I just really enjoy the simplicity of it and Gareth's personality. I have a fairly stressful job and so to close my laptop at 5 and watch it is a deligh! He helps me unwind after a busy day.
I feel Heinz are pretty much living off their name nowadays. Branston for me actually produce the better products whereas Heinz quality has clearly dropped over the years. This comparison is a great example as those sausages look identical to the other 2 cheap ones - certainly not worth the premium price.
We got some Branson beans inside the bottom of the tin was black! wiped it with finger not good… they replied and said it’s ok!! I don’t think so as it was the metal that was black like rust.. so no more of Branston
I used to love Heinz beans and sausages but they changed about 10 years ago and the flavour of the sausages changed completely. The Branston ones really take some beating now in my opinion.
@@321dunkduncan Totally agree, they changed quality in a bad way. They were awesome back then & you would easily agree Heinz was superior 100% No way now or even back then when i stopped buying them when i clearly realized something isn't right.
@@tardeliesmagic They just lowered the sugar and tomato content in the sauce, and the pork content of the sausages. To maximise profits. This is what happens in business. They'd bulk out their sausages and beans with arsenic or something if it were cheaper for them and legal, or helped preserve their products longer for mass storage and distribution.
Apologies, I've done a Sausage & Beans comparison 9 months ago. Was a different line up though when ASDA were smart price, Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃👍👍👻 comparison playlist click on link ruclips.net/p/PL40h6w2mFRIG6aA1Oq1i3OUMoyfL_KIQw
“Why I oughta…” 😀 Trust me Gareth, this will not be the last time you forget something and repeat yourself. I have proof of this as it’s rumoured that some blokes actually get married twice…… 😳😳😂😂
A story about brands: When I was at college I got to know some lads who were also at college, doing textiles technology block release courses. One of them worked for a factory in Leicester that made polo shirts. They made them for George at Asda, Marks and Spencer, Sergio Tacchini and Ralph Loren. They were the same shirts. Only the logos were different.
Many years ago there was a recall on uncooked chicken breasts. The only ones affected were an Asda budget line and a Tesco premium line. Basically, Tesco were charging much more for virtually the same thing. I guess the Asda one could have had more added water, but hardly enough to warrant the price difference, and the quality of the chicken would have been the same.
Same here. I worked in a clothing factory. All products were made 100% identical, until the labels went on... which were Tesco and other supermarkets, along with M&S. The end price point difference to the customer was massive, yet they were all the same 😊 (My machine stitched the crotches on jeans 😄) It's this way across the board, though foods made in the same processing plants for different stores often have very slight tweaks which are usually just ingredient percentage changes (like with the meat content or salt / sugar in these sossies) 😊
If you are on a tight budget: 2 x cans of Heinz beans with sausages = £3.40 versus nearly 9 cans of the Stockwell beans with sausages... That is a Hell of a difference and saving ! Plus canned goods store for years, so no hurry to use up. Stock up the larder before prices increase again. Also, they are the sort of thing that are handy to have available for those days when you just want a snack meal with no real cooking time... Just saying - LOL
@@lesleyvivien2876 Not true at all ! I'm far from rich and I have been doing it . If I can do it, so can you ! Every can of food counts, and boxed pasta goes on sale frequently for a dollar a box. There is no excuse.
I love the Branston brand. Carry on side opening cans like you've always done. The problem with top opening is that it leaves a very sharp edge on the top of the can.
Lidl's own brand, Newgate, Beans and Sausages are ~55p and they are made by Princes, I keep a few tins in stock for quick meals (great on toast). Great video and comparison series
Another thing to remember is that if you buy the cheap ones, you can always jazz them up a bit with a little salt, pepper mustard, brown sauce, maybe even a little bisto or marmite, whatever you have in the cupboard really. Cheese, or a sprinkle of extra sugar, and they’re still way cheaper than overpriced Heinz. Lots of ways to eat cheaply if you have to, just use a little imagination! Fried bread with sausage and beans is a tasty, simple dinner that anyone can do for pennies. Sad how many folks are having to struggle to put food on the table these days. If you’re really struggling, buy a big sack of rice or pasta, it fills you up for cheap, and gives you energy too. Add any cheap discount veggies, or ‘out of date’ tins of meat or fish. Sell by dates are way safer than they need to be, food stored properly in tins will last for years. Stay safe and eat well folks!
There's a few comments here saying how you can jazz up cheap beans... Just about all the ideas really aren't that far short of just making your own from dried haricot beans. Way cheaper and you can play with it just how you want.
Well I'm convinced .I have (So far) found Tesco cheaper brands to be perfectly acceptable but never tried the beans and sausages .For 39p I will certainly be picking up a can next time I'm in there .I usually add a few drops of Worcestershire sauce and a grind of black pepper to tinned beans anyway ,so any lack of seasoning is never an issue .
Butter, salt, ground pepper, cayenne pepper and a pinch of basil (+curry powder if there isn’t enough flavour) . Yummy. I only buy Heinz, but I’m willing to give some other beans a try now. However, I’ll never stop buying Heinz tommy k as nothing can match/beat it.
If you think about it, the fact the Branstons is claggier than the other three gives you your answer as to why they're sweeter. The sauce has been boiled longer and has reduced and thickened, which has intensified the flavour 🙂.
Its not reduction because they are cooked in the sealed can, the thickness of the sauce is down to the modified corn starch, I spent 14 years in the cannery that made all of these products except the Heinz.
@@Olliedyson really ? presumably they'd do different brands on different days or was it so big that they were running canning for all brands all of the time ? genuinely interested
It's always a good idea to wash the top of any can before opening it as you don't know the many places, or for how long, each can has been stored, collecting dust, grime and crawling vermin.
I like branston baked beans they've got a nice flavour and consistency to them. The worst ones I've ever I ate was those HP ones from Iceland years ago it was literally water and a few beans with no flavour.
@@andrewhayes7055 Tesco were doing 4 tins for £3.20 but now they have just decided on 90p a can while Heinz were £3.49 for 4. I think a while back Branston's were as low as 60p per can?
When Heinz first went up to £1.70 I decided to try others and jumped to Branston to try them and they used to only be 85p until a few weeks ago when they suddenly jumped up in price. I like to have them with some hash browns in the bottom of the bowl with the beans and sausage ontop, sometimes with a bit of shredded cheese on top, even good with some buffalo sauce added
Heinz have always been overpriced and steadily over the years have got worse for taste and flavour. Never buy anything Heinz anymore. Good review sir as always👍
My wife reckons her favourite beans are Heinz, mine are Branston. I did a blind taste test and she picked the Branston over the Heinz. They are in a different league from each other. Branston have more flavour and it looks as if the sausages are proper cocktail sausages, whereas the others have horrible ones that look as if they been extruded by machine from some sort of meat slurry. 😝
Brand loyalty shouldn't be taste-blind loyalty! As this review shows, it can cost a lot too. I prefer Branston to Heinz...but I rate Crosse & Blackwell tops! Brands change over time. Heinz today is not the Heinz of my childhood.
Only discovered this Channel and Definitely think it's great! It's straight to the point and a great help to everyone that's budgeting or considering to change from the big brand names but don't want to compromise on taste or quality! Definitely recommending it to my friends! Very well put together!
People think eating in the UK is expensive when its really not. We live in a country that relative to the amount we earn each year, food is absurdly cheap compared to the rest of Europe. The idea that you can feed 10 people for under four pounds (even if its not a great meal) is literally insane by other countries standards. Some people don’t realise how lucky we actually are here. Not even a necessarily that unhealthy meal either. If it was mixed beans, it’d be a pretty much complete meal nutritionally.
