The Best Supermarket Broth
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Ingredient expert Jack Bishop explores the world of broths to pick out our winning choices for chicken, vegetarian, and beef …
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The ones with the highest protein on the label are best and the organic better than bouillon products are also pretty good .
Nothing but MSG. So sad.
Very helpful!
I'll stick with home made.
I always use Better than Bouillon!
For BTB, a little bit (1/4 – 1/2 tsp) goes a long way.
I only use organic and products that don’t contain artificial ingredients. So these are off the list. I suspect they were your sponsors.
I guess they were right after all, no matter what it is "it tastes like chicken".
Better than Bouillon is legit good. Used it for awhile.
None of the chosen broths would make it into my cart.
I usually use Swanson if I am using the liquid broth. When it comes to the bouillon types, I prefer the LB Jamison soup base for chicken or beef.
I tried the BTB chicken base and I thought it had odd/off flavors. All I am after is the broth flavor, I will add my own seasoning.
I do like the turkey BTB to stretch the made from scratch Thanksgiving gravy a little.
my mother used 'better than bouillon' back in the early 1970s, and i've used it ever since leaving home. i keep the chicken and beef jars in my fridge at all times. you cant go wrong with this.
Better Than Bullion: bought it at Costco. It spoiled before I could use a whole jar (of three). Yet, it's so salty that I didn't want to use it. I love salt, my friends have commented over the years about it. I keep a salt shaker on my desk and refill it every couple of months. It's not better than bullion, not to me, my wife or anyone we know. I read a comment below that Costco has a reduced salt version. I will try that.
Knorr.
Thank You.
These are mostly CRAP. There are a good number of organic chicken bone broths available at Fresh Market, Trader Joes, Whole Foods
1) Nothing beats “Better Than Bouillon” but everyone I know used the “REDUCED SODIUM” version. 2) But I’ve never refrigerated this product in decades of use, and I use almost all their bouillon flavors. 3) I use a scale with grams and notes my recipes this way. It makes such a difference. 3) Thank you for the vegan info! I sometimes cook vegan and don’t love the “Better Than Bouillon” and am excited to try the Orrington one. Wow, it’s got 5 stars on Amazon! It’s listed in bulk, and a low sodium since this is such an easy way to add excessive sodium to a diet. 5) I would also add “Knorr Caldo De Pollo – Chicken” (and I also like the tomato). I learned about it through Crouton Crackerjacks recipe for Mexican Rice (I really recommend it, so easy and so yummy).
Better than Bullion is very good, but if you are sensitive to msg, yeast extract is another name for it. I suffer from headaches caused by msg so, unfortunately, that's out for me. I'm really bummed.
Is there any real flavor or culinary distinction between a stock and a bone broth?
I was working in a small Cafe where we used "Custom Culinary Gold Label Roasted Chicken Base" AMAZING STUFF! Most homemade isn't as good, however it is only available through restaurant food distributors – and you usually need to buy a case.
At the time, I saw Better Than Bouillion on the Supermarket shelf and took it home to try. Dreadfully nasty stuff – tossed in the trash and went back to Knorr Cubes. However, I noticed in this video, that the label is different and says "Premium". I may give this another try.
If you have access to a specialty food shop or a restaurant supply house with a public store, or something like GFS, "Minors" chicken base is equivalent to most homemade. But if you can lay your hands on the Custom Culinary – wow! (Of course this was 15 years ago, so they, like so many manufacturers, could have dropped their quality a bit – but I hope not. Amazon does have it – $27/lb. Most Amazon food products are overpriced IMO.
Thanks!
I’m glad to know that the paste I use and love the flavor is one of the top choices !!!! I discovered it about a year ago at my supermarket … it marks the best broth stock for gravies … 👍🏼
All have MSG, allergy to them
Thanks for your efforts and thanks for your message . But the best way to gather or making this broth for beef, chicken, or any another broth is making it fresh as homemade 😋 and freezing it.
Don’t forget that Better Than Bullion has low sodium stocks too.
Yes after so much trial and error I came to Better Than Bullion and never looked back. What I'd really like to know is what all the other stock brands (besides Swanson's) are so terrible?
MSG and soy aren't worth mentioning?
So glad you reviewed a commonly used grocery product! Thank you!
Yay!!!! I love both the Swanson and the BTB varieties.
I can vouch for better than bouillon beef, and chicken stock, but stay away from their turkey stock, YUCK! Been using these for years, and tried the turkey thinking it would be good also, NOT! 😁👍✌
"I find this can be a little salty" Understatement of the year! While I love the low sodium better than bouillon bases, the full salt stuff has ruined more than one meal for me.
Episode suggestion: when to use chicken broth vs chicken stock vs bone broth!
You guys should include supermarket generic, not just name brands! Trader Joe's and Kroger both have much better chicken broth from Swanson.
I bought some Better Than Bouillon chicken broth tonight and I noticed that the store had a reduced salt version. It has 25% less salt. The best way to spot it is look for dark blue on the label where it’s normally black. Also, the BTB “no beef base” broth is spectacular if you’re cooking for vegetarians. I don’t know how they did it, but it tastes so much like beef broth that most carnivores probably wouldn’t notice it in a recipe.
DO NOT support Swanson!! They are absolute dirtbags supporting Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
MSG
The one I tend to most prefer is Kitchen Basics unsalted. I just tend to prefer to control the saltiness of my recipes, and most broths are too salty to start. Of course, there is Alton Brown's pressure cooker broth recipe… have tried it, and it really is the bomb.
Hydrolyzed soy protein and yeast extract are names for monosodium glutamate. We avoid it as it gives terrible headaches within 5 minutes of eating it. There are other names used for it so they don’t have to tell you it’s msg.
Can you do a best soy sauce?
As a chef I use better than bullion I highly recommend it
Better than bouillon is great. I use it all the time
I'll give BTB a try. I have always been using Minor's concentrate (chicken, beef and ham flavors). It sounds about the same – a paste that you must refrigerate after opening. Lots of sodium though.
But at the end of the day, the best Supermarket broth is the one you like….home made is usually best, but not always convenient or accessible
Love the BTB bases. I actually use their mushroom base most often even though I'm not vegan or vegetarian – versatile and matches well with both meat/poultry and veg dishes.
I only use Kitchen Basics Unsalted Stock. Beef and chiken. Only use them for soups and such when I know I can use all of it. Otherwise I use BTB. Our grocery stores never have the ham, but I can get the others. They add so much flavor. I just add less salt.
Yeah, I was surprised that Swanson won. Yuck.
For leftover liquid stock, freeze in ice cube trays, put in a zip bag and use when making rice, cooking green beans, or when a bit of extra flavor would come in handy.
My options make it easy – our stores have the wide selection of Knorr cubes, or Swanson white box stock. If those are the only 2 options, go for Swanson. 😎
For me it's all about low sodium… I buy what's available.. I'm from the west coast..
Salutations 😋
Great!!
I really appreciate these reviews.