Healthy Choice Beans & Ham Soup, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

Healthy Choice is my favorite soup and this is one of my favorite varieties. I just haven't been able to find it anywhere in Texas since I moved here. In fact, lately I haven't been able to find any of the 15-ounce cans, preferred over the larger soup cans from other brands, anywhere lately. Only the overpriced microwaveable bowls. One of my bosses likes their chicken soup and has cans, so I'm guessing at least that is available at a club store he frequents, but your average grocery chain appears to have phased it out. But I digress.This variety is very tasty. It's a hearty soup made with navy beans and a smattering of pinto beans for color I guess. It also includes carrots, celery, and potato, along with a respectable amount of (chopped and formed) ham dices. So, I can't wait for a sale and use coupons, but at least I can get it from Amazon at a pretty fair price.My only criticism is the condition in which it arrived. (See photo) The 12 cans are packed in a cardboard flat sealed with plastic, and *every* can was dented, four of them severely to the extent I am not sure they're safe to eat. One I didn't even think I *could* open, but managed it with a special can opener that cuts along the outside of the rim. (I still was afraid to eat it.) I might understand cans on the outer edge getting dented on one side or the other, but all of them? It makes me suspicious that their stock are "scratch and dents" from the manufacturer. Amazon has been kind enough to offer replacements, and I will provide an update if I find the same to be true of the next case. Either way, the food bank will benefit from several cans. I like this soup--a lot--just not 24 cans worth.UPDATED -- Just received the replacements. This shipment also had some significantly dented cans. (See photo) Again, all of them had a dent somewhere, mostly minor, and I wonder if they buy "seconds" from the manufacturer of cans that crashed off the assembly line. It's that, or their warehouse people are not even remotely taking ordinary care. As excited as I was initially to be able to buy my favorite soup from Amazon, I don't think I'll risk it again. I'll have to come up with another solution.

I discovered this soup several years ago. Because I take medication for high blood pressure and therefore must limit my sodium intake, I always look for products that have lower salt in them. For some reason, I haven't been able to find many Healthy Choice soups in markets for a couple of years. I find them to have more home-cooked flavor than other name brand soups. While I don't eat canned soups frequently, sometimes I just want a light meal & this one satisfies the need. The Bean & Ham soup has an authentic home-made taste & consistency. Like comfort food! It's also high in fiber, which is also a bonus.If you want a filling, lower sodium, lower calorie soup, this one I highly recommend. It's delicious! I was thrilled to find this on Amazon a while back & hope I'm able to get it for many years to come.

This my favorite of the Healthy Choice soups. I order it at least once a month but I don't think I will be ordering that often any more. Amazon has raised the price $6.00 from April 2013 to July 2013. Being on a disability income I am not able to afford it at the raised price. I depend on businesses like Amazon.com and Walmart.com to deliver my groceries to my door as I previously stated I am disabled and it really helps to get food delivered to my front door.

My husbands favorite soup and hard to find in our local stores.

I love the soup and was thrilled to find it on Amazon, as it is not available in my area.This was my third purchase of the soup, from Amazon and the previous purchases were fine.This purchase came with 4 badly damaged cans, which I had to throw away.The outside carton was fine, but the container of soup inside was torn.It looked like it had been damaged before it was put in the shipping box.I was really disappointed in the damaged delivery.

I don't know how healthy it is, but it tastes pretty good. I've scarfed down 2 cans at 720 calories and felt more than satisfied. 720 calories is about half of my daily allotment so I'm not too happy about that. For canned food that takes less than 2 minutes to get in your belly... it's close to homemade, just needs corn bread!

The beans are good; the ham is good. Other vegetables and water take up a bit too much space. Added crackers help a lot.

I like the soup but it's very salty especially if your watching your sodium intake. This particular soup has 480gm of sodium per cup and this can contains 2 cups. That equals alot of sodium.