Branston is the superior baked bean. And the sausages are more akin to a Lincolnshire cocktail sausage. Overall its preference and budget. For me it's always Branston, Great Video chief and happy Halloween to all who celebrate it.
All the others just copy Heinz, which is a shame because it's impossible to have a chip and bean sandwich without making a mess if you don't go for Branston.
@Ashley Creek You heinous perpetrator of fake news! Branston baked beans have always been outside the purlieu of accepted bean flavourings. If that's YOUR choice then enjoy....though in response I may fart in your general direction as you fart back at me (due to your baked beans). My mother comes from Lincolnshire where they still have specialist pork butchers (and weekly sacrifices are made to the Lord Of Sausages). NO ONE could equate Branston sausages with Lincolnshire sausages. Do NOT link the Lincs! 😊
Another one bites the dust! Absolutely brilliant review Gareth, loved this. I have said many times after watching your comparative reviews . . . what’s in a name? This is another marvellous money saving review, I’ll be stocking up on the Stockwell brand. Years ago I would occasionally have Heinz baked beans and sausages and I would feel a ‘high’ after eating them, probably the sugar?!? These big names are going to sell themselves out of the market unless they do something quick to try and make a financial recovery against the cheaper brands which people will be switching to. Keep this up my friend, and thank you. All the best to you and yours.
I don't think they will. Heinz, HP etc have always sold at a huge premium over supermarket own labels, to say nothing of their value brands. Even when a can of beans was regularly selling for 9p a can, Heinz etc never went bust.
Hi Gareth. Here's a pure co incidence ! I was trying to think of something for tea that my 12 year old hadn't had here. I came up with a memory from my younger days. Beans and sausages on toast. I told our Thomas but he looked a bit dubious. Anyway not available here so it became a DIY meal. Large tin of beans from macro, and a pack of cocktail sausages from the local freezer shop. Thomas ended up having two beans and sausage (3) sandwiches AND two more toast wiith beans and sausages! A successful outcome and I enjoyed them as well !! Best wishes from a cooling Thailand, under 20 ° this morning !! Don, Phannee and Thomas.
I can’t eat a full tin so a lot gets wasted, so today we bought a tin of Asda beans and sausages. If they are not tomatoey enough for you , you can always add a smidgeon of tomato purée. But now I only buy Asda .
Blimey Macro. Used too shop there years ago as my dad had a trade card. Didn’t even know they were still going. I shop at Costco now for bulk buying. Plus they have a great indoor butchers that sell freshly cut meat, steaks, pork, chicken etc. saves me a fortune.
The Heinz, Asda and Stockwell are what I would consider to be Hot Dog type sausages only smaller, whereas the Branston sausages are like a proper butchers sausage, you can tell by the crinkles on the outside and the texture of the meat itself. Branston Baked Beans are far superior to Heinz, more beans, thicker, richer,more savoury tomato sauce and with the sausages I think Branston wins against Heinz as well, but when you can get 4 cans of Asda and Stockwell compared to Heinz and 3 cans compared to Branston in this day and age you'd be stupid not to go for the cheapest option.
I rarely go for the lowest priced as beans tend to be just sloppy, not very nice tasting...a false economy. I was genuinely surprised that M &S do decent tasting good value beans...certainly avoid Heinz for this stuff
That Heinz at £1.70 was way overpriced. They're really slapping on the money there. Thanks for the vid. Really helpful to me as I rely on low-priced grub. Cheers, friend!!
I've only eaten Branston baked beans for years, and a few months ago I tried their baked beans with pork sausages. Very nice. What I do is a bit of a faff, but it gives me two meals from one can. I take all the sausages out and place in a bowl. Then I divide up the beans so that half goes in with the sausages and the other half into a separate bowl. This bowl I keep in the fridge for up to two days, covered with cling film. After your review I'm going to try Stockwells to see if I can tell much of a difference.
Blimey that is tight😂mind you some people really are struggling financially and I don’t know your circumstances, so if it saves you money. More power too you.
@@matty6848 In this case I'm not being frugal, although I certainly have been a few years ago. No, it's just that a 405g can is too much for one meal, given that I'll eat the beans and sausages along with chips or a couple of hash browns and a fried egg. The remaining beans I'll have on toast as a light snack.
Your comparison reviews are always a nice watch and I was expecting there to be little difference in taste between the brands, only the price. I always buy the cheapest for that reason. Personally I'm not too fussy! Put them on buttered toast and you wouldn't know the difference. Cheers Gareth.
I grew up on 'Chef' brand sausage & beans in the late 70's early 80's and I love the Asda yellow tin version. They are great with some toast for a quick cheap meal. The price compared to the others is staggering.
Hi Gareth, great review again mate but personally I like the Branstons, both their baked beans and also their beans and sausages. Happy Halloween to you and you're family.👍
Every single tin of heinz baked beans I've had in the last 6 years have been watery near transparent pink gunk as the sauce, tiny gritty rock hard beans. The last three tins of beans and sausage, the same, plus anaemic little tasteless rubbery hard "sausages". One was warmed and binned and the other two stayed in the cupboard till they went out of date. Appalling. I switched to Aldi ones which are much better. The beans are actually fully cooked, thick opaque sauce and ok sausages. I remember Heinz beans from when I was a kid. Big soft beans in a thick tomato sauce. Nice and peppery. They've gone to the dogs. Their soups are all just as nasty. Nothing more than tasteless cellulose thickened water with a few hard bits of vegetable and the odd tiny blob of fat or gristle in the meaty flavours. The salt, omg, the salt. I blended a tin of beef broth the one time, when I was really ill, so off solids and the saltiness made me throw up.
Can openers are generally designed for side opening, so you're doing it right. There's a "lip" designed to go over the top, which is pushing the opener up if you try to open from the top. My (quite old) electric opener would empty the food all over the worktop if I tried to open the can as Mike suggests. I like Stockwell, not because they are cheap. I think it's the can. Shows the design of the logo is important. Same with Branston, but they are too expensive for everyday, and just for me, tbh. Never tried them side by side, like this, though, which is where your videos are so useful and informative. You're dead right about the cheaper brands and own brands. Often I find them better quality. I think the big brands cut back on quality, own brands don't.
Speaking as someone with coeliac disease I always buy the Heinz as they are the only ones I can eat. They have gone up a lot but I only ever buy when they are on offer and then I stock up. You used to be able to get good offers on the smaller cans but not so much recently.
Morrisons is launching Christmas sandwiches, wraps, pastries and baguettes as part of its festive range - including a wrap that tastes just like a Boxing Day curry. New additions this year include a Boxing Day Curry Wrap and a Market Street Christmas Festive Baguette which is freshly made in store. The baked baguette is filled with chicken breast, cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and a seasoned mayonnaise.
Problem with Morrisons is the prices. I've looked at the items you mentioned but the prices are ridiculous, it's just a posh sandwich at the end of the day. I can eat decent meals for two days for less than the price of one of those baguettes. OK it's personal choice but if you're watching the pennies it's like comparing Fortnum & Mason with Aldi. Morrisons has become very expensive and you only need to look at footfall to see how it's affecting them.
The Branston vegetarian sausage and beans in the tin is lush!! Think they are newish, Best vegetarian option so far and u get alot of sausage to bean ratio 👌
I was quite underwhelmed by them to be honest. I usually get whichever veggie ones are available, Sainsburys, Tesco or Asda. I like Branston beans, but for me the veggie sausages were just not that good. I will try them again, just in case they have improved over a couple of years, that’s if I can find them.
