Walnut Acres Hearty Black Bean Soup (Whole Foods)

255 calories, 901 mg sodium, 14 g fiber

Weird occasional tang in the odor which caused flashbacks of school gym locker rooms... not encouraging at all.

As advertised, it's got a hearty, muddy texture. The major visual components are the beans and corn kernels. The corn gives a unexpectedly resilient chew to the soup, which I initially didn't like.

But I kept eating it. Somehow, after adding parmesan, I started to enjoy it. I'm not sure what that says about me (paging Kim Cattrall...), but it's true.

The smell really is something, so if I buy it again it'll definitely be for those times with no guests around to bother. Weird.