Baked Beans - A smartprice, not such a smart taste though! (Asda Smart Price Baked Beans)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Asda Smart Price Baked Beans
Date:	12/02/09 (103 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Not bad for 29p, saves you a little money, some people wont notice the difference!

Disadvantages: A little bland, some hard beans, no ring pull on the can.

A can of these beans was purchased for 29p on our latest trip to Asda.

The main reason for this purchase was to save money and to try something different (partly for reviewing purposes!).

This is an aluminium can (which can be recycled) with a paper label showing the smartprice logo, a plate of beans on toast and the relevant ingredients/nutrional information.

The can holds 410g cans of beans which can be cooked in the microwave or in a saucepan on the hob for approximately 3-4 minutes (varies depending on the wattage of your microwave etc).

Once opened (no ring pull on these babies!) you are met with standard beans in a very watery looking tomato-ish smelling sauce.

Once cooked the smell is slightly better and I couldn't notice much different between the smell of these and Heinz beans (my favourite!).

Upon sampling them I was met with one bean that tasted a little hard and overcooked!

Overall the taste is not as good as Heinz but isn't inedible either, the sauce is a little watery and at times a little tasteless.

You can buy four cans of these for about £1 which is a saving of a good £1 on the price of 4 cans of Heinz baked beans (of the same size), so this is a great cost saving.

A tin of beans counts as 1 of your 5 a day so that is great for getting your kids/family to keep up their intake.

I would recommend this product, particularly for younger children whose tastes won't have really developed yet.

You can also throw these in to a shepherds pie or similar dish to give it a bit of extra taste and I doubt anybody would realise that they weren't Heinz once you were disguised by mince and mash!

Summary: I would recommend this product, it's great as a cost saving.