Alessi Split Pea Soup Spaccarelli

Alessi Split Pea Soup Spaccarelli is a small-format, shelf-stable dry soup mix that you’d typically find on the supermarket soup aisle alongside other boxed and pouch soup mixes, instant legumes, bouillons and pasta-plus-sauce kits. The 6 oz package leans on Italian heritage language and imagery to position itself as a rustic, regional specialty — an accessible take on Sicilian split-pea soup featuring little ditali pasta. It’s marketed toward shoppers seeking quick, homey meals: busy parents, students stocking dorm pantries, and older adults who appreciate nostalgic comfort food framed as an Italian tradition. The label emphasizes traditional ingredients and “authentic” storytelling, and uses terms like natural flavors, but there’s no organic certification or strong health-claim badges; sodium is relatively high at 740 mg per serving, which is usually listed on the nutrition panel. In plain terms it’s a rehydrating, instant-style soup—dehydrated peas and vegetables and fortified pasta come together with maltodextrin, yeast extracts and flavor enhancers to deliver a fast, hearty bowl. Sensory notes: when cooked it yields a thick, slightly starchy pea body studded with soft ditali and softened carrot bits, with a savory, smoked-yeast/umami finish; texture ranges from creamy to slightly grainy depending on rehydration time. Packaging is compact and convenient for pantry storage; typical consumer ritual is simmering the contents with water on the stove for 10–15 minutes or heating in a pot, stirring to break up the peas into a comforting, spoonable soup. It fits squarely in American grocery culture as a nostalgic, convenient pantry staple.