Action Mike is full of it! There's no right or wrong, just depends where you want the sharp edges. If you do it his way, the lid itself ends up with a smooth edge and the top of the can ends up sharp. If you do it your way (they way manufacturers intended) the lid itself ends up with a sharp edge, and the top of the can ends up with a smooth rolled edge. Personally I do it the proper way because it also preserves the integrity of the can.
I can’t remember when I last had beans and sausages from a tin like these, but I do recall having the full monty breakfast in a can which have other ingredients in addition. Watching your video and judging purely on your images I find that I am more attracted to the second to which you described as “claggy”. To me that tin was visually more appealing with the colour of the sausage and the consistency of the sauce. All the other tin’s looked insipid and like the cheapest available mechanically recovered meat was used to form the “meat “ tubes or sausages. If I were looking to make my own version I would choose to use some locally sourced sausage with a tin of multiple varieties of beans, with the addition of some pre- fried lardons of smoked bacon.
Branston every time for me, the sausages are close to what Heinz's used to be in my memory and the beans are nice and 'claggy'. [I still add extra ketchup too].😀
A real eye opener. Presumably Tesco isn't making a loss selling Stockwell products like this, so how on earth does Heinz justify (in this case) being over FOUR times the price?
Big brands are ripping people off using the manufacturing cost excuse. People who buy the big brands are letting them get away with it. Avoid the big brands, especially where there are a miriad of other brand choices.
I like the just essentials beans and sausages on toast with a few poached eggs on top. Black pepper. Good cheap lunch/snack in my opinion. Another good review Gaz 👍
You'll do well to find them now as Tesco seem to be having a smaller number of them - presumably to try to force people to buy the more expensive brands.
Hi Gareth as a non pork eater I have Sainsbury's vegetarian beans and sausages with an egg,just a thought you can get four tins of Stockwell beans and sausages for the price of one tin of Heinz. Thank you for the video xx
I do the same but with Curry powder,BBQ sauce, and Chilli sauce (not all at the same time) makes a change from the normal sauce. Lidl used to do a really fruity flavoured baked bean sauce with their bean it was to die for I was gutted when they changed them.
Look for Mushroom Ketchup (nothing like tomato ketchup, it has a Worcester sauce consistency and a really deep umami flavour - tastes nothing like mushrooms!
The ring pull cans cost more than old school cans to the manufacturer, that pushes the price up. Also note that the old school cans are less liable to spoil long term.
Another valuable comparison vlog to help those on a budget and to open the eyes of the brand fanatics! BTW, loved your comment about washing the cans out and recycling! One of my oppos asked why the hell I washed my recycling. Said I didn't want a dirty smelly wheelie bin (unlike most, if not all, of my neighbours!). Guess it might be down to us being ex services and the way we do things (Gonna do a job, do it proper! lol) Keep up the good work 👍
I haven't bought top brands for years,never seems like i'm not missing out on taste quality.What it shows is how much we are being Ripped off by the top brands .Great video as usual.
Your missing nothing. Heinz beans are the most overrated, overpriced canned food on the shelf. I buy Asda own brand beans and I prefer them way more to Heinz which cost a bloody fortune.
I dont eat them but my husband does so he was interested in this video😄. He prefers the cheaper ones to the branded as they have better sausages! We use a tin opener the same way as you👍
I worked for a very short time at a factory boxing & packing foods & was amazed at how everything is made in one huge warehouse & simply packed in different boxes. We would pack pies into Morrisons boxes then swap to Tesco boxes then swap to Asda boxes whilst the pies were all the same all day long! I now really believe that if something is packed in a nicer looking box with a higher price tag your brain will make it taste nicer.
in europe there is actually a code on most of these kind of products that tell you what factory and what batch they were made in "for" whatever company. im not sure if the uk has done away with this since brexit, but it should be possible to actually see this, many of the discounter labels will have exactly the same label as they just pick up overproduction from the same factorys. i similarly many years ago worked at a coffee packing plant and we would also just change out the rolls of packaging.
@@Cesspit7 Nice 1 👍. I also find another giveaway is how pies, fish fingers & almost every food we can buy - no matter what make are all the same size. Obviously made in the same factory.
Hey Gareth👍A tin of those on toast is a nice quick and hot snack and since trying Branston beans I haven't gone back to Heinz, I just prefer the rich sauce, but if I wasn't that bothered I would definitely try those stockwell ones another superb and fair review mate👍✌️
Gareth - the side opening can openers that your earlier commenter was telling about are a different design from the one you have that opens from the top. That's why you couldnt make it work. However if you look for one of the special side opening types then they genuinely are easier and sufer - because you get no jagged edges. However they are a different device from the old fashioned tin openers and if you want to try one you will need to look carefully at the description to get the right type, (which may be more faff than it is worth if you are used to a top opener).
I can't fault Stockwell foods. I'd quite happily buy their beans. I especially like the stockwell ketchup. It doesn't have the thick consistency like heinz but I like the taste better, reminds me more like the hotdog ketchup you get at food markets or fairgrounds. Can't say the same for brown sauce though, nothing compares to HP.
Heinz used to list the beans as haricot, then there was a shortage so they changed the beans they use.. Ever since they have only used the word beans so they can in effect change the beans they use as they wish.. I’m not a fan of Heinz, it’s made cheap as possible, but people go for brands without trying alternatives.. In blind tests, Heinz baked beans invariably come near the bottom in taste..
Does it depend on the tin opener? I have a cheap one that goes on the side but the magi can one goes on top, or maybe it goes on the side to, I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️😆
Yes, Gareth ..... We are in agreement, Branston are the best. Their tins are full, and not with juice either. They have hit Heinz hard on sales in the UK. The Value tins are always ok if you add a dash of Tomato Sauce. Great video, as always. Thank you ! 👏😉🎃
Me again, Gareth...😃 I wonder if for these comparisons you should not enlist the help of your good lady? Read the ingredients, the nutritional info, give the price, but let Mrs. Gareth open the tins/boxes/packages without you seeing the contents of each. She heats/cooks/re-heats, unseen by you, then you do a real blind taste/test without knowing which product you are sampling. State your preference, then BIG REVEAL at the end! OK, this may go the way of my "price per 100g/litre" idea, but oh well... Thank you for the real effort that you put into these videos👍🏼👏🤗
First rule of eating beans (or drippy similar stuff...) - Never wear anything that you don't want covered in them, as it usually ends up covered in bean juice. lol!
There are at least three different tin opener designs. One which the handle is on the side and it cuts the lid out of the middle, leaving sharp edges on the thin disc of lid it removes but not on the can (like yours). Another where the handle is on top and it cuts the lid off including the outside top edge with lid, with leave the sharp edges on the tin itself but takes the lid off cleanly with the opener, so you don't have to poke into the product to lift it out (branded Magican). Finally there is another type that tries to unseam the lid and tin rather than cut, and leave not sharp edges - unfortunately this tends to leave sharp shards of metal separately that can end up in the tin, defeating the supposed safety benefit.
Does anyone remember when Aldi first came to the UK in the early '90s? One of their amazingly cheap deals was tins of beans for 2p each. Even with inflation that's probably 3 or 4p now. At the time I couldn't figure out how they could profit - obviously a loss leader. But they were absolute watery swill. It's funny that Heinz has gone down that watery swill route and is charging a massive premium for it.
I buy the Stockwell baked beans and I really enjoy them, I'll be giving these ago next time I get a Tesco delivery. Thanks for another honest review 💜💜💜
I always hold my can opener "sideways". If you take the lid off like that, the sharp lid can be put in the blunt can. The other way, the whole top of the can is sharp!
