happy> chicken soup is probably very diluted.. maybe even more diluted than the bottled chix essense. cause if u dun one whole black chix, u'll only get 3/4 bowl of chix essense. so imagine if u use one chix, to cook soup, unless u drink the entire pot of soup, if not. a few bowls is probably very diluted. n i was reminded by the tcm, not to add anything else while doing the chix essense. so maybe other ingredients will remove the nutrients from the chix essence (my guess only)