Heinz Baked Beans

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Heinz Baked Beans
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Heinz baked beans on toast
Product type Canned food
Owner Kraft Heinz
Produced by Heinz
CountryUnited States
Introduced1886;138 years ago (1886)
TaglineBeans Meanz Heinz created by Maurice Drake
Website www.heinz.co.uk/beanz/products/100185010013

Heinz Baked Beans are a brand of baked beans produced by the H.J. Heinz Company. They have been sold as "Heinz Beanz" in the United Kingdom since 2008. [1]

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History

Heinz 57 trade card from the 19th century, promoting various products; including Beans and the Heinz pickle Heinz Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce trade card back.jpg
Heinz 57 trade card from the 19th century, promoting various products; including Beans and the Heinz pickle

In 1886, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London. [2] After opening its first overseas office in London in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in Peckham, south London, in 1905. This was followed by a second factory at Harlesden, north-west London in 1919. Production was started at a former munitions factory at Standish, near Wigan, in 1946. A new factory opened in Kitt Green, also near Wigan, in 1958. [3]

Between 1941 and 1948, The Ministry of Food classified Heinz Baked Beans as an "essential food" as part of its wartime rationing system. [4]

The Heinz factory in Kitt Green is one of the largest food factories in Europe, and produces more than one billion cans of food every year. [5]

Advertising slogan

In 1967, Heinz launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz". The phrase was created by advertising executive Maurice Drake and went on to become one of the best-known advertising slogans in the United Kingdom. Drake later said the slogan was "written over two pints of beer in The Victoria pub in Mornington Crescent". [6]

In 1998, Heinz Baked Beans was voted one of 12 top brands of the milleninium in the United Kingdom. [7]

In 2008, "Heinz Baked Beans" were renamed "Heinz Beanz", as the original title was "a bit of a mouthful to pronounce", according to the company. [8]

In 2016, Heinz's advertising campaign featuring people using empty beans cans as musical instruments was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority on safety grounds. [9]

BPA allegations

In 2001, the UK's Food Standards Agency examined canned goods for the hormone disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) and found traces in 38 of 62 samples. Heinz is one of the companies that says it uses BPA. [10] [11] BPA forms part of the membrane that lines the cans. The Heinz company put out a statement – "Although UK and European food authorities have stated that minute levels of BPA in can coatings are safe, Heinz remains committed to moving to alternatives." [12] [13] [14] By 2019, Heinz UK claimed to have switched to non-BPA cans for most of its products such as most popular varieties of beans. [15]

Production method

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Varieties of Heinz beans

Heinz Baked Beans are produced by sealing raw haricot beans and tomato sauce in the cans, which are then placed in large pressure cookers. This gives the sauce its thick consistency and ensures a long shelf life for the product. [16]

A standard 415g can will contain an average of 465 beans. [17]

Beanz Museum

Heinz opened the Beanz Museum as a pop-up exhibit in Covent Garden, London, between 30 August and 1 September 2019. It contained an interactive immersive exhibit about the history of Heinz Baked Beans to mark their 150th anniversary. [18]

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