Once I tried Aldi Corale Baked Beans I never went back to Heinz, they are healthier too as not laced with salt & sugar to keep the price down, most who say they "prefer the taste" of the expensive brands are really just hooked on the massive amounts of additives in them. I've not tried the beans & sausages version but i would guess the beans are the same?
But what if you don't want lasagne. Also it's not just beans like Graham said. Using your logic I could say why get a lasagne for a quid. I could get two loaves of cheap bread.
About 20 yrs ago i worked nights at a factory that produced cakes and puddings for Tescos. Many of the supermarkets top of the range and basic products were actually the same mix and ingredients but the more basic version might have been produced with the ‘end of batch mix’ and just different packaging. l mention this when you said that three of the tinned beans and sausages tasted the same, probably produced in the same factory with different labelling?
Jack’s stuff (part of the Tesco family it says) is sort of midrange at price point but fabulous quality. Of course everything is subjective but I haven’t tried anything of theirs that isn’t delicious. Their beans and sausages would come out like real sausage in a tin of beans, I suppose the Branston would be nearest. The Sausages in the others are more like frankfurters in my opinion. Just a thought. Keep on doing what you do Gareth, working class food for people on a budget. 👏👏
Jack's is good at the moment not bad quality for the price. Probably get watered later like everything else but for now good, soups are well worth checking out .
We've had the cheapo beans and sausages - nothing wrong with them at all! Same with the tinned chilli con carne! Why pay more? Does anyone remember Heinz Beans and Bacon Burgers in a can, in the 70s?😊😋 Have a great Halloween, Gareth, and everyone else!
What ever happened to those? I had them too but mum stopped buying them as she liked everything fresh and from a family butchers. Anything leftover was cobbled together in a curry or stew. Delicious! I ate really well back then.
Wow this really shows how things have shot up £1.70 for a tin of beans and sausage. Argh! That's shocking especially if you thought the others were OK. Have you done a comparison of tinned macaroni cheese? If not please could you 🙂
I much prefer the Branston to Heinz, need to try the cheaper ones though as the price difference is ridiculous. If it's not broke don't fix it (can opener). Good stuff!!! 👍👊
Wholesome channels like this is exactly what the world needs more of right now
thanks Mark
I agree he's spot on !
@@stephen4600 thank you kindly.
ur not wrong straight up and genuin
I just really enjoy the simplicity of it and Gareth's personality. I have a fairly stressful job and so to close my laptop at 5 and watch it is a deligh! He helps me unwind after a busy day.
I feel Heinz are pretty much living off their name nowadays.
Branston for me actually produce the better products whereas Heinz quality has clearly dropped over the years. This comparison is a great example as those sausages look identical to the other 2 cheap ones - certainly not worth the premium price.
I'll never buy Heinz anymore, they take us for clowns.
We got some Branson beans inside the bottom of the tin was black! wiped it with finger not good… they replied and said it’s ok!! I don’t think so as it was the metal that was black like rust.. so no more of Branston
Never buy branded products if I can avoid it. Supermarkets own brand goods just as good and much cheaper !!
@@Cliffordhurst951 Exactly. Over 95% i buy are supermarket own brands or cheaper stuff from Home bargains/ICELAND etc.
@@tardeliesmagicMe too. Branston’s are the best for me.
I used to love Heinz beans and sausages but they changed about 10 years ago and the flavour of the sausages changed completely. The Branston ones really take some beating now in my opinion.
I agree, I also feel the texture of them changed too!
I agree I find that Heinz are not as good as they used to be I only buy Branston beans
Heinz overload their foods with sugar
@@321dunkduncan Totally agree, they changed quality in a bad way. They were awesome back then & you would easily agree Heinz was superior 100% No way now or even back then when i stopped buying them when i clearly realized something isn't right.
@@tardeliesmagic They just lowered the sugar and tomato content in the sauce, and the pork content of the sausages. To maximise profits. This is what happens in business. They'd bulk out their sausages and beans with arsenic or something if it were cheaper for them and legal, or helped preserve their products longer for mass storage and distribution.
Apologies, I've done a Sausage & Beans comparison 9 months ago. Was a different line up though when ASDA were smart price, Happy Halloween 🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃👍👍👻 comparison playlist click on link ruclips.net/p/PL40h6w2mFRIG6aA1Oq1i3OUMoyfL_KIQw
But if you were asked for a review no harm in another as things can change from the last time.
Cracking thanks Stockwell here I come
Prices change too £1.70 is shocking
“Why I oughta…” 😀 Trust me Gareth, this will not be the last time you forget something and repeat yourself.
I have proof of this as it’s rumoured that some blokes actually get married twice…… 😳😳😂😂
Thanks, enjoyed it...really interesting and helpful.
A story about brands:
When I was at college I got to know some lads who were also at college, doing textiles technology block release courses.
One of them worked for a factory in Leicester that made polo shirts.
They made them for George at Asda, Marks and Spencer, Sergio Tacchini and Ralph Loren.
They were the same shirts.
Only the logos were different.
Haha that doesn't surprise me 👍👍
Apart from heinz, princess foods makes all the supermarket sausage and beans, also princess owns branston
Many years ago there was a recall on uncooked chicken breasts. The only ones affected were an Asda budget line and a Tesco premium line. Basically, Tesco were charging much more for virtually the same thing. I guess the Asda one could have had more added water, but hardly enough to warrant the price difference, and the quality of the chicken would have been the same.
Doing the ironing will tell what quality a polo shirt is.Ralph Lauren,Lacoste etc iron much easier than a supermarket,or Primark one.
Same here. I worked in a clothing factory.
All products were made 100% identical, until the labels went on... which were Tesco and other supermarkets, along with M&S. The end price point difference to the customer was massive, yet they were all the same 😊
(My machine stitched the crotches on jeans 😄)
It's this way across the board, though foods made in the same processing plants for different stores often have very slight tweaks which are usually just ingredient percentage changes (like with the meat content or salt / sugar in these sossies) 😊
If you are on a tight budget: 2 x cans of Heinz beans with sausages = £3.40 versus nearly 9 cans of the Stockwell beans with sausages... That is a Hell of a difference and saving ! Plus canned goods store for years, so no hurry to use up. Stock up the larder before prices increase again. Also, they are the sort of thing that are handy to have available for those days when you just want a snack meal with no real cooking time... Just saying - LOL
Cheers pal
Agree about the stocking up....... anyone not doing so is a fool.
And those cans can be eaten as is if necessary, precooked.
@@henryottis295 That's a bit harsh! Not everyone has the spare money to be able to buy in bulk or to buy ahead.
@@lesleyvivien2876
Not true at all !
I'm far from rich and I have been doing it .
If I can do it, so can you !
Every can of food counts, and boxed pasta goes on sale frequently for a dollar a box.
There is no excuse.
@@henryottis295 Drop the aggression. I think you need to get out more. Do you know anyone who uses a food bank?
I love the Branston brand. Carry on side opening cans like you've always done. The problem with top opening is that it leaves a very sharp edge on the top of the can.
yes will do.
@@BaldFoodieGuy no dont way you do it the best and easiest !
Depends on the tin and the tin opener.
I love the Branston range. The brown sauce is spot on too and a bit spicier and sweeter than HP, love it.
Same!!
