How Campbell's Soup Has Stood The Test of Time 

Campbells Tomato soup is the absolute BEST! I’m 50 and grew up eating this soup and dunking grilled cheese sandwiches in it. My mother always used milk instead of water and that’s still the way I make it. I miss you Mom! 😔

I remember they had a low sodium version of the tomato soup that cost more, but if you checked the nutritional facts, it had the same amount of sodium as their regular version of the soup which was cheaper. The low sodium version was low compared to OTHER soups.

"Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite." - Auguste Escoffier

A history of canned food would be great.

As a poor family growing up in the 80s we couldn't even afford canned food. An old next door lady one day brought us like a dozen Campbell canned soups and it was the best thing we ever tasted. I never forgot that feeling of that first canned soup or the nice jester from the lady. Every few months especially during the cold holidays I would just have a warm bowl of canned soup even though I could make fresh soup. The best Campbells soups that I love are the chicken noodle and the Clam Chowder.

The Welch's grape company's story would be interesting to learn about.

0:29 "Melting Snowman" (1993) is a classic Campbell's commercial that ran for a very long time!

10:49 Someone on the internet once said that Warhol simply wanted to show that any items, including everyday items, could be made into art.

It is impressive how timeless Campbells Tomato Soup is. Add some milk, fresh basil, pepper and burn me up a grilled cheese, PERFECT. The chicken soup is still my go to when I get the flu and a can of cream of mushroom is great for all sorts of dishes.

You mention 'aluminium' cans in the 1890s. I think if you check, the first aluminium can was introduced in 1957. In the 1890s they were using tin & steel.

My grandparents both retired from Campbell's in Portage La prairie, Manitoba. It paid well at the time. My mother and her siblings worked in the summer peeling and cutting veggies, too. Tomatoe, mushroom are still staples. My dad used the vegetable soup to make poor man's straws as a kid.

I love this channel and stumbled upon it by accident. I always like to look at the latest stories and the history behind well-known brands and products, well researched and presented in an entertaining way. Keep it up ! With best regards from Austria.

I live in Japan. A couple years back, when I found that they have Campbell's Minestrone Soup, I was ecstatic! Two cans of soup, some meat (hamburger, beef chunks, or pastrami), a large amount of steamed veggies (thinly sliced), a small amount of extra noodles to fill it out, and some additional herbs and spices. Love it! And it feeds a family of 4 for dinner for about two days.

I'm 45 and I grew up eating and still enjoy the tomato, vegetable beef and chicken noodle to this very day☺️

Spaghettios are a staple for me... Very recently though, I was disappointed to learn they discontinued the ones with franks (hot dogs) and have replaced it with Frank's Red Hot sauce! I love Frank's Red Hot but very sad they felt the need to get rid of the mini franks just for shelf space presumably... Now I'm hooked on the meatball Spaghettios instead. 🙂🙂🙂

I haven't been eating many veggies lately. You've inspired me to make a batch of green bean casserole! Of course I have all the ingredients on hand. MMM MMM GOOD! 😋👌😊😁

when its cold and cruddy out in the dead of winter nothing beats a cup/bowl of Campbell's Tomato soup and and a grilled cheese sandwich other than maybe left over meatloaf

Not that it has a lot of history but I would like to see the history of smoking food and how the treager became the house hold name of smokers

I grew up on Cream of Mushroom. Restaurants used to basically serve that stuff, maybe with some additions. Nowadays restaurants actually serve a proper kitchen made mushroom soup absolutely packed with mushroom and bits, but part of me will always miss and crave that old canned soup.

Campbell's soup is the best! We had it all the time when I was a kid, skill have it all the time today!

Nothing beats a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. Pure comfort food.

My two Campbell's soup favorites are Bean and Bacon and New England Clam Chowder

I make most of my soup from scratch. Even the cream soup for hotdish, so many store bought soups contain msg and so much salt. The one I still enjoy from Campbell's is the tomato soup. Perfect with grilled cheese or garlic bread.

There are always cans of Campbell’s-brand soups (chicken noodle and cream of tomato) in my pantry at all times. The only two occasions when they are consumed: 1. when I have a bad cold and want something familiar and utterly devoid of strong flavor; 2. an apocalypse and flesh-eating zombies prevent going out for something much, much better.

I could not live without Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup. I don't just eat it as soup, but use it to cook with constantly.

0:47 The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is all about the Hero's Journey and mythmaking. One of my all-time favorite books!

If ya' mix cream of chicken/cream of mushroom together and mix it into cubed cooked chicken, red/green pepper, chopped yellow onion, and a little splash of worcestershire sauce... You end up with a great topping for rice or pasta. If you put it all in a casserole dish, top it with bread crumbs and cheese and bake in the oven for a bit...oh lordy its so gooooood. My grammie used to cook it.

