soup.

I might mention to my above comment. I am single and I look for quick and easy ways to make good quality foods without a lot of time and hassle. The suggestions above are based on that premise. The key to using these products is to use them as a "base" or Starter and them "Make it your own" with your additions and preparation. Obviously it can be made even better if you cook up chicken stock or beef stock and go from there. You can certainly add fresh vegetables as well. Some cut up celery is good in the chicken soup..... however you like it. Even using my quick and simple ingredients and preparation, I get a good tasting soup that is BETTER than almost ANY restaurant soup I have ordered. I keep coast down and it comes in at a lot more soup at a lot lower price than the restaurant soups as well. It tastes better and costs less than most good quality canned soups as well. Give it a try!

PRAISE THE LORD! You folks have done the work for me. Went looking for the Beef Stew Sarter after purchasing the meat . . . and could not find any. Store Manager said not available anymore. I cried! Now I contacting Heinz!!! Thanks to you other soup lovers! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!

Like many of you, I have searched high and low for Stew Starter for years now, especially when the weather gets cool. The last time I recall being able to find it was in the mid 90's. Thanks to Mr. James Gingle who posted in early December, I was able to contact Heinz and verify the new name and upc code. Unfortunately, according to Heinz no stores in my are carry it, but, armed with the upc code I plan on requesting Publix to order it for me. "THANK YOU ALL" for starting this thread! "HAPPY NEW YEAR"

I think it is a conspiracy by the "other" soup companies, Progresso and Campbells that our beloved Soup Starter in the cardboard box is gone. They dont want us making our own soup, they want us to buy there prepared caned stuff - Maybe I will go to one of those outdoor world stores to see what kind of Freeze Dried soups they have -

Will someone please post a picture of Soup Starter on this site. I have two nieces who use to visit my mom who is deseased, and everytime they came, all she would ever fix was soup starter. I would love to hold this picture up at our family get togethers one day and record the reaction from all her grandchildren. I bet Cambell soup would bring it back with a commercial just on their reaction alone. Please post a picture.

I can't find Mrs Grass goulash noodles anywhere. I use them all the time. Can you help me find them. I have looked everywhere and I see on the internet that others are also looking for them. You other noodles won't do for this meal . too narrow. Help.

I cannot believe I found this website and all of your comments!!! Okay, from what I am hearing, Mrs. Grass is comparable and add a few additional ingredients...which is what I used to do anyway. As for your Mary, I will look in some old, old magazines I have...perhaps a picture will be in there and I will post it for you.

I too have looked for Vegetable Soup Starter,for several months, and couldn't find it in local store that used to carry it(Walmart,Hays)but I called this morning and the customer service gave me 3 stores in next town that have it. I used the Bear Creek last night, and so disappointed with it, just didn't have the correct taste, and Tony Chachree seasoning,more salt and pepper, and finally got it where we could eat it, but still not the great taste. Love Mrs.Grass Hearty Beef soup starter.

I always thought my Mother just made the best soup in the world. Her secret was using beef soup starter and all fresh veggies from her garden. Last year I went to several stores in Raleigh to find the product. No Soup Starter anywhere, but instead a new guy called Bear Creek. I brought the mix home and was very disappointed, no aroma, no taste, no Soup Starter. What in the world? My mother is gone now and so is her secret family recipe.

I remember Soup Starter from the 70's and 80's. Beef Barley was what I remember. All you had to do is add meat and water. It was wonderful!! Bring it back, please!

I loved the chicken soup starter, made it several times a year. If they brought it back it would be a money maker, they could charge more(inflation included) and definately not lose. I'd probably buy the store out due to fear of it being off the shelves again. Now that my 4 kids are grown they want it also to feed to their kids. There is a good market out there, I'm surprised they don't listen to us, the public. I refuse to eat that mush they call soup that's in a can.

I have been looking for anything like stew starter out there,to no avail I am going to try the 1-800 number tomorrow just to see if they can give me any more info than I already have. Wyler's, Please bring it back.

I went looking for homemade soup starter and found a great commercial on youtube from 1980

I have posted a few images of Soup Starter.. I hope the Editor's, put them up.. I

It's funny that I was just thinking about the great dried product earlier tonight. I asked about it on my FB.

My Mom used Soup Starter in the canisters and it was the best, especially the chicken and rice one. I have not found anything comparable to it since. I wish they would bring it back. Wylers, Bear Creek and Mrs.grass are nothing like it. They always seem to change things when you find what you really like. Please bring it back as is was the best.

My dad worked for the company that made it. I used it a lot in college. I remember being involved in the the production for one of the Marketing test Markets. I agree it was a great resource. Just add water and a little beef and chicken and you're good.

I was absolutely fascinated by the rehydration process.I used it with venison(which I wasn't very fond of)and really liked it.I didn't believe one can would make that much soup!

Why did they EVER stop making Soup Starter? I know I'm not the only one who would still like to purchase it. Beef Barley was my favorite.

This is great, I loved that stuff. 30 years ago I had this nomad friend, used to travel all over the place. Three times in a row, over a long period, I made soup using Soupstarter and every single time, my buddy Cec would show up, out of the blue. It became a good joke between us, all I had to do was make Soupstarter and he'd come a running. Wish they had left that stuff on the shelf..along with Chun King dinners, the two cans you mixed with hard noodles...