Lidl's own brand, Newgate, Beans and Sausages are ~55p and they are made by Princes, I keep a few tins in stock for quick meals (great on toast). Great video and comparison series
Another thing to remember is that if you buy the cheap ones, you can always jazz them up a bit with a little salt, pepper mustard, brown sauce, maybe even a little bisto or marmite, whatever you have in the cupboard really. Cheese, or a sprinkle of extra sugar, and they’re still way cheaper than overpriced Heinz. Lots of ways to eat cheaply if you have to, just use a little imagination! Fried bread with sausage and beans is a tasty, simple dinner that anyone can do for pennies. Sad how many folks are having to struggle to put food on the table these days. If you’re really struggling, buy a big sack of rice or pasta, it fills you up for cheap, and gives you energy too. Add any cheap discount veggies, or ‘out of date’ tins of meat or fish. Sell by dates are way safer than they need to be, food stored properly in tins will last for years. Stay safe and eat well folks!
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There's a few comments here saying how you can jazz up cheap beans... Just about all the ideas really aren't that far short of just making your own from dried haricot beans. Way cheaper and you can play with it just how you want.
Same with bland cheap pasta sauces which are half the price of branded ones
My favourite spice it up is Gochuagang (? Chilli and fermented bean paste), among other things it lasts really well, just carries on fermenting
some smoked cheddar and chipotle sauce is my go to.
Another important comparison👍Massive price difference for no massive taste difference.Keep up the good work mate 👌🏻
Thanks 👍
I dont like the asda ones 🤮
Well I'm convinced .I have (So far) found Tesco cheaper brands to be perfectly acceptable but never tried the beans and sausages .For 39p I will certainly be picking up a can next time I'm in there .I usually add a few drops of Worcestershire sauce and a grind of black pepper to tinned beans anyway ,so any lack of seasoning is never an issue .
Well in!
I usually add a bit of mustard.
Also, a nob of butter will thicken the sauce.
Butter, salt, ground pepper, cayenne pepper and a pinch of basil (+curry powder if there isn’t enough flavour) . Yummy. I only buy Heinz, but I’m willing to give some other beans a try now. However, I’ll never stop buying Heinz tommy k as nothing can match/beat it.
If you think about it, the fact the Branstons is claggier than the other three gives you your answer as to why they're sweeter. The sauce has been boiled longer and has reduced and thickened, which has intensified the flavour 🙂.
yes good point
Also the greater weight of the Heinz is accounted for by the extra water, so no real gain
All beans are the same just the sauce that’s different
Its not reduction because they are cooked in the sealed can, the thickness of the sauce is down to the modified corn starch, I spent 14 years in the cannery that made all of these products except the Heinz.
@@Olliedyson really ? presumably they'd do different brands on different days or was it so big that they were running canning for all brands all of the time ?
genuinely interested
Branston is by far my favourite, but the cheaper ones, while good as is, can be levelled up with a little, butter, garlic and/or paprika.
I love any baked bean, I always put a knob of butter in mine, gives it a new flavour!
One baked bean?! I prefer more than one, but a bit of butter and a grind of fresh pepper converts any brand to something far better.
good tip
@rachekghostcst As long as you don't put your knob in the butter, Id eat those beans as a fairly nutritious source of food, LoL !
It's always a good idea to wash the top of any can before opening it as you don't know the many places, or for how long, each can has been stored, collecting dust, grime and crawling vermin.
I like branston baked beans they've got a nice flavour and consistency to them. The worst ones I've ever I ate was those HP ones from Iceland years ago it was literally water and a few beans with no flavour.
Branston beans are my favourite but they are shooting up in price at the moment
One of the worst is Heinz the sauce is like water! Branston are the best 👌🏻
@@andrewhayes7055 Best prices are in Farmfoods lately.
@@andrewhayes7055 buy the cheap ones and add a bit of bbq sauce to darken them and get that desired taste they have
@@andrewhayes7055 Tesco were doing 4 tins for £3.20 but now they have just decided on 90p a can while Heinz were £3.49 for 4. I think a while back Branston's were as low as 60p per can?
This channel is so comforting to watch. Warm and friendly presentation with a genuinely helpful and non-biased content. Keep it coming!!!
You're welcome will do
When Heinz first went up to £1.70 I decided to try others and jumped to Branston to try them and they used to only be 85p until a few weeks ago when they suddenly jumped up in price.
I like to have them with some hash browns in the bottom of the bowl with the beans and sausage ontop, sometimes with a bit of shredded cheese on top, even good with some buffalo sauce added
thanks pal
Buffalo on beans is smashin! Well, buffalo's great on a lot of things. ... I'm getting hungry. LOL
Heinz have always been overpriced and steadily over the years have got worse for taste and flavour. Never buy anything Heinz anymore. Good review sir as always👍
Thanks for sharing
My wife reckons her favourite beans are Heinz, mine are Branston. I did a blind taste test and she picked the Branston over the Heinz. They are in a different league from each other. Branston have more flavour and it looks as if the sausages are proper cocktail sausages, whereas the others have horrible ones that look as if they been extruded by machine from some sort of meat slurry. 😝
Team Branston here too!
thanks Philip
Brand loyalty shouldn't be taste-blind loyalty! As this review shows, it can cost a lot too. I prefer Branston to Heinz...but I rate Crosse & Blackwell tops!
Brands change over time. Heinz today is not the Heinz of my childhood.
Agreed, for years I was Heinz but when my brother introduced me to Branstons I never turned back lol well occasionally I do
Team branston for me
Only discovered this Channel and Definitely think it's great! It's straight to the point and a great help to everyone that's budgeting or considering to change from the big brand names but don't want to compromise on taste or quality! Definitely recommending it to my friends! Very well put together!
cheers Louise thanks kindly 👍
I have tha Aldi version @ 40p and it's bloody nice , cheers Gareth 👍👍👍
People think eating in the UK is expensive when its really not. We live in a country that relative to the amount we earn each year, food is absurdly cheap compared to the rest of Europe. The idea that you can feed 10 people for under four pounds (even if its not a great meal) is literally insane by other countries standards. Some people don’t realise how lucky we actually are here.
Not even a necessarily that unhealthy meal either. If it was mixed beans, it’d be a pretty much complete meal nutritionally.
Branston is the superior baked bean. And the sausages are more akin to a Lincolnshire cocktail sausage. Overall its preference and budget. For me it's always Branston, Great Video chief and happy Halloween to all who celebrate it.
All the others just copy Heinz, which is a shame because it's impossible to have a chip and bean sandwich without making a mess if you don't go for Branston.
Try Lidl "Newgate" tinned products, beat all the others hands down
@Ashley Creek You heinous perpetrator of fake news! Branston baked beans have always been outside the purlieu of accepted bean flavourings. If that's YOUR choice then enjoy....though in response I may fart in your general direction as you fart back at me (due to your baked beans).
My mother comes from Lincolnshire where they still have specialist pork butchers (and weekly sacrifices are made to the Lord Of Sausages). NO ONE could equate Branston sausages with Lincolnshire sausages. Do NOT link the Lincs! 😊
Not kidding take them everytime, hienz are tasteless
@@tonyb181ify ive had them your not wrong better than paying nearly 2 quid a tin for stuff you cant taste
Another one bites the dust! Absolutely brilliant review Gareth, loved this. I have said many times after watching your comparative reviews . . . what’s in a name? This is another marvellous money saving review, I’ll be stocking up on the Stockwell brand. Years ago I would occasionally have Heinz baked beans and sausages and I would feel a ‘high’ after eating them, probably the sugar?!?
These big names are going to sell themselves out of the market unless they do something quick to try and make a financial recovery against the cheaper brands which people will be switching to.
Keep this up my friend, and thank you. All the best to you and yours.
cheers John, hope all is well with and your family. Yes not much in them apart from the price. Cheers John.
