This was on special at Asda. At fifty pence it had to be a bargain. How wrong was I? I have never tasted anything like it. It was as if it had been infused with a Brillo-pad. The worst thing I haver ever put in my mouth. My son even said as it was simmering that it smelled like soap. Simply awful food.

Absolutely terrible!...the worst cup soup i've ever tried!..if i was him i'd be ashamed to put my name to the product...a 3 year old child could make better soup than that...i won't be buying it again...i'll just put a stock cube in a mug with water..it'll taste alot nicer.

I LOVED IT!!! Unfortunately it is no longer sold on our shelves but if it was I would still buy it!!! I haven't tried any of the other soup products as I was too hooked to let this one go and if you think you're overweight than this soup is for you I think I lost about 15Kg's substituting 2 snacks with this soup a day...good for the digestion when you put a bit of spice into it! I would eat at school a cup for recess and a cup for lunch I would've had a banana or something as well so it was ery filling and overly satisfying...Does anyone know where I can buyt it...not sure if this is an Australian forum but thats where I am!

Bought 4 different flavours.... sadley I too was drawn in by the nice packaging and gourmet look, thinking that the soup would be a notch above the rest.

Keeping things simple, I tried the classique french onion soup, it looked ok when I added water, however I took one sip and threw it away. Absolutely awful, no taste, bland, watery muck.

Ainsley you should be ashamed to put your name on this but then again what top chef would put their name on a cup-a-soup.

Just glad that the other REAL chefs haven't stooped as low as ainsley, oh to make a quick quid here and there... tut tut

not being a cup of soup fan. I was delighted to find the entire range of Ainsley's soups in the supermarket.

So far they have all been delicious although I am hesitating to try the mexican mixed peppers as it has a tomato base and I don't like tomato soup.

Find them difficult to mix in the cup but well worth the effort

Excellent flavour, great filler, loved this soup!!!! Would definitely buy this Ainsley Harriott Spicy Lentil Cup Soup again.

Ainsley Harriott's spicy lentil soup is a reasonable soup - no more, no less. Personally, I found it a little bland, which was disappointing coming from a chef who is usually anything but. I may be slightly prejudiced though, as I must confess to not really being a lentil fan.

On a closing note, I strongly suggest that anyone passionate about not just soup, but tasty food in general, tries Ainsley's 'Scottish Chicken & Leek' soup from the same brand. This tasty concoction takes soup to exciting new levels that I didn't think were possible. Fantastic. And no, this isn't Ainsley Harriott writing this review.

With the name of Ainsley Harriott attached to this product I was expecting a gourmet experience. This was not the case. The colour is like a semi-translucent vegetable soup with some strange green lumps in it (quite possible lentils, but barely distinguishable as such). The taste was bland and boring. Imagine you've had a great curry, and left all the washing up in the sink overnight. The tap has been dripping away on the soiled pots and pans all night, and in the morning (having removed the lumps from the plug hole), the vaguely spicy water is left trickling away. Ainsley has cleverly managed to capture this water and freeze-dry it into a powdered soup he calls 'Spicy Lentil'. Dull, dull, dull and dreadful. Avoid it.