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 ...  Read the complete review

As part of my healthier 2010 I decided I may as well opt for these beans in the supermarket rather than the regular Heinz version. I don't eat baked beans often but when I do I'm quite picky about them, and usually only Heinz will do. I hate the supermarket own brands and Branston because they just taste weird to me! So reduced salt and sugar Heinz it was. I had intended to use them in a casserole, but in the end I made oven wraps with them to use up leftovers (get a wrap, carefully pour some beans down it, add grated cheese on top of the beans, add mushrooms or other vegetables, wrap up, cut in half, stick in the oven for 10 minutes). I have to say that I ...  Read the complete review

On a recent online shopping order I saw that Heinz beans were on a buy one get one free offer so ordered 2 multipacks of Heinz beans; what I hadn't noticed is that I was ordering the reduced sugar and salt version as opposed to the full salt & sugar variety I normally order. When not on offer the price is the same for both versions. I hadn't realised that beans were overly full of sugar and salt and believed them to be a quite healthy accompaniment to my childrens meals. Looking at the nutritional information on the back of the two versions the reduced sugar & salt version does contain slightly less calories - 137 per half can compared to 151 in the ...  Read the complete review

I love baked beans, and healthy as they already are, there was definitely scope to remove some sugar and salt. This really shows that Heinz is making an effort for its customers, which is appreciated. It's not much more effort to select a different tin of beans after all. The packaging remains almost identical, in its distinctive tin, which was a good move as not to bewilder shoppers. It also reminds the customer that this is the real deal and that they are buying from a trusted brand. The added health benefits of beans are certainly a good thing, there really is no difference in taste in my opinion, and like for like this is obviously the better ...  Read the complete review

I have been using these beans for sometime now and now can no longer eat the normal ones as they taste too sweet. I guess its like taking sugar in your tea...... Admittedly when you first eat them you do notice the different but after a time you get used to them. Even my children eat them to without any quibbles. My only bugbear with them is that they seem to be very watery. i am not sure if they actually put less beans in, but when you open a tin of the lower s & s ones its half liquid and all the beans are at the bottom. maybe its because the sauce isn;t as thick and therefore does not suspend the beans aswell, but why would this happen? All i say ...  Read the complete review