I don't think they will. Heinz, HP etc have always sold at a huge premium over supermarket own labels, to say nothing of their value brands. Even when a can of beans was regularly selling for 9p a can, Heinz etc never went bust.
Hi Gareth. Here's a pure co incidence ! I was trying to think of something for tea that my 12 year old hadn't had here. I came up with a memory from my younger days. Beans and sausages on toast. I told our Thomas but he looked a bit dubious. Anyway not available here so it became a DIY meal. Large tin of beans from macro, and a pack of cocktail sausages from the local freezer shop. Thomas ended up having two beans and sausage (3) sandwiches AND two more toast wiith beans and sausages! A successful outcome and I enjoyed them as well !! Best wishes from a cooling Thailand, under 20 ° this morning !! Don, Phannee and Thomas.
cheers Don
I can’t eat a full tin so a lot gets wasted, so today we bought a tin of Asda beans and sausages. If they are not tomatoey enough for you , you can always add a smidgeon of tomato purée. But now I only buy Asda .
Blimey Macro. Used too shop there years ago as my dad had a trade card. Didn’t even know they were still going. I shop at Costco now for bulk buying. Plus they have a great indoor butchers that sell freshly cut meat, steaks, pork, chicken etc. saves me a fortune.
The Heinz, Asda and Stockwell are what I would consider to be Hot Dog type sausages only smaller, whereas the Branston sausages are like a proper butchers sausage, you can tell by the crinkles on the outside and the texture of the meat itself.
Branston Baked Beans are far superior to Heinz, more beans, thicker, richer,more savoury tomato sauce and with the sausages I think Branston wins against Heinz as well, but when you can get 4 cans of Asda and Stockwell compared to Heinz and 3 cans compared to Branston in this day and age you'd be stupid not to go for the cheapest option.
thanks
I rarely go for the lowest priced as beans tend to be just sloppy, not very nice tasting...a false economy. I was genuinely surprised that M &S do decent tasting good value beans...certainly avoid Heinz for this stuff
That Heinz at £1.70 was way overpriced. They're really slapping on the money there. Thanks for the vid. Really helpful to me as I rely on low-priced grub. Cheers, friend!!
No problem 👍
buy beans and chipolata sausys and mix you're welcome
Try M&S red and brown sauce it's a third of the price of Heinz and tastes great.
Compo beans and sausages in the 70's were absolutely fine.
Has to be the Tesco one for me as they taste good and are much cheaper than the branded ones. Another good comparison Gareth. 😁
Agree my teen loves those ones.
I've never been that impressed with Tesco beans
I've only eaten Branston baked beans for years, and a few months ago I tried their baked beans with pork sausages. Very nice. What I do is a bit of a faff, but it gives me two meals from one can. I take all the sausages out and place in a bowl. Then I divide up the beans so that half goes in with the sausages and the other half into a separate bowl. This bowl I keep in the fridge for up to two days, covered with cling film. After your review I'm going to try Stockwells to see if I can tell much of a difference.
cheers pal
Blimey that is tight😂mind you some people really are struggling financially and I don’t know your circumstances, so if it saves you money. More power too you.
@@matty6848 In this case I'm not being frugal, although I certainly have been a few years ago. No, it's just that a 405g can is too much for one meal, given that I'll eat the beans and sausages along with chips or a couple of hash browns and a fried egg. The remaining beans I'll have on toast as a light snack.
Your comparison reviews are always a nice watch and I was expecting there to be little difference in taste between the brands, only the price. I always buy the cheapest for that reason. Personally I'm not too fussy! Put them on buttered toast and you wouldn't know the difference. Cheers Gareth.
Thanks for watching!
There are noticeable differences...it all depends on your taste cost value judgement
I grew up on 'Chef' brand sausage & beans in the late 70's early 80's and I love the Asda yellow tin version. They are great with some toast for a quick cheap meal. The price compared to the others is staggering.
Same here chef brown sauce is great also
cheers Paul
I remember them! Red tin
Hi Gareth, great review again mate but personally I like the Branstons, both their baked beans and also their beans and sausages. Happy Halloween to you and you're family.👍
cheers Bian all the best to you and your good family
Every single tin of heinz baked beans I've had in the last 6 years have been watery near transparent pink gunk as the sauce, tiny gritty rock hard beans. The last three tins of beans and sausage, the same, plus anaemic little tasteless rubbery hard "sausages". One was warmed and binned and the other two stayed in the cupboard till they went out of date. Appalling. I switched to Aldi ones which are much better. The beans are actually fully cooked, thick opaque sauce and ok sausages. I remember Heinz beans from when I was a kid. Big soft beans in a thick tomato sauce. Nice and peppery. They've gone to the dogs. Their soups are all just as nasty. Nothing more than tasteless cellulose thickened water with a few hard bits of vegetable and the odd tiny blob of fat or gristle in the meaty flavours. The salt, omg, the salt. I blended a tin of beef broth the one time, when I was really ill, so off solids and the saltiness made me throw up.
Can openers are generally designed for side opening, so you're doing it right. There's a "lip" designed to go over the top, which is pushing the opener up if you try to open from the top. My (quite old) electric opener would empty the food all over the worktop if I tried to open the can as Mike suggests.
I like Stockwell, not because they are cheap. I think it's the can. Shows the design of the logo is important. Same with Branston, but they are too expensive for everyday, and just for me, tbh.
Never tried them side by side, like this, though, which is where your videos are so useful and informative.
You're dead right about the cheaper brands and own brands. Often I find them better quality. I think the big brands cut back on quality, own brands don't.
Cheers Neil
This would have been so much better as a blind taste test.
Definitely Branston for me. Heinz, watery, insipid and over priced. I'm willing to try other brands though due to high prices.
Speaking as someone with coeliac disease I always buy the Heinz as they are the only ones I can eat. They have gone up a lot but I only ever buy when they are on offer and then I stock up. You used to be able to get good offers on the smaller cans but not so much recently.
4 Stockwell tins with change over the Heinz’s…… 👍I’m off to Tescos.
Morrisons is launching Christmas sandwiches, wraps, pastries and baguettes as part of its festive range - including a wrap that tastes just like a Boxing Day curry.
New additions this year include a Boxing Day Curry Wrap and a Market Street Christmas Festive Baguette which is freshly made in store. The baked baguette is filled with chicken breast, cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and a seasoned mayonnaise.
Cheers Carl for the heads up 👍👍
Just read in the news Morrisons named as one of the most expensive supermarkets. 😯
Problem with Morrisons is the prices. I've looked at the items you mentioned but the prices are ridiculous, it's just a posh sandwich at the end of the day. I can eat decent meals for two days for less than the price of one of those baguettes. OK it's personal choice but if you're watching the pennies it's like comparing Fortnum & Mason with Aldi. Morrisons has become very expensive and you only need to look at footfall to see how it's affecting them.
The Branston vegetarian sausage and beans in the tin is lush!! Think they are newish, Best vegetarian option so far and u get alot of sausage to bean ratio 👌
Thanks for the tips!
I agree Jai. I do like the veggie sausage option...lovely on toast, crushed black pepper and strong cheese grated ...yummy
Sounds good...I don't eat pork anymore, but I did enjoy beans and franks when I did.
Pork pork pork no imitations please.
I was quite underwhelmed by them to be honest. I usually get whichever veggie ones are available, Sainsburys, Tesco or Asda. I like Branston beans, but for me the veggie sausages were just not that good. I will try them again, just in case they have improved over a couple of years, that’s if I can find them.
Beans beans, they're good for your heart, the more you eat the more you ....