I always loved having Campbell's tomato soup with my grilled cheese "soldiers" as a kid and in my high-school days during the winter terms. Thanks for uploading and my thanks to lovers of Mr Warhol's painting of the soup can!

My mom made oxtail/vegetable soup. Just a different kind of soup bone, same cut as osso bucco. She grew up in the depression of course. It can be wonderful!

This was great! Thanks for your research! 😊

A+ video! LOVE IT!

Campbell's Soup is just plain good. The labelled ingredients are pretty wholesome overall & don't seem to be loaded down w/ modifiers or preservatives.

I love Bean with Bacon. And, Split Pea. I'll eat 'em cold straight outta the can. Tremendous.

It's a rainy day today, and I think that means tomato soup time!

As a kid I never knew what people saw in Tomato soup. I used to eat my grilled cheese with chicken noodle soup. One day I saw someone eating a grilled cheese with tomato soup, dipping it, and I figured I'd give it a try. I was couldn't believe how good the two went together. Then I started adding bacon and fresh basil to it, and either chicken noodle or tomato soup to go with it.

I think it would be interesting if you haven't already make a video of like the first 5 or 10 American companies that have been in business the longest. I think you have already. Just is pretty cool how a company started out in almost the mid 1800s and is still operational today. Im surprised though that no one from the Campbell family has any ownership, really nothing to show for anything, but the name😢

I love that commercial with the snowman

I remember eating this as a kid for lunch all the time.

I love the narrator of these Weird Histories.

Beef noodle is my favorite. Hopefully they bring it back one day.

Unrelated to this video, but could you do a video on the history of marshmallows and fluff (the New England food)? Love Weird History and Weird History food! ❤

My mom has every Campbell's Kids Christmas ornament they produced 1983 - 2019

9:32 Lassie was such a great show, LOVE IT!

You guys should do a video on the history of American school lunches, or one on the history of college lunches

Anyone else remember when you would open the can of tomato soup and it would come out in one whole can-shaped blob? That used to crack me up as a child.

One classic thing from campbells is their commercials. I think it varies to decade, but the snowman melting commercial and those kids one's with the cgi animated noodles having a party or something- you wont forget

Makes me wanna eat a soup

Mmmmm campbells soup my fav ;)

I'm smiling to hear someone else naming Campbell's Tomato Soup for the grilled-cheese tomato dip it really is. @0:15 Weird History Food knows my heart as well as my stomach. It's like family, but not racist and more fun at mealtimes.

I found using chunky soup to put over rice made my meal stretch for my family

good video

0:11 Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches is what we make before Nebraska games.

I broke a tooth once, and had to have it removed. Campbell's tomato soup with some mashed potato flakes fed me for the first day! I still use things like a can of Chicken Noodle Soup when I need to braise a piece of meat (like a chuck roast), but have no other flavorful liquids. Eggs poached in Cream of Mushroom on a cold day is still a staple, lol....

I clean myself in the shower with soup and water.

There’s probably enough material for a mini-series on Orson Welles’ battles with food companies, as well as brands he partnered with. He even appeared in a Peeps ad!

My Scottish grandad would call Campbell's soup MacDonald blood and refused to have it in the home...

The football poster guy was funny to me for some reason 🤣

Iam love campbell cream mushroom soup só good

0:39 "Soup Nazi" (Season 7, Episode 6) is a classic Seinfeld episode, love it!

Cream of Mushroom, had it once, always a comfort to drink.

Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf

Some brilliant executives, good factories and quality line personnel are holding this brand together apparently. Keep it up!

NJ proud!

Growing up I had several favorites Chicken and Rice, vegetable soup aka alphabet soup, tomato soup and split pea with ham. Chunky soup I have four go to soups New England Clam Chowder, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Corn Chowder and Chicken and Dumplings.

