Who makes the best Baked Beans :)

[explicit4u]

Makes a massive difference in a pan, for added flavour sauté some onions, add a little paprika, black pepper and a dash or worcestershire sauce.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

As a baked bean lover I've tried a lot of the brands, Sainsburys by far and away the best. Heinz have gone massively downhill IMO, their beans are lacking so much flavour these days.

 

[Hagar]

Makes a massive difference in a pan, for added flavour sauté some onions, add a little paprika, black pepper and a dash or worcestershire sauce.

Or more simply a splash of Encona pepper sauce to taste. I have become used to Morrisons beans now after being raised on Heinz. Heinz still make the definitive ketchup though.

 

[LuckyBenski]

stir in some butter when heating up the beans add salt and pepper and then top the beans on toast with brown hp sauce or bbq sauce, might sound strange but it is good.

the best brand of beans is branston though

Cracking first post, you can stay

 

[dave28]

sainburys used to make the best cheap ones

heinz have watered down their formula i think

i now use branston mostly £2 for 4 pack i think

 

[R.P.L]

I did try Branston based on this thread, and I think you guys might be on to something. They seem a bit richer than present day Heinz. Needed a twist or two of salt (same as Heinz for me) but all good apart from that.

I might pick up some Sainsbury's ones next time I go there (which isn't that often).

 

[SkeeterUK]

I used to like nettos own brand low sugar ones.

 

[cheesefest]

Sainsburys own, Branston and Lidl Newgate.

Don't like Heinz at all. Sometimes gets so many bean carcasses and sauce is ikky.

 

[bayo000]

Own brand of whichever supermarket I'm doing shopping in. Once you add salt and pepper the difference in taste is not worth spending more.

 

[Maximum Triceratops]

Branston beans, cook in a pan for longer than normal to get them mushy, add butter, let the toast go cold before buttering, add the beans on top, sprinkle cheddar on top and grill.

 

[PiKe]

Branston for me, but ASDA own brand aren't bad either.

 

[DrToffnar]

Heinz purist here I'm afraid. Branston have a slightly sicky taste to them and a lot of the own brand ones just aren't balanced enough. Heinz just eat better then any other brand as well imo. Even if you overcook them the consistency is good enough whereas Branstons just go to skin pellets of mush.

 

[mattyg]

We tested this at the restaurant. Heinz are very watery. Branston cam out on top so thats the brand we stuck with.

I've always been a Heinz fan up until that point.. But blind testing Branstons one hands down

 

[gailjon]

Only in the Uk could we have an in depth discussion about baked beans!

I remember one holiday when an American lady mentioned how she couldn't believe that beans were served at breakfast She sounded absolutely disgusted by the thought.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Only in the Uk could we have an in depth discussion about baked beans!

I remember one holiday when an American lady mentioned how she couldn't believe that beans were served at breakfast She sounded absolutely disgusted by the thought.

A bit like eating a doughnut or a big plate of pancake covered in syrup for me.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Heinz are the benchmark that all are measured against but I'm finding them too sweet these days. The sugar free ones are rancid though.

Try Morrisons own make. Heinz is very sugary.

 

[Tom Gidman]

Heinz, always!

 

[nine_tails]

Heinz, always!

+1

 

[TurtleTwo]

Branston.

 

[Tax Evader]

Bit of a thread bumpage...

Has anyone noticed a reduction in the quality of Branston just recently? I've used them for years but a few weeks ago had some and there was loads more sauce than I was used to (more like what Heinz are like!) and the beans had a harder texture. Wondering if it was a one-off 'weird can' I had another yesterday and just the same.
I wonder if they've gone and ruined them