Haricot Beans 27 December 2017 at 6:45PM in Gone off! 9 replies 2.4K views

Starchy

Does anyone know where I can buy dry haricot beans that are not from China? I don't mind buying in bulk up to 30kg. The haricot beans from Whole Foods and Real Foods Ltd are all from China. I've been to my local Asda but they don't sell dry Haricot beans.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

z1a

Why not Chinese?

tori.k

Hodmedods use British beans and pulses

Starchy

z1a wrote: »

Why not Chinese?

Chinese vegetables are fine, but produce from China isn't. Too many issues with produce grown in China. (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides, fungi, bacteria etc.)

tori.k wrote: »

Hodmedods use British beans and pulses

They don't have white haricot beans, unfortunately.

stoozie1

Would rinsing the sauce off cooked, canned ones work for you?

It works out as cheaper than dried, and asda state the UK as the country of origin.

robpw2

calais lol

VfM4meplse

Starchy wrote: »

Chinese vegetables are fine, but produce from China isn't. Too many issues with produce grown in China. (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides, fungi, bacteria etc.)

I'm amazed that imports would be allowed here if that were the case.

Starchy

stoozie1 wrote: »

Would rinsing the sauce off cooked, canned ones work for you?

It works out as cheaper than dried, and asda state the UK as the country of origin.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I only want dry ones. That aside, as long as it's canned and cooked in the UK, it can be sold as a product of the UK. Haricot beans from China may have still been used.

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I'm amazed that imports would be allowed here if that were the case.

My personal preference is based on countless experiences where I have bought contaminated produce from China. I just don't trust food from China anymore. There are articles on the internet with regards to contaminated vegetables in China, although the examples given may be different from my experiences.

tori.k

Biggest problem is that they are not Hardy enough to be grown in the UK, you may be able to import from the US as Navy beans.but it mostly across Asia they are produced
The easiest option would just use another white bean as a substitute to haricot beans, white broad beans or kidney beans would do the same job, it's much of a muchness really with texture and taste

Starchy

I wouldn't mind buying Haricot beans from the US, but it seems that they're unpopular with major retailers here.