I loved Borden's Soup Starter. I will try the new brands, but I have my doubts that they will be as tasty. Also, my family loved Pet, Inc.'s Compliment cooking sauce, especially the one for pork. Does anyone know of a comparable product, or how to make something similar? The companies have great products, sell out to other companies, and the "good stuff" gets dropped by the wayside. If they aren't going to make it anymore, why don't they just sell us the recipes, like maybe even in a cookbook?

Soup Starter was the best soup ever to make in a crock pot or over the stove and great for busy working people! You need to bring it back on the shelves. The other brands DO not hold a candle to Soup Starter!

Pleeeeez bring back the original SOUP STARTER!!!! Don't put msg and other garbabge in it.

I looked everywhere for our beloved 80's family staple, Soup Starter, to feed the family tonight..to no avail..I found Wylers Beef Vegetable...the pasta in it was very mushy when we served this up...I added carrots, celery, potatoes, beef. I sent a comment to Wylers regarding the pasta results. This is no where near what Soup Starter in the canister was..sad face !

Unless it was detrimental to our health, please bring the old soup starter back.. haven't found anything else comparable to it.

Can you tell me why stores do not carry the beef vegetable soup starter any more. Do you still make it and where can i get it?

Yes please bring back Soup Starter! Everything else I've tried doesn't compare. All the flavors were good, used the beef a lot. I miss seeing the canister on the shelf and my family sure misses eating it.

I just found Wylers "Mrs Grass" Hearty- Homestyle Beef Stew. According to the lady that I talked to at Wylers, this is the original "Soup Starter" (beef) mix. The Upc code is 0 41258 22819 8; Its available at Winco Foods and most Kroger Stores (and affiliates); Enjoy

I love the Soup Starter for making beef vegetable soup. I have looked everywhere for it. When I found out it was now called Mrs Grass, I called their website number and found out the closest place to buy it is 75 miles from me.That is insane. I do not want to buy a whole case of it online. Does anyone know anyplace that would sell 1 package of ot and mail it to me in Florida>

Does anyone recall who made the soup and stew starter? That was the best stuff on the market. Loved them both. is the Wylers the same stuff?

Just bought and made Mrs Grass Chicken Soup, not the same as the old soup starter. Never could find vegetable beef that was my favorite.

Does anyone know if Soup Starter can be bought anywhere?

I used to love adding ground beef and macaroni to the veg beef soup starter. I made some for my boss at the pub I worked at during college and he loved it so much he added it to the menu, Customers raved.

So I just spent the last 3 hours in 3 different grocery stores looking for the Stew Version of soup starter and of course didnt find it. Came home and typed soup starter in my bing bar and found this site. Good to know I wasnt going crazy! Its too bad they did away with the product. I see I wasnt the only 1 who loved it!

I love the chicken soup starter but i love the chili even more. Why can't the companies leve things alone when they are good AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM.

Laurie, that is how I remember eating it as well growing up. We would use hamburger meat and put it on noodles - sooo goood!! Miss that! :-(

I have been looking for Vegetable Beef Soup Starter forever. I can't believe they stopped making it. It was a great dinner for those busy nites when my kids were little.... PLEASE bring it back!!! I also would like to know if there is anywhere this can be bought....

I Can not beliv so many are lookingfor the original soup starter products. Is anybody in the food industry listening? Was the best.

I'm with you Brigitte is there anyone listening. This was the best soup mix ever. Does anyone know the company that made it!

Omg I want my Soup Starter too!!! All I ever see is Bear Creek and it is nasty! I thought Publix and Kroger simply quit carrying it! Didn't realize it was no longer made. Nooooo!

I MISS SOUP STARTER!! I created a page for it on fb lol I really wish they had never stopped making this product, it was my favorite!!!

ME TOO!!!!! PLEASE carry it again! SPROUTS??? HEB?! ANY STORE HERE IN AUSTIN TEXAS!!!

I'm looking for Soup Starter too! I just added beef stew cubes and the family loved it. It was an easy, taste like homemade, dinner. Guess I'll have to try Mrs. Grass.

There must be a warehouse somewhere that has a stock of soup starter and with all the msg in it it would still be good. Nothing will never be as good as it. None here in the Boston, MA area!!!

What happened to my comment? It disappeared for some reason! Anyway, I had said in my previous comment that my whole family loved Soup Starter and our favorite was the Vegetable Beef. I wish they still made it because I would certainly buy it! It was great to have on a cold night!

I too, have been hunting for Souper Starter by Wylers. It was the best-chicken or vegetable beef! I am so disappointment to read it is not made anymore. I brought it right thur the 80's, 90's and even early 2000's. I thought maybe it was just my area and so went to the internet to see if I could get it online. All other brands are just not good at all. I started with Soup Starter and always added my fresh veggies in with it. It was great.

I too have been looking in every store for the Beef Vegetable Soup or Stew Starter to no avail. That canister was always on the self back in the 70's. It always smelled so good cooking and then eating it was even better even with the MSG. I'm still alive so it could not have been that bad for you!

I tried the Mrs. Grass Stew Starter today. It's not the same, and not even very good. I won't buy it again. I miss the real Stew Starer.