Action Mike is full of it! There's no right or wrong, just depends where you want the sharp edges. If you do it his way, the lid itself ends up with a smooth edge and the top of the can ends up sharp. If you do it your way (they way manufacturers intended) the lid itself ends up with a sharp edge, and the top of the can ends up with a smooth rolled edge. Personally I do it the proper way because it also preserves the integrity of the can.
cheers pal
It also depends on the tin opener, some just aren't designed to do one or the other 🤷♀️
@@samd2660 exactly! 🥫
I can’t remember when I last had beans and sausages from a tin like these, but I do recall having the full monty breakfast in a can which have other ingredients in addition. Watching your video and judging purely on your images I find that I am more attracted to the second to which you described as “claggy”. To me that tin was visually more appealing with the colour of the sausage and the consistency of the sauce. All the other tin’s looked insipid and like the cheapest available mechanically recovered meat was used to form the “meat “ tubes or sausages. If I were looking to make my own version I would choose to use some locally sourced sausage with a tin of multiple varieties of beans, with the addition of some pre- fried lardons of smoked bacon.
cheers Andrew
Deffo worth paying extra for the ring pull.......
Said no-one ever 😆
haha
If your cleaning is as good as your videos, you and the kitchen will be spotless. A case of stockwells is on the menu, if they are available😂👍
I love these essential beans & sausages I got them for the first time last shop now my favourite
Glad you like them!
Branston every time for me, the sausages are close to what Heinz's used to be in my memory and the beans are nice and 'claggy'. [I still add extra ketchup too].😀
Crazy variance in price, yet there seems to be little difference in taste. Really good review.
A real eye opener. Presumably Tesco isn't making a loss selling Stockwell products like this, so how on earth does Heinz justify (in this case) being over FOUR times the price?
they near where i am Heinz robbing gits try bouncing 1 of there sausage on floor comes straight back to ur hand rubber as anything yuk
Big brands are ripping people off using the manufacturing cost excuse. People who buy the big brands are letting them get away with it. Avoid the big brands, especially where there are a miriad of other brand choices.
They play on their old name and advertising, that’s what your paying for.
that's paying there tv ads
😂😅😂👏👏👏HEINZ IS AMERICAN RIP-OFF
Here's a secret, to make Essentials taste like Heinz just add half a teaspoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt
Branston over Heinz every time but, Coral (Aldi) My favourite beans by quite a margin
Great comparison. I love the Corale Baked beans and sausages from Aldi, about 40p per tin. You might want to compare these in the future. 🙂
thanks kindly
The Aldi (Corale) baked beans are excellent - pretty close to the Branston ones IMO.
@@glenjarnold They are basically the same as Heinz, really. The Branston sauce is much thicker.
@@egbront1506 I find them more tasty than the Heinz ones, the Heinz ones seem to have no taste compared to how they used to.
Love these comparisons, keep them coming Gareth.
cheers Dav
I like the branston ones with a pinch of butter 👌
I like cheese in mine.
Corale beans with sausage from Aldi 44p for a 420g ring pull tin.Haricot beans 38% Sausages 17% Pork 62% Allergies Gluten Thick sauce.
I like the just essentials beans and sausages on toast with a few poached eggs on top. Black pepper. Good cheap lunch/snack in my opinion. Another good review Gaz 👍
thanks Ally
Huge saving , well highlighted
You should do a custard comparison!!
I'd value your opinion!! Kx
Great idea!! thanks 🙂
I served up 'value' custard to my old ma once. She said, 'This custard is too bright' !
@@michaelarchangel1163 lol, we do eat with our eyes, apparently!! 🤭Kx
It’ll be Stockwell for me from now on then. Cannot believe the price difference versus the minimal taste difference. Thanks for doing this test.
You're welcome
You'll do well to find them now as Tesco seem to be having a smaller number of them - presumably to try to force people to buy the more expensive brands.
Hi Gareth as a non pork eater I have Sainsbury's vegetarian beans and sausages with an egg,just a thought you can get four tins of Stockwell beans and sausages for the price of one tin of Heinz. Thank you for the video xx
Thank you, your're welcome x
A tip from me is add Worcester sauce for a kick ideal snack on toast . Great vid Branston all the way .
I do the same but with Curry powder,BBQ sauce, and Chilli sauce (not all at the same time) makes a change from the normal sauce.
Lidl used to do a really fruity flavoured baked bean sauce with their bean it was to die for I was gutted when they changed them.
Look for Mushroom Ketchup (nothing like tomato ketchup, it has a Worcester sauce consistency and a really deep umami flavour - tastes nothing like mushrooms!
Spot on mate. I need to try more own brand products. The savings in this current climate is a no brainer.
thanks
We prefer ringpulls as it's easier for my dad due to arthritis.. I had Heinz beans and sausage with egg earlier 👍
Thanks for sharing!
@@BaldFoodieGuy no worries 😊
Has your dad tried a electric can opener
The ring pull cans cost more than old school cans to the manufacturer, that pushes the price up. Also note that the old school cans are less liable to spoil long term.
Another valuable comparison vlog to help those on a budget and to open the eyes of the brand fanatics! BTW, loved your comment about washing the cans out and recycling! One of my oppos asked why the hell I washed my recycling. Said I didn't want a dirty smelly wheelie bin (unlike most, if not all, of my neighbours!). Guess it might be down to us being ex services and the way we do things (Gonna do a job, do it proper! lol) Keep up the good work 👍
Glad it was helpful!
I haven't bought top brands for years,never seems like i'm not missing out on taste quality.What it shows is how much we are being Ripped off by the top brands .Great video as usual.
Thank you
Your missing nothing. Heinz beans are the most overrated, overpriced canned food on the shelf. I buy Asda own brand beans and I prefer them way more to Heinz which cost a bloody fortune.
I think Heinz stuff tastes better but are you willing to pay 2 or 3 times for a store brand version which ime are erratic in taste quality
I dont eat them but my husband does so he was interested in this video😄. He prefers the cheaper ones to the branded as they have better sausages! We use a tin opener the same way as you👍
Thanks for sharing!!
I worked for a very short time at a factory boxing & packing foods & was amazed at how everything is made in one huge warehouse & simply packed in different boxes. We would pack pies into Morrisons boxes then swap to Tesco boxes then swap to Asda boxes whilst the pies were all the same all day long! I now really believe that if something is packed in a nicer looking box with a higher price tag your brain will make it taste nicer.
Cheers Phil for the comment 👌👌
@@BaldFoodieGuy No problem 👍. Do you agree with my thought above or do you think I'm a bit mad?
in europe there is actually a code on most of these kind of products that tell you what factory and what batch they were made in "for" whatever company. im not sure if the uk has done away with this since brexit, but it should be possible to actually see this, many of the discounter labels will have exactly the same label as they just pick up overproduction from the same factorys. i similarly many years ago worked at a coffee packing plant and we would also just change out the rolls of packaging.
@@Cesspit7 Nice 1 👍. I also find another giveaway is how pies, fish fingers & almost every food we can buy - no matter what make are all the same size. Obviously made in the same factory.
Hey Gareth👍A tin of those on toast is a nice quick and hot snack and since trying Branston beans I haven't gone back to Heinz, I just prefer the rich sauce, but if I wasn't that bothered I would definitely try those stockwell ones another superb and fair review mate👍✌️
Thank you
@@BaldFoodieGuy sorry about the mess on your shirt mate😂 a great shirt btw👍
Gareth - the side opening can openers that your earlier commenter was telling about are a different design from the one you have that opens from the top. That's why you couldnt make it work. However if you look for one of the special side opening types then they genuinely are easier and sufer - because you get no jagged edges. However they are a different device from the old fashioned tin openers and if you want to try one you will need to look carefully at the description to get the right type, (which may be more faff than it is worth if you are used to a top opener).
