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Article: ON THE SHELF
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- January 17, 1999
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Here's how commercial chicken broths rate
Call it the dirty little secret of the pantry. Ready-made chicken
broth shows up in an awful lot of places.
Admit it. We all use it. It's fast, it's usually convenient, it
tastes close enough to pass for the real thing.
Or does it? Since commercial chicken broth is such a handy staple
for everything from sauteing vegetables to building rich sauces, we
did a side-by-side comparison of five commercial brands.
The best
- Swanson's 99 Percent Fat-Free Chicken Broth, available in 14.5-
ounce can and 44-ounce box.
Taste: Hands down, the best we tried. Rich, with a definite
flavor of roasted chicken.
Saltiness: Not overwhelming; 490 milligrams in 1/2 cup. ...