So – baked beans… Heinz or Branston?

I hate them all.

Stockwell.

The cheap ones in Lidl, just add a bit of marmite.

Asda

Had some of these last night.

Very bland.

Asda or Aldi depending on where we’ve done the big shop.

I just looked at the price of Heinz – £5 for a 6 pack (83p/tin). Adsa are £1.61 for 4 pack (40p/tin) or Aldi 41p/tin.

I’ll be honest, I’ve never had Branstons so no idea where they sit on the value scale – looks to be about 70p/tin.

Given that I’m happy with the own brand we’ll stick with it. Don’t want the children thinking we do branded foods now otherwise expectations will rise.

Branston is also my choice.

There seems to be a distinct lack of Heinz love here.

Panda

Branston every time (thanks to the advice on here).

Not tried Aldi but deffo will do.

Heinz can get in the sea.

Tesco mixed – far more interesting. Add chipotle paste. Nomnom.

Another for Waitrose own brand, went off Heinz and Branston years ago.

Aldi.

Waitrose essentials again, they were a bargainous 30p, now 55p ☹

I’m a fan of Heinz (but not the price) and the waitrose ones taste just as good, branstons are not for me, but havent tried aldi’s since they were 9p, and stacked on pallets (quite grim btw).

Some big life choices today. Gonna pick up a couple of tins each of Branston and Aldi and follow my destiny

None. Rinse them off and then taste the beans. Grilled plum tomatoes, or just a tin of Italian chopped with some added herbs are much nicer.

Reduced sugar and salt ones if possible, lightly fry a clove of garlic and some chilli flakes, add beans and a splash of red wine, simmer to let the alcohol evaporate, consume with a jacket potato and cheese.  I don’t eat beans with anything else, unless they are home made beans which are a different thing entirely.

Heinz, eaten cold of course.

Weirdly, I’m not a fan of baked beans.  I like beans in say a chilli, and I’ll hoover up canned spaghetti any day, but baked beans always taste/smell “off” somehow.

Heinz seems to not agree with my delicate constitution anymore as well.

My partner is WFH childminding. We’ve dumped Heinz beans after one too many shataclysm events.

Whats the betting the own brand beans are made by the same big factories as the well known brands?

They probably are, but that doesn’t mean they’re the same product.

“shataclysm”

Reckon Pampers should ditch “poonami” and adopt that instead!

Another vote for Branstons with a good slug of Worcester Sauce or Hendersons Relish.

Unpopular opinion:

All tinned baked beans in tomato sauce are rubbish, because ***news flash***  they are tinned baked beans in tomato sauce.

I’ll run away now..until next time!

HP all day long, but they are often hard to find. Aldi’s version was quite a good substitute, but they’ve changed the flavour recently so I’m back on Heinz, but I’m not happy.

Was always Heinz for many years.  Then they got a bit too watery with the too much sauce and I discovered Branston.  Wouldn’t go back.

Sainsburys Low Salt and Sugar.  Our family is so conditioned to these that Heinz taste horrendously sweet and sickly.  I like mine slightly overdone (doesn’t make the toast soggy) with plenty of white pepper.