Gullah Gourmet is based in Charleston, South Carolina, and it focuses on bringing the Low Country's "good food and good living" to you, regardless of how close you live to Charleston. It provides soup mixes, syrups, sauces, and marinades that you can use to recreate familiar comfort food or get to know specialty South Carolina cuisine. Can't Miss Seafood Bisque is one of the soup mixes sold by Gullah Gourmet.
Seafood Bisque
A seafood bisque is a soup made of lobster or seafood made with a chicken or other stock other than fish stock, according to the Food Dictionary website. Garlic may or may not be added to the soup. In addition, bisques are often thicker and richer than standard soups. Shellfish or crustaceans, such as lobster or shrimp, are often added at the end of cooking to make a rich soup. It may also contain cream.
Gullah Seafood Bisque Ingredients
According to the ingredients list, Gullah Can't Miss Seafood Bisque contains a wide variety of ingredients, such as partially hydrogenated soybean oil, wheat flour, corn syrup solids, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, salt, natural butter flavor, onion powder, starch, sodium caseinate, clam extract, cream, dipotassium phosphate, whey, guar gum, sugar, crab extract, lobster extract, mono and diglycerides, spices, soybean oil, dehydrated parsley, sodium stearoyl lactylate, natural and artificial flavors, worcestershire sauce, colors, preservatives, texturizers, and a variety of flavors. It contains multiple dehydrated or powdered ingredients, since it is a mixture to which you add milk or water to make the soup. Individuals with food allergies should exercise caution and read the ingredients list carefully.
Gullah Gourmet Seafood Bisque Nutrition Facts
The nutrition facts panel provided by Gullah Gourmet shows that each package provides four servings. It provides 190 calories, 80 calories from fat, and 9 g fat, 2.5 g of which is saturated. It also contains 5 g trans fat per serving. It also provides 1280 mg sodium, or over 53 percent of your daily needs. The bisque provides just 26 g carbohydrate and less than 1 g fiber. It also has 2 g protein, only 2 percent daily needs of vitamin C, 2 percent of calcium, and 2 percent of iron. Based on these nutritional facts, the bisque is indulgent and rich.
Healthier Bisque Options
While the Gullah Seafood Bisque may bring Charleston to your kitchen, the various preservatives, partially hydrogenated oils, and sodium-containing ingredients should be eaten in limited quantity. To make the bisque a little healthier, consider splitting the soup into smaller servings and serving it alongside a vegetable salad. You may also want to seek out a homemade version that will help make the bisque slightly healthier, containing less fat, no preservatives, and lower sodium.
References
- Gullah Gourmet, Inc. Catalog
- Gullah Gourmet Nutrition Facts Panel: Can't Miss Seafood Bisque
- Food Dictionary: Bisque definition
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