Heinz - awful products

[cheesefest]

I find Heinz products very inferior. Baked beans - sauce with a funny aftertaste with more bean carcasses. Soup - again funny aftertaste which coats tongue with certain flavours. Ketchup - far too acidic.

There are people who “have to have Heinz” probably never tried other brands.

Heinz’s products are so expensive, compared to other brands. Who pays £1.70 for a tin of soup, £4 for a bottle of ketchup, £1.50 for a tin of beans?

Think some people need to stop buying Heinz and switch to supermarket own label and discover the better taste and save money! Much prefer Sainsbury’s own ketchup.

 

[hughtrimble]

There are people who “have to have Heinz” probably never tried other brands.

Quite possibly, but there will be those who have tried equivalents and found them wanting, myself included.

It's a case of knowing what you're getting - if I want ketchup, I want that exact flavour profile that I've always enjoyed the most, and that's Heinz. I'm not talking tomato sauce, I'm talking ketchup.

If I want tomato sauce, I'll make it myself.

If I want ketchup, I want Heinz.

 

[Raymond Lin]

The beans are okay, Branston is just as nice.

Ketchup I only get Heinz.

What is over rated is Hellmann’s Mayo.

 

[Raymond Lin]

DP

 

[silverblack]

I mostly used Heinz or Branston beans but just use cheaper supermarket brands now.Always used Heinz Ketchup but due to price gave Bramwell Aldi brand Ketchup a go and never looked back can't tell the difference.

 

[Jokester]

Did laugh at the price of Heinz soup tins when I was in Tesco this morning.

 

[gingergundog]

The beans are okay, Branston is just as nice.

Ketchup I only get Heinz.

What is over rated is Hellman’s Mayo.

Got to agree regarding Heinz Ketchup, although much prefer Branston beans

 

[Curlyriff]

I actually prefer the taste of the really cheap dinner ketchup in squirty bottles. Beans is Branston.

Crucials sauces for the general sauces from sweet chilli, mint, hot chilli garlic mayo etc. Which fortunately my local butcher stocks at solid price to bottle size.

 

[cheesefest]

Did laugh at the price of Heinz soup tins when I was in Tesco this morning.

cheaper to make your own soup including the heating etc

 

[dave28]

I would not call their products awful but they are overpriced i feel, I have ditched their beans and ketchup and now buy Branston beans and a cheaper Polish brand Ketchup that had rave reviews. I still buy their salad cream and Mayo

 

[Jokester]

cheaper to make your own soup including the heating etc

More expensive than "premium" tins of soup now.

 

[robfosters]

Branston beans are much better than Heinz. There’s also much better ketchups out there for cheaper.

I will always love their salad cream and classic curry sauce though. The curry tastes just like the Maccies one.

Their new pasta sauces are very good too. They really surprised me. A couple of them have actually been awarded a great taste badge for 2022. That’s unheard of for Heinz. https://greattasteawards.co.uk/resu...gory_id=&country_id=&county_id=&filter=Search

 

[cheesefest]

More expensive than "premium" tins of soup now.

People should boycott Heinz and buy other brands or supermarket own lines.

I remember Heinz soup being just 20p more than my employer's brand. Now can get 3 tins of ours and get change for the same price as Heinz.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Branston Beans > Heinz
Tesco Tomato Soup > Heinz
Heinz Chicken Soup > A chicken's bath water > Tesco Chicken Soup

 

[scarps]

I would not call their products awful but they are overpriced i feel, I have ditched their beans and ketchup and now buy Branston beans and a cheaper Polish brand Ketchup that had rave reviews. I still buy their salad cream and Mayo

Polish mayo is lovely. Winiary brand.

 

[scarps]

Branston Beans > Heinz
Tesco Tomato Soup > Heinz
Heinz Chicken Soup > A chicken's bath water > Tesco Chicken Soup

I used to have Heinz Chicken Soup but it seems to have gone really salty. Bought some of that cheap Asda yellow label chicken soup and I love it.

 

[inogen]

Nah, still can't do Branston beans. I used to eat them all the time when I was a kid, like 35 years ago, so I know all about them.

I do get the reduced salt Heinz beans though. And yeah, Heinz Ketchup. Some soup, but only if it's on offer. I prefer Co-op own label soups, if I eat tinned soups, which is very infrequently, but I do keep a rolling stock of a 20/30 tins of various tinned soups. Probably eat 10 a year.

Agree about Hellman's mayo. It's okay, but any mayo is mayo. Eaten on sandwich when it's not the star of the show anyway.

Anyone found any instant gravy that's decent other than Bisto? I bought some in the co-op today and it was £3 quid. And that was on offer!!!

 

[inogen]

I used to have Heinz Chicken Soup but it seems to have gone really salty. Bought some of that cheap Asda yellow label chicken soup and I love it.

Yeah Heinz Chicken soup used to be great, but has been rank for about 20 years.

 

[MissChief]

The beans are okay, Branston is just as nice.

Ketchup I only get Heinz.

What is over rated is Hellmann’s Mayo.

Although I haven't tasted either, there are those that say Heinz Mayo is better than Hellman's and Hellman's Ketchup is better than Heinz!

What is good though, is Heinz Sticky Korean BBQ sauce. It's hella good!

 

[Raymond Lin]

Although I haven't tasted either, there are those that say Heinz Mayo is better than Hellman's and Hellman's Ketchup is better than Heinz!

What is good though, is Heinz Sticky Korean BBQ sauce. It's hella good!

Kewpie Mayo above all. But it's very expensive, I save it for my favourite dishes as a dib where i can taste more of the flavour and use Hellmann's in things like Tuna Mayo sandwiches.

Will have to try Heinz Mayo.