Heinz Reduced Salt and Sugar beans (Heinz Reduced Salt and Sugar Beans)

Member Name: jaggerjatt

Product:	Heinz Reduced Salt and Sugar Beans
Date:	13/01/09 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: From a well respected company and made in the UK.

Disadvantages: Less sugar + less salt = much less taste

Heinz have been making baked beans ever since 1886 and have always been a good addition to most meals, cheap so ideal for families and also full of fibre. All in all the perfect food stuff most people might say. Certainly goes well with everything from baked potatoes, toast, sausages. A students favourite, heinz have been the best quality beans available for any quick and ready meal situation.
To go alongside the publicity from various health organisations, they have now started producing a version which has upto 50% less fat and salt, but surprisingly also less sugar. I didn't even know that beans had so much sugar in them in the first place to be honest but as part of trying to eat more healthily and "do the right thing" I thought I would try the beans out.
I was a bit disappointed to be honest. The sauce is much thinner than the "regular" beans and the colours of the beans themselves seem a bit anaemic.
Tastewise, the thinner sauce really doesnt do much. I had to pep it up with some tobasco sauce and a bit of ketchup (reduced sugar ketchup of course!) which made it taste slightly better.
On toast or with sausages etc it really does make a massive difference to taste. I think I'd rather have the original beans but change the sausage to low fat or have wholemeal bread. At least that way I can still have full flavour from my meal. With these beans, I'm losing the flavour of whatever they're with because they have a very "artificial" taste which overpowers the other foods.

Summary: If you're counting calories make the savings elsewhere but stick to original beans!