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Upgrade The Flavor Of Any Soup With This Single Ingredient By Haley McNamara Oct. 28, 2025 8:20 am EST

Whether canned or homemade, soup can be hearty and even nutritious, but oftentimes, it just tastes okay. That's usually because it's missing something, and no, it's definitely not salt — it's umami. And one of the best umami-packed ingredients to give soup that little "oomph" it needs is nutritional yeast.

Umami, known as the fifth taste (after sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), brings depth and richness to food, as well as a "must eat more" sensation. It's commonly found in fermented foods like aged cheeses, cured meats, miso, and of course, nutritional yeast.

Nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast produced from beet molasses or sugarcane, yet contains no

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