Branston Bloomin Big Baked Beans

I purchased 1 420g can of Branston Bloomin Big Baked Beans from my local Sainsburys recently for 64p and I have purchased a dented can in the past for just 38p which is what introduced me to this can of beans. This can does not have a ring pull so I use a standard tin opener to get this open, this gives a sharp edge to the lid which isn't very good when I want to wash this product so I can recycle it. The design of the can is very straight forward and simple, an aluminium can with a silver label and the branston logo, nutritional information, ingredients etc, the standard stuff you would expect really. I pour the beans out in to a ...  Read the complete review

As everyone knows Heinz are the Daddy of baked beans and you really can't taste a better bean. So on a mission to try and find one that was almost as good I searched the shelves of my local Tesco's. I knew that the stripey version were definitely not even in the running as I did try them once, but never again as they hardly had any beans in them. I had also tried HP beans and they weren't much better, but I have now spotted two different types of Branston baked beans. There was the Branston Brothers sitting there in the shiney silver coats looking all smug ( they remindered me of Phil and Grant Mitchell I won't say which one remindered me of Phil!!). Now what ...  Read the complete review

BRANSTON BLOOMIN' BIG BAKED BEANS COST: (in Sainsbury's @ 11.10.08): 52p for a 420g tin, and currently the 220g tins are on special introductory offer of 31p each NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per 100g): Calories: 87 Kj: 370 Protein: 4.8g Carbohydrate: 16.1g - of which sugars: 5.9g Fat: 0.4g - of which saturates: 0.1g Fibre: 5.5g Sodium: 0.3g Salt equivalent: 0.8g INGREDIENTS: Beans (50%), tomatoes (40%), sugar, modified maize starch, salt, paprika, ground white pepper, flavouring, spices OTHER INFORMATION/CLAIMS: Suitable for ...  Read the complete review

Bloomin big disappointment! These beans in tomato sauce are marketed on the basis of their size, so they'd seem to be a good choice for a filling, quick snack. They aren't huge but are bigger than the usual Heinz variety (and there's a helpful picture on the tin comparing beans just in case you doubt it!) They look as they should, fat little orange ovals, the sauce is sweet and thick, however, they have quite an unpleasant texture, I heated them as directed and they were still crunchy and had a horrible fibrey texture. I know that beans are full of fibre but these really were awful, very gritty. Available in tins of 420g or 220g, the ...  Read the complete review