We use a lot of vegetable stock; we make it at home sometimes and it's delicious but nowadays we often use stuff from a jar. Looking at the jar the first ingredient is vegetables, so better than your standard stock I suppose.
It's never occurred to me to use nooch as a substitute before when we're out, I've always just skipped the broth and had sad weak soup with water instead... This will be good for the days I'm craving soup but the fridge is empty.