It tasted good and was quite filling. There was some lack of complexity that is usually found in gumbo but it is a commercial soup so what do you expect. The one star missing is because the sausage is not nitrate free. For me this is an important same as if I have too much nitrates it will make me sick. I imagine having a cup of the soup every once in a great while, when I have a desire for the style of soup and a lack of desire to make it myself.