I bought the Mrs. Grass vegetable beef soup at the local WinCo and fed it to my family. Just like the old Soup Starter, MSG was listed on the ingredient list. I must say, it was pretty close to what I remember growing up, but just not the same. I guess it is better than nothing, though.

I am so relieved to have discovered this site and read everyone's comments about Soup Starter. I honestly don't get why some beloved products are so suddenly discontinued. Would be nice if some company historian could comment here as to why they would not keep products that so many enjoy. Would love to see this product (especially the Beef) brought back in it's original form. One can hope.

Soup starter soooooooooooo good we had it with french bread tosted is this too gone with the wind. I hope not

Back in the 80's I used generic soup starter from HEB that had dehydrated vegetables alls you had to do is add the meat. I also added non dehydrated vegetables as well. This was the perfect meal. I would put it in the crock pot in the morning and by the time I was home it was ready. I have been searching for it as well it was really good and inexpensive and for a single guy who worked 2 jobs and didn't spend time in the kitchen it was perfect.

Believe me, enough people ask for it - it will come back!!! Remember all of the vintage candy we bought as kids?! It's all coming back - I was born in 71 and like all of you, LOVED Beef Barley Soup Starter. MMMMM - My Mom made it ALL the time. I'm hoping some manufacturer will listen, and bring it back!!! :: keeping fingers crossed::

The soup starter mixes were great!... I also remember a product called Roast and Boast. It had a browning bag supplied. Add the meat and vegetables. Seal, Bake and perfection! As far as I am concerned, If it works, keep it on the market.

I have the Bear Creek.. going to try it today, not to sure about it. Wish Don Alden being he is saying he developed it would take it to Cambells's or someone and re market it.. I loved it.. my boys did to, My daddy called the veg one bear soup!

I was raised on soup starter and I have looked everywhere for it then I came across this site to find out that it isn't made anymore....I'm truly disgusted..it was great tasting wonderful to smell they need to bring it back.

I received an email from Beatrice Foods stating that it was sold to Borden,Inc. in 1987, then to H.J. Heinz in 2001. The contact info is H.J. Heinz Company,LP. 357 Sixth Avenue Pittsburg, PA. 15222. Or 1 PPG PL,Ste 3100 Pittsburgh, PA. Tel: 412 456 5700. I just got this info today and haven't contacted Heinz yet. Let's start a campaign!!

FYI: Mrs Grass homestyle chicken soup in the pouch/bag IS Wylers Soup starter that was in the canister

I being from Texas City, Tx went to Kroger and HEB looking for Wylers Soup Starter mix only to be told that they haven't seen it in some time and was told to try the new Recipe Starter. Nothing what I wa looking for. Then I was looking up on internet and found this page only to find they no more make the product. It was great. Helped create a meal especially during the fall weather when wet and cold. Please bring it back.

No more Soup Starter? Please say it isn't true. Why is it when an excellent product comes on the market it soon disappears? This is NOT fair to loyal customers. The vegetable beef was superior and I used to make it at least once a month. I am getting so tired of products disappearing off the market - as the saying goes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." All of the comments on this page should indicate to someone in your company that you made a horrible mistake by eliminating this product - it's a no-brainer. BRING IT BACK!!!

Yea, my feelings are hurt too just knowing that my worst fears are true. I fell in love with it too back in 80's early 90's. Chicken soup starter, jiffy corn bread, real butter, and a glass of iced tea on a cold winters day. Oh boy" by spring I would be faaatttt!

I just sent my guy to the grocery store to pick up a canister of Soup Starter - Split Pea Soup. I showed him a cardboard canister of bread crumbs and told him, "It will be packaged like this." He called and said that he looked in the soup aisle and the dried goods aisle and no luck. So I thought I'd find a store that carried it online & found this instead. Canned split pea soup...I don't think so! He is bringing me the ingredients and we will give it a try. How sad that they stopped selling what was a great product.

I am so sorry to hear that Soup Starter has been discontinued. Why? My family enjoyed it so much, and it was on our table once a week, with salad and garlic bread. Our favorite was the Chicken Noodle, and there is nothing on the market now, that even compares to Soup Starter. Please consider re-entering it on the market shelves. We all would be so appreciative! Please!

OMG, here it is....I was thining ONLY my family ate Soup Starter (Beef or Chicken)..... Had I known as a little girl that Soup Starter would no longer be available one day, I would have clean ShopRites's shelves and bought TONS....Heck with an expiration date.....LOL Has ANYONE tired, bought Mrs or Mr. Grass Hearty Soup Starter???? Before I go raiding stores looking for it, I need to know if it's even worth it.....

Started the ad campaign. Best ad I very did. Peggey left me becaue I was cheating.

Yes, The Mrs. Grass: Hearty Soup Mix, Homestyle Bef Stew, IS THE EXACT Same. I grew Up on this in eighties and have been persistent enough to find it everytime its been sold or repackaged. Ask your store to order it special, or look it up by the Name I provided

beef barley was my favorite go-to soup for these Michigan winters. made it in the 70s ND MY FAMILY LOVED IT, TOO. I'd buy a hundred containers if I could find it.

Yes, it is the same! To all those wondering, I confirmed some time ago with the manufacturer that the Mrs. Grass mix is the same as the old "Soup Starter" mix. It is just as fabulous (with meat and addl spices/veggies added of course!)! Fyi, to those in the Raleigh NC area, it is available as Lowes Foods. **For those in Florida, I used to buy it at Winn-Dixie, after Publix stopped carrying it.

