You say tomato but we say bland

The Evening Standard's taste test suggests Heinz's recipe changes are not for the better.

The new soup still has that comforting, distinctive creamy texture with the vaguely tomatoey after-taste.

However, compared with the classic recipe it is very much "cream of tomato lite".

The reduction in salt may be in tune with current dietary advice but it has also significantly reduced the tomato "hit" when you take a gulp. It is a blander concoction, though identical in colour and appearance.

When Coca-Cola overhauled its traditional Coke recipe, the result was a disastrous consumer revolt. It remains to be seen how consumers will react to these changes to a much loved classic.