True Primal Soups Review

The precooked soups from True Primal are gluten free, grain free, and paleo, and auto-immune friendly.

Each soup only takes 1-2 minutes to make in the microwave or can be heated on the stove. Because these pouches are shelf-stable they make for great camp food.

Roasted Chicken Soup

This soup was delicious and tastes basically like chicken noodle soup without the noodles. There were plenty of pieces of real chicken in the soup, and the vegetables were cut into big chunks.

Tuscan Style Chicken Soup

The Tuscan style soup definitely has more greens and more flavor. The chicken is plenty and the veggies are all throughout the soup. The only thing is that I would not recommend these for someone that is a texture eater because the greens are a bit filmy.

Things to Consider

Things to Consider

These soups are filling for sure, but they are only 240–280 calories. Even though they have a solid protein count, if you are executing a full day of backcountry hiking, high-altitude hunting, or heavy pack travel, a sub-300 calorie baseline will run your metabolic engine straight into the dirt by noon. Sustaining your core temperature and energy flow under load requires a strict calculation of total caloric density and thermal efficiency, which is why we meticulously vet high-performance alpine apparel and survival equipment in our comprehensive field audit of the best hunting gear.

They are also a bit sloppy to open. I spilled a portion of the broth while trying to pour it into a bowl because of how flimsy the laminate bags are in the field. If you plan to carry these on an off-grid trek, make sure to drop the sealed pouch directly inside a rigid titanium camp mug before tearing the top to prevent a messy spill on your gear.

True Primal Soups Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Gluten-free, grain-free, and paleo
• Quick preparation in 1-2 minutes
• Shelf-stable for camping convenience

Cons:

• Low calorie count for high activity days
• Sloppy packaging; prone to spillage

For freeze-dried backpacking meals better suited to alpine missions and lightweight travel, see our AlpineAire and ReadyWise camp food reviews.

Overall Impression

Primal Food Soups are an awesome, protein-packed, natural version of your Campbell’s soups. I wouldn’t take these backpacking per se, but I definitely keep them around the house or car camping to have an extra meal on hand.

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