One of the best things about simple tomato soup is that you can upgrade it in a million ways. One of the easiest and best?

But even the best brands of canned tomato soup sometimes need a little dressing up to be truly delicious ... some keep all that spice within the sausage, and others create entirely new flavors.

We tasted various store-bought tomato soups including Campbell’s, Progresso, Amy’s, Annie’s, and more to find the most flavorful rendition.

This will work to elevate the flavor of canned tomato soup or spruce up that recipe you've used for decades ... consider a spoonful of sugar to temper the flavor, add hot sauce for spice, or use broth ...