BLOOMIN BIG BLOOMIN GOOD!! Branston Baked Beans (Branston Bloomin Big Baked Beans)

Member Name: nayland

Product:	Branston Bloomin Big Baked Beans
Date:	19/08/09 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: Bigger than the normal bean and in a tasty sauce

Disadvantages: None

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 one was it to be normal Baked Beans in a rich and tasty tomato sauce or Bloomin BIG Baked Beans also in a rich and tasty tomato sauce ?

I went straight for the Bloomin Big tin as if you are going to have a bean it might as well be a big one! The tin has a silver label with the Branston logo on the front with a few beans scattered about and the words Bloomin BIG Baked Beans written in dark blue ( the normal ones have red writing on the front).

I got back home quick and put some toast in the toaster.Now to open the tin, these do not have a pull ring and you will need a tin opener. So now the tin is open I can clearly see the beans. They are a lot bigger that the usual ones I put some into a glass bowl and put into the microwave for about 90 seconds. Straight onto my toast and the taste test begins. These are very tasty and straight away I like the bigger beans. It says that the beans are 50% bigger than other beans, but I thought these looked bigger ( maybe I will have to open two tins one of each and compare next time!).The sauce had a nice tomato flavour to it and wasn't thin like some I've tried in the past.

I will be buying these from now on as the bigger beans are nice and tasty.
I got mine on offer for 3 for £1, but they are usually 48p a tin. The tin weighs
420g compared to Heinz that cost 64p and weigh 415g.

The ingredients are:

Beans (52%)
Tomatoes (40%)
Sugar
Modified Maize Starch
Salt
Paprika
Ground White Pepper
Flavouring
Spices

Per half a tin contains:

Energy 777kj/183kcal
Protein 10.1
Carbohydrate 33.8
of which sugars 12.4
Fat 0.8
of which sats 0.2
Fibre 11.6
Sodium 0.70
Salt 1.70

These can be heated in a saucepan on a hob or done in the microwave, which is what I do as it is quicker and cleaner to do. If only using half a tin
then pour the rest into a container and keep covered in the fridge for a day or two. I sometimes when feeling a bit naughty stir in grated mature cheese
into the beans before I heat them up!

I think it's time for some beans on toast for breakfast now so I'll shoot off and hope you enjoy these beans too!

Summary: Well worth a try as a cheaper version of baked beans they are great!