Oh boy, does this bring back memories. I loved tossing a few chicken legs into the chicken & rice mix. These days, the Alessi soup mixes are generally rated as good by Amazon shoppers and I've enjoyed their Sicilain chicken noodle soup.

One of my coworkers was telling me about this great slow cooker chicken and dumplings recipe she got at allrecipes.com. It reminded me of the Soup Starter my Grandma used to make when I was a kid. She used to drop dumpings on top of it and it was sooooo fabulous! I got home from work and started my quest to see if Soup Starter was still out there. On my way to the store now to check for that Mrs. Grass stuff. Ahh, memories!!

I am 70 and raised my children on Wyler's as I was a single, working mom. Please say it isn't so. I don't cook much anymore for myself - this soup was a godsend and would be again. I tried to make it from scratch, but (and I hate to say this) Wyler's was better!!!

Mrs. Grass Can't be the original soup starter renamed, it existed previously. Nothing is as good as the original. Write to Wyler's (Heinz) and ask for the original back. I did.

Don Alden, do you monitor this website? Have you developed any other products, or thought about marketing Soup Starter yourself?

Just got off the phone with customer service and they told me they halted production of the Wyler's/Mrs. Grass Soup Mix/Soup Starter. Here in the south, it is currently at Kroger and Walmart and starting Mid-November 2013, it should be readily available in most grocery stores. FINALLY...YAY!

Please bring back the original Soup Starter in the canister.

Oh Dear Soup Starter...parting is such sweet sorrow! And here I thought I was the only crazy-town, soup-nazi pining away for my beloved soup mix! And here you are my soup-loving friends. It's a small world, made smaller by the internet. Who knew a dehydrated soup mix from the 70's and 80's could evoke such memories of the only go-to food befitting a cold Winter afternoon after sleigh riding. Sigh. We need a "Bring Back Soup Starter" Facebook Page where everyone can post their favorite memory. OK, Mrs. Grass, here I come - you better be good!!

I just found a container of Borden's Stew Starter in my food closet this morning .. tells you something about me as a hoarder. I knew the product had vanished forever years ago but finding it reminded me of how much I had missed it. I opened the canister. Finding the dried carrots were a deep brown told me that it would be better disposed of but I sure wish I could have had one last taste of that delicious beef stew!! I think I will save the container for a while anyway to remind me how we take certain things for granted but find nothing lasts forever.

I got to thinking about the Soup Starter the other day and agree--if it ain't broke, don't fix it. We loved Soup Starter and Stew Starter. Please bring it back--the other mixes just aren't that good! It was quick, easy and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

My brother-in-law still talks about how good Soup Starter was. Bring it back!!

I guess I am a little late finding out this news,I was in denial just thought shelves had run out. I was also a single mom and my kids LOVED THIS SOUP! I would especially enjoy making the turkey soup with any leftover turkey from holidays.My youngest daughter is 25 and just begged me to make some like whn she was young. Im glad I found this website although very sad for the demise of the old faithful. I will look and try Mrs Grass but uh oh now to break the news to my daughter. Thanks to everyone for all your research and comments. Glad to know Im not alone in missing this great product.

To whoever said they developed this, can you post a recipe so we can just make our own? I would be more than happy to mix up a large batch and separate it in zip lock bags for future use as needed.

I loved Soup Starter as a kid, and when it disappeared from the shelves, I found Mrs. Grass had that same great flavor.I have been making Mrs. Grass about every other week for a very long time. Since December 2013, my local Walmart has not had Mrs. Grass on the shelf. PLEASE don't take away Mrs. Grass too!!

I've been using soup starter for years. Now for the past 3 weeks haven't been able to find it which really sucks. Please bring it back to Virginia.

Can anyone tell me if the seasoning in the beef stew mix (excluding the dried vegetables) are identical to the seasoning in the soup mix? I found one last container of soup starter, and I woner if I can use it to make beef stew?

why on earth would you discontinue such a good and popular product as the soup starter mix? There is no other that compares to it. Please bring it back!

My grown son swears that soup starter(chicken)has medicinal properties.He still wants me to make it when he is ill.I cannot duplicate the original.

I loved Soup Starter Hearty Chicken Vegetable mix! It was perfect every time! Made it quite often in the 70's and 80's. Always on my shopping list! I did not know until reading the above comments what happened to it. You are all correct. Nothing on the market compares to it today! My husband, and kids always finished every drop. The best home made soup ever! I would definitely buy TONS of it if they brought it back!

my whole family loved stew starter. It smelled sooo good when it was cooking. It was so easy just to add a few more vegetables and let simmer. I never tried the soup starter but it sounds like that was excellent too. I'm going to call Wyler. Maybe if enough of us call they will bring it back.

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Please bring back the original soup starter in canister. It was always on my shelf in kitchen and it was so good. Miss it so much please pay attention to us all and bring this back to us. Be glad it was so well loved and give it back please.

To let yall know I just called Heinz and requested this soup starter be brought back and also would someone from company please come post to everyone here if they will ever bring back and if not why since it has been a staple loved by so many. Hope they post to us but you never know. I just want original soup starter back. Thanks

I want my SOUP STARTER (BEEF) BACK! Please please please I will buy a case every month!Just please bring it back!

