You’re giving yourself more of what you need if you use Paleo soup recipes instead of buying ready-to-eat soups or broths at the grocery store. But if you find yourself in a situation where you have to buy ready-made soup or broth, you can still ensure that you’re getting the best ingredients and none of the bad stuff.
Most canned soups contain gluten, preservatives, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and high sodium levels. Be extra careful to check labels and watch for sneaky names for wheat/gluten or MSG that often find their way into the broths:
Sneaky names for wheat and gluten: If the following ingredients appear on a label, the food may contain wheat and/or gluten:
Artificial flavoring
Bleached flour
Caramel color
Dextrin
Flavorings
Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP)
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
Hydrolyzed wheat protein
Hydrolyzed wheat starch
Malt
Maltodextrin
Modified food starch
Natural flavoring
Seasonings
Soy sauce
Vegetable protein
Vegetable starch
Wheat germ oil
Wheat grass
Wheat protein
Wheat starch
Sneaky names for MSG: If the following ingredients appear on a label, the food contains MSG:
Any “flavors” or “flavoring”
Any hydrolyzed protein
Anything hydrolyzed
Anything ultra-pasteurized
Autolyzed yeast
Barley malt
Calcium caseinate
Calcium glutamate
Carrageenan
Citrate
Citric acid
Gelatin
Glutamate
Glutamic acid
Magnesium glutamate
Malt extract
Maltodextrin
Monoammonium glutamate
Monopotassium glutamate
Monosodium glutamate
Natrium glutamate
Pectin
Protease
Sodium caseinate
Soy protein
Soy protein concentrate
Soy protein isolate
Soy sauce
Soy sauce extract
Textured protein
Whey protein
Whey protein isolate
Yeast extract
Yeast food
Yeast nutrient