Think Twice Before Buying This Premade Aldi Food

Aldi can be a wonderland of unique products, like Espresso Martini Cheddar and that $6 cranberry chicken salad with a cult following. But not everything in the grocery store gains the immediate and undying approval of customers. There's a running list of items you should avoid at Aldi, according to Reddit, and on it is a line of heat-and-eat food that has earned a reputation for being less than spectacular. Specially Selected Slow Cooked premade soups, which are found in Aldi's deli section, look like a great find: They come in sealed 15.5-ounce plastic containers and sell for around $3. But shoppers are saying you might want to rethink putting them in your coin-operated cart.

These Aldi soups come in a rotating selection of popular varieties like vegetable, chicken noodle, potato, and tomato, and customers have complained about the overall quality of the products, as well as specific varieties. "I feel like all of the soups in this line are bad," wrote one person on Reddit. "I didn't like any of them." That statement was echoed by others, who drilled down to the details. One redditor wrote, "This blew up in my microwave and flipped on its side. The microwave was covered with the bland soup," while another commented, "I tried the potato version a few years ago and it was vile ... I debated trying it again, because it looked different than it used to, but passed because I didn't want to get burned again. Glad (sad?) to see that they're the same quality."

Aldi's Specially Selected Slow Cooked Broccoli and Cheddar premade soup seems to be the most disliked of the entire product line. The winter soup favorite was mentioned on Reddit and Facebook as being unpleasant at best, and at worst, a total failure. The comment section of a post reviewing the soup on the Aldi Aisle of Shame Facebook page highlights the range of customers' disappointment. One person wrote, "Eyed this for a while; finally decided to try it. I'm not a fan and won't be buying again," and another replied, "I hated it. It tasted like baby food to me. I was so mad cause I love that soup." On Reddit, another user said: "I had that the other day. It didn't taste like broccoli or cheese. Vaguely mushroomy. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good, either. My cats liked it better than I did."

The tomato soups are the only ones that seem to stand a chance with customers, and some of them have actually garnered a few positive reviews and have even become a favorite take on the iconic pairing of tomato soup with a homemade grilled cheese sandwich. "My kids love the slow cooked tomato and basil," one redditor wrote, while another noted, "I love the roasted red pepper and tomato one. And it's convenient that you can just pour what you want and put the rest away."