I got my recipe down in Arizona. It was called Chicken Tortilla Soup. It called for chicken noodle soup starter it was in a canister, green chilies, frozen mixed veg. can tomatoes. When serving we added tortilla chips and grated cheese. I think I'm going to go on a hunt we have a lot of good stores here and I'll see if I can get them to look into it.

I really miss the stew starter, We use to make big pots of this stew and all the kids from around the block would come and eat. It was a big hit,Tell your Marketing big wig's that they should bring this product back, if nothing else sell it on line. See what kind of response you get.

H E L L O F O O D I N D U S T R Y: There are an awful lot of us who want soup starter back! Mrs. Grass s edible and Bear Creek was not even that!!!!!

Yes please bring back or at least make it available on line,I know lots of people who would order by the case. Winter is just around the corner!!!!!!!!! Soup Starter --- Beef.Stew and Chicke(bring them back

I can't add much more to this except I feel the same way about wanting it back. There just isn't anything else in the stores that compare to Soup Starter.

I went looking for soup starter and was very disappointed to find it was no longer available, I'm in the process of making a pot of beef vegetable soup and i hope it turns out okay without my soup starter. Please bring it back,

Wow! I thought I was the only person going around every city I'd visit searching for the original Soup Starter and Beef Starter. I'm 56 years old now but distinctly remember how good the soup and beef stew tasted when my mom used the starter as a base. Please consider bringing it back!

Last night my husband requested the great soups I Used to make back in the day. A looong time ago. So Tonight I go to Shoprite, and I'm SEARCHING and scouring the shelves, where I know soup starter lives. So I google it while in the aisle, and find it's not made anymore??? There's nothing even remotely close to Soup Starter!Im at a total loss! There's NO WAY my homemade soup that I guess I have to figure out how to make now will come anywhere close to Soup Starter. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is DEEPLY saddened by the loss of this amazing comfort food soup mix! :(

I just came from two different grocery stores look-ing for soup starter, and couldn't find it. At one store one of the workers tryed to help me find it, we looked and still no soup starter. I finally said to him, they proberly don't make it anymore. I wanted to make soup since it has started toget cold here in Georgia. I bought ox tails for the meat, it will not taste the same or good as it would if I had the soup starter mix. After reading a lot of the comments, I am really sad that a good product such as that is not around any more. Another good product that was taken off the shelves years ago, any one remember Axion for cleaning clothes, that was excellent. Thanks for letting me echo my feelings.

My daughter and I both had a craving for this soup at the same time, living in two different states. We've scoured supermarket shelves and are so disappointed. It's so good to know we're not alone. Don't they know "if it's not broken don't fix it."

I am with all of you that miss Soup Starter. Why indeed. They always take the products that we love and adore. Beef Barley was our favorite. So easy but yet oh so wonderful. Probably the MSG in it had people complaining. I say just don't buy it if you are allergic. Don't punish the rest of us.

Where the hell is my soup starter

BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL SOUP STARTER, PLEASE. WE LOVE IT IN MORGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA.

Get over it people! Soup stock is easy to make and better for you than Soup Starter which has been gone since the late 70's early 80's! I say bring back Lucky Lager! Now that sumthin to complain bout!

EZT: You are an idiot! And from the sound of it, an alcoholic, too!

@ EZT, amen brother! Soup starter is nothing but ramen on steroids. Make your own, it's not that hard.

I have also used Soup starter for years. I believe that mix became Wyler's Beef vegetable soup mix. That mix became Mrs Grass/Wyler's vegetable soup mix. Not available everywhere but still can be found.

I LOOKED ALL OVER THE WORLD ...and i was saddened to learn im so out of the loop of soup lol ....but for real i looked for soup starter today....only to find bear creek (which sucks !!! ...i used it before)...it is not a substitute for the original ...sadly...

I have looked through over 6 years of comments about Soup Starter Soup Mixes and wonder if anyone reads them? Don Alden if you developed them can you please develop them again? I can't believe such a popular product was discontinued. Such a shame that a healthy product would be discontinued.

Just Echoing all preceding comments: cannot find product, and now cant believe such a staple in every household across America, is gone. Do you know, (Heinz, the manufacturer,),how many hungry, homeless & bare minimum income households you could feed, if you put this fabulous product, back on Supermarket shelves? What's the matter with you? Supply your demanding public, and be rich and be done with it already! Put the damn Soup Starter back on Every Shelf in America, ya greedy, cowardly Humps!!!

Loved the chicken rice soup starter! Made this for my family for years...everyone loved it. Also wondering why take away a good thing?

Loved the Soup and Stew Starter. My family always wants me to make it, so sorry it is gone. Please bring it back. Loved the Soup and Stew Starter. My family is always requesting it. So sorry something so good is off the market. I never understand why that happens when so many desired it. Please bring it back.

I was a guest in a home in the 1970s where soup was served from "soup starter." I was enthralled. It was so good. Seems I recall the cook froze a small amount and reconstituted it again and again as needed. Anybody else do this?

Soup Starter it is gone for over 30 years now. Make your own soup from stock, it is not that hard people!

