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	Topics Baked beans Topic Home Baked beans is a dish consisting of beanBean Summary Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae used for food or feed.... s bakedFacts About Baking Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven or only from the bottom el... (or, despite the name, usually stewedStewing Overview In cooking, stewing means preparing vegetables or meat by simmering in liquid.... ) in a sauceSauce Summary In cooking, a sauce is a liquid served on or used in the preparation of food.... . Traditional cuisines of many regions claim such recipes as typical specialities, for example: JerseyJersey The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.... bean crock Boston baked beans Guernsey Bean JarGuernsey Bean Jar Bean Jar is a local dish of the Channel Island of Guernsey.... CassouletCassoulet Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the southwest of France, containing meat, and white h... FeijoadaFeijoada Feijoada is a stew of beans with various beef and pork products, which is a typical leading dish of Brazilian and Portuguese... Fassolia New EnglandNew England New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country.... baked beans Quebec-styleCuisine of Quebec Traditional CuisineMost famous for its tourtires, pea soup, baked beans, cretons, ham dishes, boulettes, stew of pig legs, maple ... baked beans are often prepared with maple syrupMaple syrup Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees.... . Bean-hole beans, traditionally from Northern New England and Quebec, cooked in a covered fire pit in the ground for up to two days British cuisineBritish cuisine Summary British cuisine is shaped by the country's temperate climate, its island geography and its history.... claims beans on toastToast This page is about the food 'toast', for other meanings, see Toast.... as a teatimeTea (meal) Tea, means different things in different countries.... favourite, and baked beans may form part of a full English breakfastFull breakfast A full breakfast, is a traditional cooked meal, typically and originally eaten at breakfast, though now often served at othe... Beans cooked in barbecue sauceBarbecue sauce Barbecue sauce or BBQ sauce is a thick liquid flavoring that is poured onto meat while being grilled or barbecued.... (or a similarly flavoured sauce) are a traditional side-dish in a United States barbecueBarbecue Barbecue is a method and apparatus for cooking food, often meat, with the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, or ho... . "Franks & beans", a recipe wherein hot dogHot dog A hot dog is a type of cooked, cured and often smoked sausage of even texture and flavor that is softer and more moist than ... s are cut up and cooked in the same sauce as the baked beans. Also referred to as "Beanee Weenee", the brand name under which it is sold by Van Camp'sVan Camp's Van Camp's is a brand of canned beans owned by ConAgra.... . Elia's Brand baked beans (as seen in LidlLidl Lidl is a European discount supermarket chain of German origin that operates 5,000 stores.... ) Most commercial canned baked beans such as HeinzH. J. Heinz Company Overview H. J. Heinz Company , commonly known as just Heinz, famous for both its "57 Varieties" slogan and its British commerc... are made from haricot beanCommon bean The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, indigenous to the Americas, is an herbaceous annual plant domesticated independentl... s, also known as Boston Beans or Navy Beans, a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, and sold in a sauce. In the United Kingdom, tomato sauceTomato sauce Tomato sauce is a condiment made with tomatoes, and sometimes also meat, onions, basil, salt, oil, garlic and various spices... is most commonly used. A similar dish is Pork and BeansPork and beans Pork and beans is a dish largely thought of as a part of American cuisine.... . The popularity of baked beans may be due to the fact they are cheap to make and buy. British supermarkets may sell store brandStore brand Store brands are brands which are specific to a retail store.... baked beans for less than twenty pence a tinned can although some premium organicOrganic food Summary Organic food is food produced according to organic standards, which means crops grown without the use of conventional pestic... brands may be as expensive as £1.50. Baked beans are a classic example of a "loss leaderLoss leader In marketing, a loss leader is an item that is sold below cost in an effort to stimulate other profitable sales.... ", a product sold by supermarkets for an abnormally low price, often less than cost. This is done because some products are thought by marketeers to be widely used as benchmarks by consumers to judge how cheap a supermarket is, or simply to boost the sales of complementary products. Another example of a typical loss leader is white sliced bread. Baked beans have recently begun appearing in conjunction with other foods, such as a filler inside sausages, as a sidedish with baconBacon Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, back or belly of a pig or cow, cured and possibly smoked.... , or as a pizzaPizza Pizza or Pizza Pie is the name of an oven-baked, flat, usually round bread covered with