Vegetable Soup used an interdisciplinary approach to entertain and educate elementary age children in the value of human diversity.
[4] The show combined music, animation, puppetry and live action film, on the subject of economic, racial and ethnic diversity.
[5] Animated segments on the show were created by Jim Simon's Wantu Studios, the musical opening plus 13 Woody the Spoon cooking spots for which Bette Midler did all the voice tracks, and also 48 thirty-second breaks.
[6] Beginning in the show's second season, many animated segments were also produced by Colossal Pictures, of which Vegetable Soup was one of its first assignments.
Animators Drew Takahashi and Gary Gutierrez worked on Vegetable Soup during its first season, prior to Colossal Pictures' founding.