I loved soup starter but my pick for number one is " stew starter". It was rich in taste and I ciuld put it in my crock pot turn it on and we could eat when we got home. I wush we could still get it. I agree the person who said he developed it should share the recipe , or bring it back

Ezt, you are wrong the original soup starter was not stopped until 2001 when Heinz Co. bought it. I have tried from stock, sorry its not as good. Please bring it back.

YAY! The "Soup Nazi" episode of Seinfeld is on with all of it's Schmoopy glory!

Soup Starter Blend from Little House of Thyme in Colrain MA (google them) is the best of them all. I got some for Christmas and now I'm a regular customer.

I have been looking for Stew Starter forever used to use it ALL the time and loved it.

Been using soup starter for many years , It's still here , samr thing just different names, It's now Mrs. Grass Homestyle Beef Vegetable , Homestyle Beef Stew, Homestyle Chicken Noodle , are the ones I use . GOOD STUFF

OMG I LOVED Soup Starter! I was just thinking about it and found this thread. As a young single mom I would make it and it was sooo good that I once cancelled a date to stay home and make it! Now THAT's loyalty!! Soup Starter and Love Boat & Fantasy Island on Friday night! BRING IT BACK!!

just was talking about soup starter the other day at a lunch with a group of friends. it came up when i was telling the friends that my mom who was a great cook and made soup when shelves didnt have handy things like this. she loved the flavor of seasonings but not dehydrated vegetables. i also loved it. wish it was available now. looks like a lot of others do too.

Place of origin: Kelantan Malaysia for Wyler's Vegetable Beef Soup Starter 10/4/2015?

OMG - I founds my people! Soup Starter for president! My family use to make this over a holiday weekend as a standby easy lunch. The Beef Soup Starter was hands down THE BEST! So sad it's MIA! The memories ...

I agree with everyone else, BRING IT BACK!! I Loved this stuff! Made making a huge pot of soup so easy. I can't believe it's not available any more!!

Please bring it back!!! Back in the 80's I use to throw it in my crock pot with some chicken before i would go to work and supper would be all ready when my family got home and it was the best. I really miss it.

The original soup starter was the best, and now gone. Beechnut and Gerber custard pudding was better than the best...my kids 30 year olds at it along with me ....gone becaue someone did not want us to get fat...and now coffee mate lite is gone...back to the no fat with added plastic in the recipe. WHY DO THE GREAT PRODUCTS KEEP GETTING DISCONTINUED? If it ain't broken....don't fix it.

I used soup starter in the 70's - 2000. I loved the chicken noodle soup starter and nothing compares. I'm still heart broken that it is no longer available. Please bring it back!!

Let me add my 2 cents. Back in the 80's I used Soup Starter to make the best Chicken Noodle Soup EVER!! Add a little canned cream style corn and extra carrots and mushrooms and onions and it was soooooooo goooooood! BRING IT BACK! Somebody!!!!

Please bring it back. I have been looking for years for this product. It was the best.

They invented Soup Starter when I was a young wife and couldn't cook very well. It became my go to food at least once a week. I kind of forgot about it, but my poor old mom is sick and I wanted to make her a big pot of chicken noodle but couldn't find SS at the store. The employees had no clue what I was talking about and pointed me to the Wylers. Didn't know it was the same thing, so I passed on it. Thank you all for the info; I would never have figured out the mystery!!

Hey, everyone: So after reading all your comments I went out and bought a pack of Mrs. Grass Hearty Soup Mix, and a precooked rotisserie chicken per the suggested serving ideas on the package. Guess what - it was freaking AWESOME!! Since the chicken is already cooked, it only took a half hour from start to finish. My mom loved it. If you miss Soup Starter, this is a really great second best, if not a tie.

I miss it too. A big pot of the hamburger beef SS with Pillsbury French bread sticks,,,,my kids loved this meal

This was such a nice last minute meal on workdays when it was cold outside. I miss it, and haven't found that Mrs Grass' is as good. Please bring it back!

I'm looking for anyone who may have any of the old "Soup Starter" original round containers. Any flavor but especially the "Beef" flavor. I am wanting to make my own but need an ingredient list and preparation instructions as I can no longer remember how I made it. Thanks for any assistance.

I miss Soup Starter. Bring it back!!! Please!!!

I was in Arizona on vacation, found wylers, mrs grass homestyle chicken noodle soup. It is almost exactly the same as soup stater, taste wish. It is delicious. Fry's grocery store Carey's it. You can also order it on amazon. Chicken and beef one. Happy cooking!!

There are a lot of Mrs. Grass Soup Starters available on Amazon, however, they must be bought in bulk, like cases or X6 etc. You can also buy the Beef Vegetable and Chicken Noodle on Jet and get as many as you want, get discounts and after a certain amount qualify for free shipping.

If you call Campbells customer service and request that it be brought back they said there would be a good chance. Everything is by the numbers. The more people who show interest the greater the possibility

please, please, bring back the Wylers Stew starter in the original round container or let us the public be able to order it through Amazon. I would buy a case and so would many people I know? It was so quick, easy and yummy. Thank you for your time.

It's the day after Thanksgiving and wanted to do what Mom always did on this day--Soup Starter. Sad to see it's not around anymore. Will try the Wylers. But, my memory of Soup Starter is so clear, nothing will likely be the same.

Please bring back the ORIGINAL soup starter!!!!

