Glorious Russian beetroot soup

Glorious Russian beetroot soup

With National Vegetarian Week getting under way Glorious Soups has teamed up with a dietician at Cardiff Metropolitan University to highlight the health benefits of eating a ‘rainbow’ of fruit and vegetables.

Glorious Soups is showcasing five of its vegetarian soups, each of which is a different colour of the rainbow and has its own health benefits.

These include a purple Russian beetroot soup, which contains inorganic nitrates to help reduce blood pressure; a red Goan tomato and lentil soup, which is rich in an antioxidant called lycopene; and a yellow Brazilian super grain soup, which contains carotenoid-rich squash and heps keep our eyes healthy.

Dietician and lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Vicky Gould, said: “Eating a ‘rainbow’ of fruit and vegetables is fantastic advice, as different coloured fruits and vegetables contain their own specific combinations of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.

“By eating a variety of colours you ensure your body gets everything it requires for optimum health. Trying Glorious Soups’ vegetarian range for National Vegetarian Week is a delicious way of helping you get your five-a-day. Plus, each soup in the range will provide different health benefits.”