15 Bean Soup

Type	Soup
Place of origin	United States
Created by	N.K. Hurst Co.
Invented	1986[1]
Main ingredients	Beans

15 Bean Soup is a packaged dry bean soup product from Indiana-based N.K. Hurst Co.^[1] According to company president Rick Hurst, it is the #1 selling dry bean soup in the U.S.^[2]

Ingredients

Every package of 15 bean soup includes a seasoning packet and at least 15 of the following varieties of dried pulses:^[3]

• Northern beans
• Pinto beans
• Large lima beans
• Yelloweye beans
• Garbanzo beans
• Baby lima beans
• Green split peas
• Kidney beans
• Cranberry beans
• Small white beans
• Pink beans
• Small red beans
• Yellow split peas
• Lentils
• Navy beans
• White kidney beans
• Black beans

The soup is currently produced in ham, chicken, Cajun, and beef flavors.^[4]