0:16: 🍲 The history of Campbell's Soup, from its humble beginnings as a fruit canning firm to becoming a household name. 3:01: 🥫 The video discusses the history of the Joseph Campbell Preserve Company and its founder. 5:57: 🍲 Campbell's condensed soup lineup changed its design to red and white after Herberton Williams was inspired by Cornell's uniforms. 11:38: 🥫 Campbell's Soup Company decentralized operations, closed plants, reduced sodium content, and faced challenges with flavor. Recap by Tammy AI

Hi Weird History! I LOVE Campbell's Soup, especially their chicken noodle, tomato, and cream of mushroom soups! My favorite Campbell's recipe is fried cauliflower that uses the cream of mushroom soup, and it is delicious! I hope one day you'll do a video on mascots voiced by famous actors/voice actors, as there's a lot of different mascots with famous voices. For example the 70s animated version of Jack from Jack In The Box [sadly only three ads and three comics with him are on RU-vid, but I'm thankful we even have them], as well as his friends the Jack In The Box Bunch were voiced by none other then Tigger himself: Paul Winchell, who also invented the artificial heart. Frito Kid was voiced by Richard Beals who also did Speedy Alka-Seltzer and various other cartoon voices. Twinkie the Kid and the other Hostess Snack Cake characters were voiced by Allen Swift, who first started on the Howdy Doody Show, but ended up doing a huge amount of voice work for cartoons, notably Underdog, Popeye and Sesame Street sketches. I've always been interested in learning about mascots, especially if they have a famous voice actor.

All of this talk about beef steak makes me think of the Cat Stevens song! Haha!

ALL MY LIFE WE HAVE EATEN CAMPBELL SOUPS AND ALL OTHER OF THEIR PRODUCTS AND LOVE THEM. LATELY, I HAVE HEARD OF THIS GREAT COMPANY GOING UNDER WHICH SEEMS RIDICULOUS TO ME FOR OTHER THAN CHANGING THAT CAN, NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!!

Many times, when companies take away something, they have increase something else sooo... You will never hear low-calorie and low-fat etc, uttered in the same breathe.

I don't eat soup much but when i do i go for the chunky soup.

Who doesn't love a cozy bowl of soup? Campbell's will always have a little place in my heart, my grandfather worked at the Camden factory back in the day 🥣😊

There's a reason why I use canned soup to treat my POTS condition, I need 10g of sodium per day and two cans of Campbell's would immediately stop my symptoms thanks to having over 5g of sodium in total. It's a super food to me, but super bad to others.

Fun fact my grandma is actually related to the campbells family

Being from Portugal, never had one....got to try it (when I find it for sale..)

Not gunna lie, I grew up poor so I liked cheaper brands' tomato soup more. Plus their soups are pretty expensive in general and even now I don't have Campbell's money.

I’m surprised Andy Bernard never mentioned this fact @6:09 in The Office 😂

As a senior that lives only with a cat, Campbell's is a quick easy fix for dinner. I also like the variety of choices. I can't really pick a favorite.

You have a great narrator voice. ✌️

Had a truck driver I’ve hauled and eaten plenty of campbell soup. I really like the mushroom soup

We don't have stores, we have shops. Maybe this eases your astonishment.

Do they still make oyster stew, it was really good. I ate it at my Grandma's as a kid. I also love chicken n stars but I think they quit making it.

Thank you

Love tomato but the others I mostly use for cooking!

I Like First Original Art Style Wish The Company Stay In That Art Style

I just bought a daze cans of Campbell condensed soups earlier today including tomato and chicken noodle.

I love Tom soup Campbells and Heinz soup as well, I love them both so it is very hard to choose between them.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I had no idea how old this company is! Nothing like tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich😋

I was kinda hoping you'd mention something about Heartwood College, which a while back was bought by the heir of Campbell's

One can Campbell's Tomato Soup. 1/2 can water. One glorious Grilled Cheese Sandwich. LUNCH!!

I miss there tomato garden soup it was so good😭

Used to get drunk and eat cream of chicken right out of the Can!

The RED label is important- it's eye-catching, and some of the biggest food brands are red. Coca-Cola, Heinz, and McDonald's are another examples.

I see Orson Welles' ad for rosebud frozen peas made its mark

Please PLEASE make a video about the history of malt liquor 🙏

im pretty simple, cream of tomato and chicken noodle. i do remember when i was younger cream of mushroom was a healthy staple, later on i cooked with cream of celery in a few recipes. i would take a can of chunky, add a few more things to it and that was lunch at work the next day. the only downside was my sodium intake, it was high but the flavor made it worthwhile. ive tried the low sodium versions - no thanks. i cook alot and use their soups as additional flavor. my #1 soup has to be tomato, my daughter loves it and a night with a big bowl and a couple grilled cheese sandwiches with her in front of the tv keep me hoping they never stop making it.

5:04 ... fwiw, my mom DID used to make ox tail soup.

We ran out of our restaurant's signature French onion soup on a busy night...so we opened some Campbells...the customers didn't know the difference...

I have never seen the "modern" Campbell's Soup Kids. How TACKY! Just bring back the classic kids!!

Can you do the history of Progresso soup

My favorite soup was Scotch Broth, the only commercial soup I can remember containing Lamb.