Epicurus.com - Beef Base

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Address: Array Binding: Misc. Brand: Better Than Bouillon Country: united-states-of-america EAN: 0098308002031 Feature: Contains No MSG Ingredients: Roasted beef with concentrated beef stock, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup solids, sugar, flavoring (dried onion, dried garlic, and spice extractives), autolyzed yeast extract, dried whey, caramel color. Label: Superior Quality Foods Manufacturer: Superior Quality Foods Publisher: Superior Quality Foods Size: 8 oz jar Studio: Superior Quality Foods
Features Contains No MSG Made primarily from beef Highly Concentrated Naturally Fat Free
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Editorial Reviews: Better Than Bouillon concentrated bases are made from meat (or vegetables). This gives them a richer, more robust flavor than ordinary bouillons. No MSG, no fat, lower sodium: Better Than Bouillon bases are fat free and have 1/3 less salt than ordinary bouillons.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Too salty Comment: Typical of the US food industry, they have to pack the product full of salt. By the time you you get the saltiness diluted out all the flavor is diluted out. Customer Rating: Summary: Way too salty Comment: This may be better than a bouillon cube, but it's still not great. This Better Than Bouillon isn't absolutely terrible for straight stock but if you try to then use that stock to make sauces or demi-glazes, instead of getting a richer flavor, ugh, they just get saltier and saltier and saltier as the reduction occurs. Do yourself a favor and pay a little more for Minor's. Customer Rating: Summary: Some beef flavor, tons of salt Comment: Since Amazon didn't post the nutritional value of this product, here it is, straight from the back of the label: Serving size - one teaspoon (6 gm): Calories - 10 Total fat - 0.5 gm Sodium - 710 mg Total carbohydrate - 1 gm Protein - 1 gm The numbers do not begin to give you an idea of just how salty this stuff is! If you put a small sample in your mouth, you can feel and taste the individual salt grains. I looked on the back of a can of Morton salt - 1.5 gm of Morton iodized salt has 590 mg of Sodium, which comes down to 393.33 mg of Sodium per 1 gm of table salt. Which means that this "Better than Bouillon" Beef flavor has 1.8 gm of table salt per 6 gm (teaspoon) serving size, which means that SALT is the single largest ingredient in this product. The beef flavor is pretty decent, but it is just overwhelmed by the salt. Sorry, but for people that can't take or don't like so much salt in their diet, this stuff won't work. Customer Rating: Summary: Beef Stock Paste - Way Better than Bouillon Comment: If you love buying roast beef you can layer slices on fresh French bread, then dip the sandwiches in a delicious flavored beef bouillon. The flavor can be greatly enhanced by using this stock base. A dipping sauce can be made with ¼ cup water, 2 bay leaves, ¼ teaspoon beef base, 1 teaspoon Italian tomato paste, ½ teaspoon dried parsley, ¼ teaspoon dried minced onion and 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme. Heat in a saucepan and then simmer for a few minutes until slightly reduced and it tastes rich and delicious. Better Than Bouillon is a stock paste or more like a beef base than a bouillon cube. Dry bouillon cubes are famous for being overly salty and that is why beef base is a much healthier, not to mention, tasty alternative. This beef base also contains garlic, onion and spices. One teaspoon of bouillon blended into one cup of hot water makes one cup of beef stock. To make gravy, I use two tablespoons butter and two tablespoons flour plus the stock and a sprinkling of freshly ground pepper and various dried herbs and spices. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, whisk in the flour and then the stock. ~The Rebecca Review Customer Rating: Summary: You will never use dehydrated bouillon again! Comment: I discovered this product about a year ago and have not used dehydrated boullion since. It's so convenient to make -- just boil the amount of water you need and add the appropriate amount of base. It blends quickly too. No more undissolved bouillon pebbles in the bottom of the broth! We're a family of 2 so I was worried that they'd go bad on me before I had a chance to use it all, but I've had open jars stored in the fridge for a few months at a time and have never had a problem. I've also purchased the chicken base and am just as pleased. Wonderful products! More Reviews