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Discontinued: Before 1960
Campbell’s made this soup in the early 1900s as a cheap stand-in for real turtle soup. Cooks used calf’s head meat (instead of turtle flesh), herbs, and tomato base to fake the taste of an expensive dish. The canned soup was discontinued by 1960. Many were disappointed, including Andy Warhol, who called it his favorite Campbell’s flavor in 1962. This mock turtle soup helped save countless diamondback terrapins from extinction, helping the population recover from the brink.
Discontinued: 2010
Inspired by West African cuisine, Campbell’s kept this soup on shelves for 111 years. Enslaved people brought the recipe to the Caribbean, and it became a Philadelphia staple. The recipe mixed beef tripe, potatoes, carrots, onions, jalapeño peppers, and red pepper flakes into a thick stew. Campbell’s blamed “changing consumer tastes” when they stopped making it (people no longer wanted to eat tripe). Andy Warhol was a big fan of this flavor as well and created a Pepper Pot pop art print in 1962. That print sold for $12 million in 2006.
Discontinued: By 1933
Campbell’s sold this Anglo-Indian soup in the early 1900s. The company promised “aromatic savoriness of the finest Oriental cooking.” The soup was packed with chicken, rice, chutney, tamarind, ginger, raisins, mustard, currants, garlic, apples, orange peel, onions, and peppers. The name comes from Tamil: “milagu-tannir” means “pepper-water.”
Discontinued: Unknown
Campbell’s sold this soup in 1922 for 12 cents a can. The recipe used ox tails, carrots, potatoes, barley, tomatoes, and broth. Butchers tended to throw away ox tails, and Campbell’s was able to scoop up the meat for pennies on the dollar. Hours of slow cooking turned these scraps into rich soup. Campbell’s never said when they stopped making it. It could be that nobody wanted to eat a soup made out of tail meat anymore.
Discontinued: Various dates
In 1930, Campbell’s started putting letters in vegetable soup. The canned soup was so popular that the company added new versions: Meatball Alphabet and Chicken Alphabet in 1975. Some versions still exist. Others vanished without explanation.
Discontinued: After 1978
Hot dog soup… sounds delicious, right? Well, Campbell’s created a version of it once and aimed this soup at kids in 1967. The tagline read “Frank-ly, it’s delicious!” The soup featured hot dog chunks that floated in beans. The soup disappeared sometime after 1978.
Discontinued: Around 2011
This soup mixed lamb, barley, and diced potatoes and carrots in mutton broth. Campbell’s stopped selling it in America around 2011 without saying so. The label carried a “Special Selections” banner in the 2010s—code for a niche product. Campbell’s UK continued to sell Scotch Broth until 2023.
Discontinued: September 2012
Campbell’s made this creamy oyster soup look and feel like mushroom soup. It gained a lot of fans in the 1960s. The company recalled it in June 2012 over worries about Korean oysters and pollution. Three months later, Campbell’s said on social media the soup would not come back. The fun times were over.
Discontinued: By 2019
This vegetarian soup contained split peas, water, salt, flour, sugar, onion, celery extract, and butter. A simple and delicious concept that couldn’t survive our modern era. A customer asked about it on X in 2019. Campbell’s confirmed they had stopped making it.
Discontinued: 2020-2021
Everyone loves Philly cheesesteaks, so why not make soup based on the popular sandwich? Well, that is exactly what Campbell’s did when they released this soup in 2014 for Super Bowl XLVIII. It was launched with Spicy Chicken Quesadilla and Hearty Cheeseburger. The recipe threw cheesesteak ingredients and potatoes into a can. When the pandemic hit, Campbell’s cut back to core products.
Discontinued: 2023
This creamy soup lasted nearly 50 years in the Chunky line. It started in the mid-1970s. Campbell’s told customers the soup got too expensive to make. The chowder disappeared in 2023 without fanfare.
Discontinued: Various dates
Campbell’s started the Chunky line in 1970 with four soups: Beef, Vegetable, Turkey, and Chicken. All four originals are gone now. They left at different times. But the Chunky brand lives on with new recipes.
Discontinued: By 2024
Country Gourmet created the Wolfgang Puck soup line in 1997. Campbell’s bought the brand in 2008. They sold it under the celebrity chef’s name for over a decade. By 2024, Campbell’s website showed zero Wolfgang Puck soups. The premium line was gone, and nobody knew why.
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