There is a new way to consume Chicken noodle soup This cold and flu season.
Progresso announced last week that it has launched a hard candy version of its chicken and noodle soup called Soup Drops — and that Soup flavored dessert Sold out immediately. But the company assured curious customers that the candy will be back soon.
“Okay, this is so embarrassing…our soup drops sold out before we had a chance to tell you,” Progresso said in a Jan. 16 Instagram post.
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The company added that Soup drops It will be restocked at 9 a.m. Thursday on its website.
Progresso's all-you-can-eat soup is described as “the ultimate soup.” Cold and flu season Comfort,” the company said in a Jan. 16 press release.
Progresso said in an Instagram post that the first batch of Soup Drops sold out the day the product was announced. (general mills)
“We wanted to have a little fun with cold and flu season, and we loved the idea of replicating the warm comfort of Serve soup “As a truly memorable brand experience — hence the launch of the first-ever Progreso Soup Drops,” MC Cummings, vice president and business unit manager for Progreso at General Mills, told Fox News Digital. General Mills is headquartered in Minneapolis.
“Viral chatter has got us excited because people are in on the joke, while understanding nothing provides comfort quite like a bowl of Progresso chicken noodle soup,” Cummings continued.
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The selling price for Soup Drops is $2.49, plus 99 cents for shipping, the news release said. The 20-count pack of Soup Drops comes packaged in a “can that looks exactly like the popular Progresso soup can,” as well as a can of actual chicken noodle soup.
The Soup Drops are sold out but will be available again Thursday morning, the company said. (general mills)
The candy “delivers the delicious, classic flavor of Progreso Chicken Noodle Soup in a form that is sure to appeal to SOUPrise fans — it's a comforting hard candy drop — reminiscent of the comfort you can find in a bowl of Progreso Soup,” the release said.
Progresso confirmed on its Instagram page that Soup Drops are not Vegetarian and gluten-free.
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The drops contain monosodium glutamate, cooked chicken powder, natural and artificial flavour, chicken fat, palm oil, potassium chloride, spices and coloring, citric acid, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, caramel color and maltodextrin.
A study published in 1993 showed that chicken soup contains effective properties in treating colds. (Istock)
A peer-reviewed study conducted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and first published in 1993 found that chicken soup It is considered an effective treatment for colds.
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Dr. Steven Renard, a senior scientist at the center, tested his wife's grandmother's chicken soup recipe in the laboratory — and found that “there are ingredients in common foodstuffs that may have an anti-inflammatory effect.”
