Giveaway & Review: Kettle Cuisine Gluten Free Soups

If you love homemade soup but don't always have time to make it yourself, Kettle Cuisine has the answer. Even if you are following a gluten free diet a great tasting bowl of homemade soup in your choice of ten flavors is never more than 5 minutes away! Kettle Cuisine gluten free soups, chilis, and chowders are made with all natural ingredients which is very obvious when you taste them. They are sold frozen, not canned, to preserve the "from scratch" flavor. Want to taste Kettle Cuisine Soups for yourself? I am GIVING (10) lucky Gluten Free Taste of Home followers (2) coupons each for FREE Kettle Cuisine Soups (redeemable at retailers where Kettle Cuisine Soups are sold)!

My very favorite Kettle Cuisine soup flavor is the gluten free Chicken Soup with Rice Noodles. This comforting classic has the flavorful broth you would expect to taste in your grandmother's homemade chicken noodle soup. This soup is chock full of tender chicken and sweet carrots and has a good proportion of noodles to meat. The rice noodles have a great texture, and are cooked perfectly (not mushy!). The Chicken Soup with Rice Noodles is also my youngest daughter's favorite, who is an extremely picky eater; she finished every last bit of this soup.

The Kettle Cuisine gluten free Clam Chowder is the second runner up as far as favorites go; it has an authentic chowder flavor, and a generous amount of clams. The flavors are rich, and really hit the spot on a cold day.

Third Runner up is the Kettle Cuisine gluten free Organic Mushroom and Potato Soup. This soup has such a fantastic homemade flavor, and is very satisfying. This is healthy comfort food! Although it tastes great as is, I add a dash of cayenne pepper for extra kick and it is terrific!

I love how Kettle Cuisine clearly labels all of its soups, so the consumer knows at a glance if each soup flavor is gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, or low fat.

Kettle Cuisine Q & A:

Are any of your single serving frozen soups gluten free?

All ten varieties of our single serving frozen soups are certified gluten free.
Our founder Jerry Shafir's daughter Kate was diagnosed with Celiac Disease over twenty years ago as a baby and when the FDA finally announced a proposed definition of gluten free for prepared foods Jerry jumped at the opportunity to serve the Celiac Disease community with great tasting, wholesome, real food offerings.


How do you ensure that your gluten free soups are really gluten free?

All of our gluten free soups are cooked in our USDA inspected kitchen in Chelsea, Massachusetts. We have instituted strict cooking procedures so that all of these soups are safe to eat for those with gluten allergies and intolerance. We carefully segregate cooking of all gluten free soups and only begin cooking soups containing gluten once gluten free cooking is complete. In addition, we test every batch for less than 5 parts of gluten per million, which is well below the FDA's proposal for 20 parts per million. As a result of these practices, we are proud to be officially certified as a gluten free manufacturer by the Gluten Free Certification Organization (GFCO).

BUY IT:

Visit the "Where to buy" page on the Kettle Cuisine website to find the retailer nearest to you.

WIN IT:

I am GIVING (10) Gluten Free Taste of Home followers (2) Coupons each for FREE Kettle Cuisine Soups (redeemable at retailers where Kettle Cuisine Soups are sold).


TO ENTER GIVEAWAY (mandatory):
Become a Gluten Free Taste of Home follower (must follow PUBLICLY via Google Friend Connect in the side bar of this website) AND visit the Kettle Cuisine website to find the name of a soup (NOT MENTIONED IN THIS REVIEW) that you would love to taste ; LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me that you are now following Gluten Free Taste of Home PUBLICLY via Google Friend Connect, AND also tell me the name of the soup you found on your Kettle Cuisine website visit that you would love to taste . (1 entry)

BONUS ENTRIES: (each entry comment must be entered separately to be a valid entry):

1) Subscribe to the Kettle Cuisine Newsletter (be sure to check the box that says" Please sign me up to receive Kettle Cuisine's Email Newsletter" after filling out their contact form); LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me you did it. (1 entry)


2) Read the"core values" from the About Us page on the Kettle Cuisine website; LEAVE ME A COMMENT naming your favorite core value. (1 entry)


3) Grab my Freebie Fairy button and display it on your website/blog (copy the html code for my button from the sidebar of The Freebie Fairy website and paste the code into your website), and LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me you did it. (1 entry)

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6) Follow my Freebie Fairy giveaway & product review website PUBLICLY via Google Friend Connect (in the right hand sidebar of The Freebie Fairy website) and LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me you did it. (2 entries)

7) Grab my Gluten Free Taste of Home button and display it on your website/blog (copy the html code in the side bar of my Gluten Free Taste of Home website and paste the code into your website), and LEAVE ME A COMMENT telling me you did it. (1 entry)

*GIVEAWAY OPEN TO US ONLY*

Giveaway ends on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. PST (late entries will not be posted). Winners will be selected by random.org. Winners will be notified by e-mail and will have 48 hours to respond before new winners are selected.


*REMEMBER... please leave your e-mail address with EACH entry so I can contact you if you win.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I was not compensated for this review; I received complimentary Kettle Cuisine Soups for review purposes courtesy of Kettle Cuisine. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”


Best of luck!