I was looking for Soup Starter and ended up here. I did some research about Mrs. Grass on Amazon and found out that the corporate bastards have ruined that product. All the older reviews are positive, but the new ones are angry because they eliminated a flavor egg and replaced it with powder. It's kind of like Lipton's Cup-a-Soup. Just remember, the corporate bastards are greedy and only care about returns to their shareholders. The customer doesn't matter to them. We are only cattle to be herded and slaughtered. It's time for a revolution - death to the corporate bastards and their greed!

all i can say is can someone please bring back the original recipe/...it was the best i have tried the other brands like bear creek nd mrs grass but no comparison why do all the good things go away ? so many things that i grew up with and fed my family are gone or replaced with lesser quality i say if its working why get rid of it!!!

I've often thought, if I could make beef vegetable soup, like my Mom's, I'd eat it everyday...yes, she used "Soup Starter", I think she used one for her chicken noodle soup, too. I used to have reactions to Chinese food that used too much MSG, but, I never had a reaction with Soup Starter. My only reaction now is, I wish we still had it. Love to all of you...I can relate to your pain.

Please consider reinstating the Soup Starter. Used this for years while camping. Over mash potatoes, this was quite an excellent meal and loved by everyone. My children are now 26 and 28. They would like to continue the tradition with their families.

Please bring back the original Stew Starter. Loved this and very easy to make stew!!

I soooo want 'Soup Starter' ... loved the smell and the taste .. well, you all know what I mean! PLEASE bring it back!

My mother use to make this and we loved it.Is it manufactured at all anymore? Is there another soup that taste the same?

I have been looking for the original soup starter for years! It made the best soup and taste so look good. I pray they bring it back so my children can enjoy it as much as I did!!

It is a perfect day cold rainy day for this soup that I miss so much

I cannot understand why they decided not to make this anymore. I always made great soups in the crockpot with Soup Starter. Woe is me.

Like everyone above, I loved Soup Stater in the canister. I used both the beef and chicken for the base of soups and stews. Beef was a favorite...just added diced sautéd stew meat and a bag of frozen mixed veggies. With a hearty bread, it made a perfect easy meal for my family. I agree with the others, I've tried the "replacement" starter mixes but they are skimpy on ingredients and the seasonings are not right. Wish the original recipe were available again. The new stuff has been so altered, it might be legally considered a "new & different product.

Just glad I'm not alone!!!I loved both Soup/Stew Starters & thought I was going NUTZZZZZ when I could no longer find them :( Gone. . . just like THAT!!! There's nothing else that compares. Wish they would bring 'em back.

It was my "secret recipe" for chicken noodle soup! I too wish they would bring it back!

i remember this soup from the 80s, also had one called stew starter where you added stew meat

PLEEEEEEEEEEZE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS GOOD! BRING BACK THE SOUP STARTER IN THE CARDBOARD CANNISTER! IT'S SNOWING IN CINCINNATI AND I WANT TO MAKE A DELICIOUS POT OF SOUP N LIKE I USED TO MAKE WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE GROWING UP! 😣😭

Haven't thought about Soup Starter for years started making my own. But Soup Starter did have a good flavor. Looked for it today in Walmart. Nothing now I realized it was discontinued. Should bring it back. Wanted it for my slow cooker.

I loved the old SoupStarters ... you could follow the instructions, but I liked to add other ingredients ... enhancing the soups or making it thick like a stew. I wish they'd come back with the SoupStarters because they made it so EASY to have a wonderful meal.

My mom used soup starter and I have looked all over for it... if the powers that be are reading this. Please bring it back

Always a favorite with the beef version family camping in the 80’. Still can taste it in my mind. Wish it was still available!

I have read through every comment here, and only seen about three people mentioned the chicken and rice soup starter. That’s the only one my mom ever made and we loved it. It had a very distinctive flavor and taste didn’t it? I think I will try the Wylers from Walmart if I can find a packet. But I’m sure it won’t taste anything near as good as what I remember.

As James Brown used to say,” PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!” What do the masses have to say to bring back this mix. I’d sign a waiver to get it back!

When I was a little girl in the early 90s I remember I used to climb up on a chair and then to the counter to reach up to the cupboard just to open a can of this soup starter (the beef stew one) just to smell it because it smelled so good,the 90s soup starter cans were brown colored instead of white and red 80s label design but it had the same picture of the vegetables and a stew pot but on a brown background, and of course I loved when my mom cooked this beef stew, I thought I just imagined that there was beef stew dry seasoning with dehydrated vegetables sold in can form because all I can find is pictures of soft packets of seasoning these days, but I finally found an internet photo of it! I wish someone would upload a picture of the 1990s can when it was all brown, because I don't remember the can being white and red.

My mom and I were talking about the old soup starter canisters today! Boy how we miss all of the soup starters! I can’t believe they haven’t brought it back! They could make a fortune on this stuff!

My mom and I were talking about the old soup starter canisters today! Boy how we miss all of the soup starters! I can’t believe they haven’t brought it back! They could make a fortune on this stuff!

My mom and I were talking about the old soup starter canisters today! Boy how we miss all of the soup starters! I can’t believe they haven’t brought it back! They could make a fortune on this stuff!

We used to LOVE beef soup starter and now it's gone!!! Bring the original recipe back PLEASE.

