The price of baked beans

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dealyboy said:

MrsStepford said:

dealyboy said:

MrsStepford said:

OH won't eat any beans but Heinz beanz. Iceland often has offers and I stock up. He only gets the 200g size now though. I'd be heading for divorce if he didn't get Heinz !

'Which' consumer taste test and price report on baked beans ... reported in the Guardian p3 8th March ...

... and the winner is ... not Heinz.

I fully accept that Heinz baked beans may not be the tastiest or cheapest. Husband has eaten them since he was a child and though he has tried other brands, he prefers Heinz. 

... well that's what counts  beans means ... 

We all know what beans means .

Rosa_Damascena

MrsStepford said:

dealyboy said:

MrsStepford said:

OH won't eat any beans but Heinz beanz. Iceland often has offers and I stock up. He only gets the 200g size now though. I'd be heading for divorce if he didn't get Heinz !

'Which' consumer taste test and price report on baked beans ... reported in the Guardian p3 8th March ...

... and the winner is ... not Heinz.

I fully accept that Heinz baked beans may not be the tastiest or cheapest. Husband has eaten them since he was a child and though he has tried other brands, he prefers Heinz. 

What I don't get is the point of covering them with a sticky syrup. There are so many nice dishes that can be made from all kinds of beans, yet the nations "favourite" is almost a nursery foodstuff.

sevenhills

Brie said:

But does low sugar mean they're full of sweeteners instead?  That's what I hate about so much food sold now.

I tried some 37p Asda beans this week. To lower the sugar content I spooned off some of the juice.
They tasted ok, but I put health first.
I guess the tomato juice is almost as bad as the sugar, as it's just liquid.

Rosa_Damascena

sevenhills said:

Brie said:

But does low sugar mean they're full of sweeteners instead?  That's what I hate about so much food sold now.

I tried some 37p Asda beans this week. To lower the sugar content I spooned off some of the juice.
They tasted ok, but I put health first.
I guess the tomato juice is almost as bad as the sugar, as it's just liquid.

I rinsed the syrup off the 25p tin I bought and the haricots were a bit sweet, but otherwise did the job. A v easy way of adding protein to a dish for us vegetarians without having to do any prep.

GaleSF63

The sauce contributes quite a bit to the weight of the contents so you may not necessarily be getting such a price difference from a tin of haricot beans and a tin of washed baked beans.
However baked beans are a lot easier to find. 

dealyboy

Hi @GaleSF63 ...

GaleSF63 said:

The sauce contributes quite a bit to the weight of the contents so you may not necessarily be getting such a price difference from a tin of haricot beans and a tin of washed baked beans.
However baked beans are a lot easier to find. 

... maybe time to get the abacus out.

MrsStepford

The Heinz less sugar beanz contain sweeteners so I won't buy them. I buy OH the 200g cans now, not the 400g ones. 

Nelliegrace

I am not going to count the beans, but tinned pulses are in quite a lot of water. 

Tesco haricot beans in water 235g out of a 400g tin. (54p, so the beans cost £2.30 per kg)

Tesco Stockwell 185g of beans in 420g  (27p, the beans cost £1.45 a kg)

Dried pulses are the most economical. A 500g bag at Tescos is £1.35 and gives 1.5 kg  of cooked beans at 90p a kilo.

And before someone quibbles at the energy costs, I use a pressure cooker saving two thirds of the gas. 

https://earthtoveg.com/calc/beans/