Cheers Jenny, yes I'm sticking with the one I've got.
I can't fault Stockwell foods. I'd quite happily buy their beans. I especially like the stockwell ketchup. It doesn't have the thick consistency like heinz but I like the taste better, reminds me more like the hotdog ketchup you get at food markets or fairgrounds. Can't say the same for brown sauce though, nothing compares to HP.
Try Tesco's own fruity brown sauce, they don't always have it but it's great..
Heinz used to list the beans as haricot, then there was a shortage so they changed the beans they use.. Ever since they have only used the word beans so they can in effect change the beans they use as they wish.. I’m not a fan of Heinz, it’s made cheap as possible, but people go for brands without trying alternatives.. In blind tests, Heinz baked beans invariably come near the bottom in taste..
cheers
Only Heinz are gluten free - they use rice flower instead of wheat. Thank you for all your reviews🙂
Yes! Thank you!
Your way of opening a tin is what I do as well
Never seen anyone put it on top and open it
Does it depend on the tin opener? I have a cheap one that goes on the side but the magi can one goes on top, or maybe it goes on the side to, I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️😆
Yes, Gareth ..... We are in agreement, Branston are the best. Their tins are full, and not with juice either. They have hit Heinz hard on sales in the UK. The Value tins are always ok if you add a dash of Tomato Sauce. Great video, as always. Thank you ! 👏😉🎃
cheers Mark
Great video Thank you Gareth. I know what I am having for tea tonight - Beanz and Sausage on toast with grated cheese.
Hope you enjoy
Me again, Gareth...😃 I wonder if for these comparisons you should not enlist the help of your good lady? Read the ingredients, the nutritional info, give the price, but let Mrs. Gareth open the tins/boxes/packages without you seeing the contents of each. She heats/cooks/re-heats, unseen by you, then you do a real blind taste/test without knowing which product you are sampling. State your preference, then BIG REVEAL at the end! OK, this may go the way of my "price per 100g/litre" idea, but oh well...
Thank you for the real effort that you put into these videos👍🏼👏🤗
First rule of eating beans (or drippy similar stuff...) - Never wear anything that you don't want covered in them, as it usually ends up covered in bean juice. lol!
Haha yes
I would rather have four tins of Stockwell than one tin of heinz any day of the week.
Me too. Heinz are too gloopy, over priced and over rated imho.
There are at least three different tin opener designs. One which the handle is on the side and it cuts the lid out of the middle, leaving sharp edges on the thin disc of lid it removes but not on the can (like yours). Another where the handle is on top and it cuts the lid off including the outside top edge with lid, with leave the sharp edges on the tin itself but takes the lid off cleanly with the opener, so you don't have to poke into the product to lift it out (branded Magican). Finally there is another type that tries to unseam the lid and tin rather than cut, and leave not sharp edges - unfortunately this tends to leave sharp shards of metal separately that can end up in the tin, defeating the supposed safety benefit.
Thank you 👌👌
Does anyone remember when Aldi first came to the UK in the early '90s? One of their amazingly cheap deals was tins of beans for 2p each. Even with inflation that's probably 3 or 4p now.
At the time I couldn't figure out how they could profit - obviously a loss leader. But they were absolute watery swill. It's funny that Heinz has gone down that watery swill route and is charging a massive premium for it.
i remember jars of curry fruity too for 3p at morreeesons
There are videos devoted to what is known as the “Bean Wars”
"So if my maths are correct, that is a lot" Love it! Nice to hear an accent from my neck of the woods. Subscribed.
Haha cheers Dave, all the best pal
I used to eat them on toast now I prefer them on Birds Eye potato Waffles … Times change … btw your opinions are spot on mate as ever👍✌️
Thanks! You too!
they say beans beans are good for your heart the more you eat the more you want
I buy the Stockwell baked beans and I really enjoy them, I'll be giving these ago next time I get a Tesco delivery. Thanks for another honest review 💜💜💜
Cheers Barbie you're welcome 👍
I always hold my can opener "sideways". If you take the lid off like that, the sharp lid can be put in the blunt can. The other way, the whole top of the can is sharp!
Once I tried Aldi Corale Baked Beans I never went back to Heinz, they are healthier too as not laced with salt & sugar to keep the price down, most who say they "prefer the taste" of the expensive brands are really just hooked on the massive amounts of additives in them. I've not tried the beans & sausages version but i would guess the beans are the same?
Thanks for the tip!
I'm guessing Aldi stuff comes from mainland Europe and I think they are stricter with their sugar and salt content levels
I recommend a can opener by Kuhn Rikon. No sharp edges on the can, solid build, lasts for decades.
Over £1 for beans is alot. You can get a massive Lasagne for a £1 Iceland
It's not over £1 for beans. It's for beans and sausages, and nothing like a lasagne. You in the right video?
But what if you don't want lasagne. Also it's not just beans like Graham said. Using your logic I could say why get a lasagne for a quid. I could get two loaves of cheap bread.
@@Matt19matt19 I'm not saying buy a lasagne I'm saying you can get alot more for a £1.
About 20 yrs ago i worked nights at a factory that produced cakes and puddings for Tescos. Many of the supermarkets top of the range and basic products were actually the same mix and ingredients but the more basic version might have been produced with the ‘end of batch mix’ and just different packaging. l mention this when you said that three of the tinned beans and sausages tasted the same, probably produced in the same factory with different labelling?
Cheers Andy
Jack’s stuff (part of the Tesco family it says) is sort of midrange at price point but fabulous quality. Of course everything is subjective but I haven’t tried anything of theirs that isn’t delicious. Their beans and sausages would come out like real sausage in a tin of beans, I suppose the Branston would be nearest. The Sausages in the others are more like frankfurters in my opinion.
Just a thought.
Keep on doing what you do Gareth, working class food for people on a budget. 👏👏
cheers Biz
I thought Jacks closed down though?
@@khalidacosta7133 jacks is a bookers off brand thaat is part of the tesco family you will see the brand in most corner shops
@@mic_uk Yes. I get them from my corner shop. Good food.
Jack's is good at the moment not bad quality for the price.
Probably get watered later like everything else but for now good, soups are well worth checking out .
I love your maths, "If my maths are correct, that's a lot". Made me laugh out loud.
Glad you enjoyed!
We've had the cheapo beans and sausages - nothing wrong with them at all! Same with the tinned chilli con carne! Why pay more? Does anyone remember Heinz Beans and Bacon Burgers in a can, in the 70s?😊😋 Have a great Halloween, Gareth, and everyone else!
What ever happened to those? I had them too but mum stopped buying them as she liked everything fresh and from a family butchers. Anything leftover was cobbled together in a curry or stew. Delicious! I ate really well back then.
thanks pal
Yeah, I remember them..... Grim😂. Like the all day breakfasts in a tin, just not for me but if it works for others I wouldn't knock it✌️
I remember them!
Nice trick. I seen your other baked beans with sausages review.
Wow this really shows how things have shot up £1.70 for a tin of beans and sausage. Argh! That's shocking especially if you thought the others were OK.
Have you done a comparison of tinned macaroni cheese? If not please could you 🙂
Stockwell is the newish name for the old Tesco value range. Giving it a "trade mark" makes it more appealing to the consumer.
good point
I much prefer the Branston to Heinz, need to try the cheaper ones though as the price difference is ridiculous. If it's not broke don't fix it (can opener). Good stuff!!! 👍👊