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Aunt Hattie's Vegetable Beef

Contains maltodextrin

This dry soup mix combines rice, pasta, barley flakes and vegetables; ground beef or stew meat must be added separately. It has 1,170 mg sodium per serving and includes maltodextrin, caramel color and natural flavoring.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersDairy-freeLow sugarContains soyContains wheatContains corn
$12.95 1 lb · lowest price at All of Us Soup and Dip
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
100caloriesPer serving · 1/6 cup (29g) Dry Mix
Protein
2g
Fiber
2g▲
Added sugar
1g
Sodium
1170mg▼
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Beef base (salt, maltodextrin (from corn), dextrose, rendered beef fat, sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavoring, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), rice (enriched long grain rice, iron (ferric orthophosphate), niacin, thiamin (thiamin mononitrate), folic acid), pasta (semolina (wheat), niacin, iron (ferrous sulfate), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pearled barley flakes, carrots, onion, peas, corn, celery, spice
54 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%51
Ingredients · counts 25%84
Processing · counts 15%30
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 51 · Compared with other ready meals and sauces: more sodium (1170 mg), more fiber (2 g) per 1/6 cup (29g) Dry Mix
Ingredients 84 · Caramel colour (additive, −4); Natural flavours (additive, −4); Disodium inosinate or guanylate (additive, −4); 1 more
Processing 30 · Formulated dry mix includes maltodextrin, flavoring and color.
Sourcing 35 · The mix uses refined ingredients; no sourcing practices are stated.
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list includes unspecified natural flavoring and spice.
1,170 mg sodium per serving
Contains caramel color and natural flavoring
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−16 for caramel colour, natural flavours, disodium inosinate or guanylate and 1 more
Scored Oct 25, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Beef base (salt Maltodextrin (from corn), dextrose, rendered beef fat, sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavoring, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate) Rice (enriched long grain rice Iron (ferric orthophosphate) Niacin Thiamin (thiamin mononitrate), folic acid) Pasta (semolina (wheat) Niacin Iron (ferrous sulfate), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) Pearled barley flakes Carrots Onion Peas Corn Celery Spice
16 ingredients 3 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives6 additives · 6 limited risk
Caramel colour (E150)ColourLimited risk
Some types (E150c, E150d) can contain 4-MEI, which IARC lists as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B); levels are regulated.
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Disodium inosinate or guanylate (E627, E631)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Usually paired with MSG; a source of purines, which people with gout are told to limit.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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