We Tasted 10 Chicken Noodle Soups, and This Is the Best

We’re just going to go ahead and say it—there really never is a wrong time for a bowl of chicken noodle soup. No matter the temperature outside, sometimes, your soul just needs a soothing, warming bowl of chicken noodle soup.

But not all chicken noodle soups are created equal—and that’s where we come in.

We shopped for 10 different chicken noodle soups to help you figure out which option is the best. That way, you know exactly what to look for the next time you want a tasty bowl of hot soup. (RELATED: 15 Classic American Desserts That Deserve a Comeback)

How we graded them

To determine which chicken noodle soup gave us the warmest feelings, we heated each one in the microwave and tasted them individually.

No crackers or accompanying sides were present in this tasting. We judged the soups as they came in the packaging, without doctoring them up with any spices or add-ins. We based our rating on three things: noodles, saltiness, and overall flavor.

In alphabetical order, the chicken noodle soups we tried were:

Annie’s Organic Chicken Noodle Soup

Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup

Campbell’s Well Yes! Chicken Noodle Soup

Full Circle Market Organic Chicken Noodle Soup

Healthy Valley Chicken Noodle Soup

Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup

Pacific Chicken Noodle Soup with Chicken Bone Broth

Progresso Reduced Sodium Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup

Trader Joe’s Chicken Soup

Wolfgang Puck Organic Free Range Chicken Noodle Soup

Now, ranked from worst to best, see how these 10 soups stacked up—and which one we named as the absolute best. (Hint: We were shocked by the top choice!)

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