Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Powdered bouillon is one of those ingredients that gets an unfairly bad rap.

It is too bad I already did a roundup of the seasonings I keep by my stove at all times, because Knorr’s Caldo de Tomate (tomato bouillon with chicken flavor) deserves to be on that list (with a ...