Soup Starter was the best product on the shelf in the mid 80s through the early 90s. My wife introduced me and our children to it. It was GREAT! I made a few large kettles of it myself! Why the food industry is bent on serving low quality products and destroying a loved product, I'll never know! Hope whoever controls the patent re-introduces the original product sometime in the future!

I always used soup starter as a base for chicken soup for 5 kids....they all loved it especially when sick...nothing compares!!!!! We all need it back for the next generations of sick kids..and healthy ones!!! ..

I am so happy to have found this page. I have been looking for SOUP STARTER for years and always ask the manger at different grocery stores to try to find it. Olease tell me someone out there is listening to this DEMAND and will bring this product back

Don Alden - Soup Starter Developer - could you give us a recipe or an ingredient list? Would love to recreate this at home. You mentioned that Mrs Grass was similar but they changed the seasonings and used less veggies. This is probably why folks find it lacking. Please help us out if you are legally allowed. Thanks!

I wish you could by Soup Starter. The Beef Barley was the BEST. I tried making it many times and never quite got it. Mr. Alden could you give me the ingredients list. I promise not to share with anyone.

Mr. Alden - PLEASE help us to come close to a recipe for the wonderful Soup Starter soups! Our 40-year-old was coming for a visit and I asked him what childhood favorites I could cook for him. #1 Request - Chicken Noodle Soup Starter! (A blow to my ego, but it WAS a family favorite.)

if it was back in store I would buy it all time.It was best!

Can someone please post a picture of the list of ingredients on the canister of beef vegetable {soup starter} I would really appreciate it, thanks.

why cant they bring it back they would make millions ,i love our old soup starter,,,,i sure hope someone see our post.

Loved soup starter and stew starter. Have stew meat and was thinking how good the old stew starter and soup starters were.

As a young adult I loved soup starter and do starter I recently wanted to make stew starter so I went looking everywhere for it to no avail I had to use some other brand and it sucked!! I’ve felt like a failure somebody bring this product back, as you can see yet make a lot of money at it!!

As a young adult I loved soup starter and stew starter I recently wanted to make stew starter so I went looking everywhere for it to no avail I had to use some other brand and it sucked!! I’ve felt like a failure somebody bring this product back, as you can see yet make a lot of money at it!!

The chicken version is legend in my family. We referred to it as vomit soup. It was truly the most awful thing my mother had ever put on the dinner table; the smell was so off-putting, and the side of it was stomach turning. Nobody could eat it. I don’t recall what we did for dinner that night but it certainly wasn’t eat this. Some memories never die, but I really wish Soup Starter chicken hadn’t lived.

I miss soup starter! It made the best soups! Can’t believe we can’t buy it online! I raised my family on it and have been searching for it for 20 years’

I sure hope someone in the food industry is reading these comments. Our family LOVED soup starter! I used the flavor packet to make the BEST vegetable soup! NOTHING has been the same since this is off the market. Please BRING IT BACK !!!! Even if it's just the flavor packet.

Ive been looking for Soup Starter for years. Where did it go? My mother made it and now me and my sister would love to get our hands on some. It was the best.

I loved using this container of vegetable soup. Then you took it off the shelves. Bring it back, I loved it.

Just found this site. Unless Wylers kept the old "recipe" from Beatrice ,I doubt any of us will be enjoying Soup Starter again. These posts date back 10+ years and no one has cared. I don't buy any Wyler products. I will continue to make my own. So sad since Soup/Stew Starter used to save so much time. Corporation big shots just don't care, they hire a cook, so they don't have to spend time after work in the kitchen

I remember on year we sat down for dinner and my wife had made beef soup starter. We had three kids and an exchange student sitting down. As my wife served the meal one of my kids said there was something in the soup. Turned out there were rehydrated worms in the mix, and not just one or two. Everyone refused to eat it, claimed it was gross. I ate my bowl, wasn't going to pass up extra protein. My kids to this day say I was so gross for eating that soup. I said it tasted good.

On the phone with my 91yo Grandmother today as she reminisced about "Soup Starter" in the cardboard cannisters. It was here secret ingredient for her Chicken Soup I grew up on. Seems there is a market for it to return...

I used Campbell’s soup Starter in the 1980’s-90’s. It was so delicious to start with that and a whole chicken!! I added broth, wine, but mostly water, and veggies to cook chicken with. Discarded those veggies, when chicken was almost done. Replaced with onion, celery, carrots. Added 1/2 noodles from package. My family absolutely loved it. It was in a canister, like Ruffles, but not as big. Yes, it was Campbell’s. They must have discontinued it. I am trying the best review on Amazon, but I’ve heard they are all together in a box, mixed. I haven’t cooked any homemade Chicken Soup since I couldn’t find the original. I ordered. We’ll see. I am so upset the original is gone!!

I think I cracked the code. Tonight I fixed some chicken Raman noodles I added some left over deer chili. While mixing the ingredients I added onion powder and some garlic seasoning. I included some msg which I had never used before. The taste took me back to when I was a child spending a summer with my aunt when she made the beef soup starter for us. Unreal how food can bring back those memories. First time using msg. But I think it’s the key

Caryn, your comment was filled with profanity, racist language, and pro-Nazi propaganda, so we had to remove it.

Please bring back the original Soup Starter. It was so yummy. Nothing else compares.