The price of baked beans

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Is it the end of daily showers.

bristolleedsfan

diystarter7 said:

(OT - the food costs are now as worrying - Tesco online we shop for most of groceries and tin of Heinz beans close to 180p)

1 tin £1.20 or pack of 4 for £3.99

_Sam_

bristolleedsfan said:
 

1 tin £1.20 or pack of 4 for £3.99

And then there are offers pack of 6 for £3.99, only buy the beans when on offer 😁

Olly_J

_Sam_ said:

bristolleedsfan said:
 

1 tin £1.20 or pack of 4 for £3.99

And then there are offers pack of 6 for £3.99, only buy the beans when on offer 😁

Off topic perhaps...but I eat a decent amount of beans, and supermarket own brand taste just as good IMO, and cost around £1.45 for 4 cans. You'd never know the difference in a blind taste test.

luvchocolate

_Sam_ said:

bristolleedsfan said:
 

1 tin £1.20 or pack of 4 for £3.99

And then there are offers pack of 6 for £3.99, only buy the beans when on offer 😁

I only buy anything when on offer or yellow sticker 

sevenhills

Olly_J said:

Off topic perhaps...but I eat a decent amount of beans, and supermarket own brand taste just as good IMO, and cost around £1.45 for 4 cans. You'd never know the difference in a blind taste test.

I hope you don't buy Tesco brand beans. They contain 69% beans and tomatoes, topped up with sugar and water.
On the other hand Cross and Blackwell are 89% beans and tomatoes, so less sugar is required.
I would say that makes Cross and Blackwell cheaper and healthier.

Spoonie_Turtle

sevenhills said:

Olly_J said:

Off topic perhaps...but I eat a decent amount of beans, and supermarket own brand taste just as good IMO, and cost around £1.45 for 4 cans. You'd never know the difference in a blind taste test.

I hope you don't buy Tesco brand beans. They contain 69% beans and tomatoes, topped up with sugar and water.
On the other hand Cross and Blackwell are 89% beans and tomatoes, so less sugar is required.
I would say that makes Cross and Blackwell cheaper and healthier.

Tesco low sugar beans contain less sugar and salt than Heinz, I'm told by the bean-eaters here. C&B sound like an option worth investigating though. 

markin

Every time i see the price of Heinz i wonder who thinks its worth so much more, And i grew up on Heinz as a kid, Was the always the same price difference with off brands a silly low price like 10p?

pickledonionspaceraider

sevenhills said:

Olly_J said:

Off topic perhaps...but I eat a decent amount of beans, and supermarket own brand taste just as good IMO, and cost around £1.45 for 4 cans. You'd never know the difference in a blind taste test.

I hope you don't buy Tesco brand beans. They contain 69% beans and tomatoes, topped up with sugar and water.
On the other hand Cross and Blackwell are 89% beans and tomatoes, so less sugar is required.
I would say that makes Cross and Blackwell cheaper and healthier.

OH dear.................................

Olly_J

sevenhills said:

I hope you don't buy Tesco brand beans. They contain 69% beans and tomatoes, topped up with sugar and water.
On the other hand Cross and Blackwell are 89% beans and tomatoes, so less sugar is required.
I would say that makes Cross and Blackwell cheaper and healthier.

Whilst not wishing to get into a beans argument, and sorry to hijack the shower thread I had a look through the ingredients of each brands to compare, as its knowledge worth knowing to me personally

You do have a something of point with Tesco, not because of beans % so much, but because they substitute tomato with Maltodextrin bulking agent and have more water, so you get less tomato, as does Morrisons

Assume you mean Branston Beans (black can yellow logo) as Crosse and Blackwell aren't listed as making beans on any supermarket.

From the results I would not agree they are healthier or cheaper, as you get less salt and sugar in most of the other brands, and bean % is more or less the same, you do get a tiny dash more tomato pure though. That said Aldi beans have the highest sugar content of all beans out there.

Branston - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 38%, Salt 1.24g, Sugar 9.6g - £1 a can

Aldi - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 34% - Salt 1.3g, Sugar 13g - £0.39p a can

Sainsbury NAS - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 33% - Salt 0.6g, Sugar 4.9g - £0.37p a can

Asda NAS - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 37%,Salt 0.7g, Sugar 3.1g - £0.45p a can

Heinz - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 36% - Salt 1.3g, Sugar 8.9g - £1.20 a can

Heinz NAS - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 37% - Salt 0.9g, Sugar 3.9g - £1.20 a can

Sainsbury - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 33% - Salt 1.05, Sugar 8.5g - £0.37p a can

Asda - Beans 49%, Tomato 36%, Salt 0.96g, Sugar 8.6g - £0.50p a can

Morrisons - Beans 49%, Tomato 28%, Salt 1.07g, Sugar 8.3g - £0.49p a can

Tesco - Beans 49%, Tomatoes 20% - Salt 1.10g, Sugar 9.8g - £0.50p a can

Tesco NAS - Beans 49%, Tomatoes 20% - Salt 0.78g, Sugar 6.5g - £0.50p a can

NAS = Reduced Sugar and Salt

Personally I buy Sainsbury beans and find them very tasty, and I'll probably look to get the NAS version now, but Asda look decent too

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Olly_J said:

sevenhills said:

I hope you don't buy Tesco brand beans. They contain 69% beans and tomatoes, topped up with sugar and water.
On the other hand Cross and Blackwell are 89% beans and tomatoes, so less sugar is required.
I would say that makes Cross and Blackwell cheaper and healthier.

Whilst not wishing to get into a beans argument, and sorry to hijack the shower thread I had a look through the ingredients of each brands to compare, as its knowledge worth knowing to me personally

You do have a something of point with Tesco, not because of beans % so much, but because they substitute tomato with Maltodextrin bulking agent and have more water, so you get less tomato, as does Morrisons

Assume you mean Branston Beans (black can yellow logo) as Crosse and Blackwell aren't listed as making beans on any supermarket.

From the results I would not agree they are healthier or cheaper, as you get less salt and sugar in most of the other brands, and bean % is more or less the same, you do get a tiny dash more tomato pure though. That said Aldi beans have the highest sugar content of all beans out there.

Branston - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 38%, Salt 1.24g, Sugar 9.6g - £1 a can

Aldi - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 34% - Salt 1.3g, Sugar 13g - £0.39p a can

Sainsbury NAS - Beans 51%, Tomatoes 33% - Salt 0.6g, Sugar 4.9g - £0.37p a can

Asda NAS - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 37%,Salt 0.7g, Sugar 3.1g - £0.45p a can

Heinz - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 36% - Salt 1.3g, Sugar 8.9g - £1.20 a can

Heinz NAS - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 37% - Salt 0.9g, Sugar 3.9g - £1.20 a can

Sainsbury - Beans 50%, Tomatoes 33% - Salt 1.05, Sugar 8.5g - £0.37p a can

Asda - Beans 49%, Tomato 36%, Salt 0.96g, Sugar 8.6g - £0.50p a can

Morrisons - Beans 49%, Tomato 28%, Salt 1.07g, Sugar 8.3g - £0.49p a can

Tesco - Beans 49%, Tomatoes 20% - Salt 1.10g, Sugar 9.8g - £0.50p a can

Tesco NAS - Beans 49%, Tomatoes 20% - Salt 0.78g, Sugar 6.5g - £0.50p a can

NAS = Reduced Sugar and Salt

Personally I buy Sainsbury beans and find them very tasty, and I'll probably look to get the NAS version now, but Asda look decent too

  a good squirt of tomato puree helps thicken the juice, and drop curry or chilli powder helps spice them up.