Bouillon Cubes VS Soup Base (AKA: cube vs powder)
I've ALWAYS used bouillon cubes for miscellaneous cooking task for as long as I can remember.... they are priceless.... well not anymore. My chicken/beef bouillon cubes are history as of today. Welcome soup base.
Right or wrong I've always looked at the two products as overpriced powdered bouillon on one side and cheap as dirt cubes on the other. I chose the cubes for years. In my mind these products were the exact same just in a different form...... boy was I ever wrong.
I was introduced to beef flavored soup base and food seasoning (aka powdered beef bouillon) as an ingredient in a Hamburger Helper style homemade mix..... the mix turned out to be a versatile keeper and the powdered bouillon has remained in my pantry ever since.... slowly finding its way into lots of my dishes. Reluctently the chicken flavor also founds its way into my Kitchen... remember.... I just considered it an over priced powdered version of the great bouillon cube.
I consider bouillon cubes to all be the same, so I happened to have before me some Spice Supreme Beef Bouillon Cubes at $1.39 for 25 servings (cubes)
VS
Orrington Farms Beef Flavored Soup Base and Food Seasoning (AKA powdered bouillon) at about $4.29 for 45 servings.
The challenge is on:
Economical: soup base wins cause it takes FAR less to get the same results
Healthy: soup base wins again.... just looking at the sodium its 60mg vs 900mg - heck, thats kind of a big difference to me.
Taste: soup base wins yet again...... don't expect flavor from your bouillon cubes.... only additional salt. Soup base has real beef listed high on its ingredient list vs. artificial beef flavor listed near the end. (remember in labeling that the ingredients go from largest to smallest).
So with all this said and done.... goodbye cubes and hello soup base.
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Edited by 2701101 at 05/11/2008 1:17 PM