tomato sauce and cheese with ... topping. History According to alternative traditions, sailors brought cassouletCassoulet Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the southwest of France, containing meat, and white h... from the south of FranceFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and whi... , or the regional bean stew recipes from northern France and the Channel IslandsChannel Islands The Channel Islands are a group of British-dependent islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel.... . Most probably, a number of regional bean recipes coalesced and cross-fertilised in North America and ultimately gave rise to the baked bean culinary tradition familiar today. The Heinz company markets their product in the UK under the name "Baked Beanz", in reference to a 1960s advertisement campaign which used the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz". The 'strapline' for this campaign is likely to have emerged from an earlier market research report authored by . The principal finding of that market research report was that consumers associated the Heinz brand with baked beans, and little else. Goodhardt concluded that "to most buyers, the name Heinz means Beans". This finding was subsequently adopted by Heinz' advertising agency. Regional variations In the United Kingdom, Heinz is the top selling brand of baked beans. There are substantial differences between the Heinz baked beans sold in the UK and the nearest equivalent US product (Heinz Premium Vegetarian Beans). The US beans contain brown sugar where the British beans do not, and the US product contains 14g of sugar per tin compared to 7g for the British version (equating to 140 vs 90 calories). The US beans have a mushier texture and are darker in colour than their UK counterpart. For several years, the UK Heinz Baked Beans have been available in the US, either in different sized cans than those sold in the UK or in a 385 gram can (the same can as the 415 gram can in the UK) with an "export" label with American English spelling and the word "baked" dropped from the title on the label. These are sold in many US specialty stores. In July 2008 Heinz announced they would be dropping the word "baked" and changing the 's' at the end of beans to a 'z' on UK packaging, thus replacing "Heinz Baked Beans" with "Heinz Beanz". Heinz Beans were first sold in the UK in the upmarket Fortnum & MasonFortnum & Mason Fortnum & Mason, often shortened to just "Fortnum's", is a department store situated in Piccadilly, London and establi... store in London as an exotic import at a high price. Although they are now a staple food, and arguably a downmarket one, the store continues the tradition of selling Heinz Beans among its more expensive wares. In the United States, Bush'sBush Brothers and Company Summary Bush Brothers and Company is a family-owned corporation based in Knoxville, Tennessee, best known for its baked beans and re... is the top producer of baked beans, and the company produces several flavours. Most of these products are in a very sweet sauce with little tang. By comparison, home-made baked beans are considerably tangier. In New EnglandNew England New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country.... baked beans usually are sweetened with maple syrupMaple syrup Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees.... , and are traditionally cooked with salt pork in a beanpotBeanpot The Beanpot refers primarily to a renowned college men's ice hockey tournament between four major college hockey schools of ... in a brick oven for a full day. A popular and widely available brand of New England or Boston baked beans is . In southern states along the eastern seaboard of the US, the beans become tangier usually due to the addition of yellow mustard. Ground beefGround beef Ground beef, beef mince or hamburger meat, is a meat product, made of beef finely chopped by a meat grinder.... also becomes common alongside bacon in these beans. They take on a flavor similar to Cowboy BeansCowboy Beans Cowboy Beans is a bean dish popular in the United States.... , a similar popular dish. Many unusual dishes are made with baked beans including "cold bean sandwiches". These are slices of bread topped with beans and melted cheese. Health In 2002 the British Dietetic AssociationBritish Dietetic Association The British Dietetic Association is a professional association and trade union for dieticians in the United Kingdom.... allowed manufacturers of canned baked beans to advertise the product as contributing to the recommended daily consumption of five-six vegetables per person. This concession was criticised by heartHeart The heart is a hollow, muscular organ in vertebrates, responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, r... specialistsCardiology Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels.... who pointed to the high levels of sugarSugar In general use, non-scientists take "sugar" to mean sucrose, also called "table sugar" or saccharose, a white crystalline solid di... and saltSalt In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of cations and anions so that the product is neutral .... in the product. Some manufacturers produce a "healthy option" version of the product with lower levels of sugar and salt. External links