Heinz Baked Beans
{{short description|Canned food}}
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{{infobox brand
|name= Heinz Baked Beans
|logo = Heinz logo1957.png
|logo_size = 150
|image= Heinz Beanz.jpg
|image_size = 200
|caption=Heinz baked beans on toast
|type= Canned food
|producedby = Heinz
|currentowner= Kraft Heinz
|origin= United Kingdom (actual product) and United States (producer)
|introduced= {{start date and age|1886}}
|related=
|tagline=Beans Meanz Heinz created by Maurice Drake
|website={{URL|https://www.heinz.co.uk/beanz/products/100185010013}}
|producttype=Beans}}
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.{{cite news| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heinz-beanz-introduce-new-jars-238906 | title=Heinz Beanz introduce new jars for idiots | work=Daily Mirror | date=31 July 2010 | access-date=23 December 2012}}
History
File:Heinz Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce trade card back.jpg
In 1886, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortnumandmason.com/Our-History/1815-Our-Waterloo.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803115140/http://www.fortnumandmason.com/Our-History/1815-Our-Waterloo.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-08-03 |title=Fortnum and Mason. Our History. 1800s |publisher=Fortnum and Mason |access-date=2019-04-10}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinz.co.uk/our-company/about-heinz/heinz-uk-and-ireland|title = Heinz | Home}}
Between 1941 and 1948, The Ministry of Food classified Heinz Baked Beans as an "essential food" as part of its wartime rationing system.{{cite web|url=http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourfood/beans/Didyouknow |title=Beans – Did you know |publisher=Heinz |access-date=2012-02-28}}
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.{{cite web|url= http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourcompany/aboutheinz/heinzintheukandireland|title= Heinz UK and Ireland|access-date= 11 February 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121227112039/http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourcompany/aboutheinz/heinzintheukandireland|archive-date= 27 December 2012|url-status= dead}}
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".{{cite web|url=http://www.heinz.co.uk/Ourfood/Beans |title=Our products – Heinz Baked Beanz |publisher=HEINZ |access-date=2 November 2012}}
In 1998, Heinz Baked Beans was voted one of 12 top brands of the milleninium in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/774442/MT-Interview-Dave-Woodward/ |title=The MT Interview: Dave Woodward |publisher=Management Today |first=Andrew |last=Saunders|date=1 January 2008 |access-date=3 November 2012}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2286105/Heinz-baked-beans-become-Heinz-Beanz.html |title=Heinz baked beans become Heinz Beanz |first=Laura|last=Clout|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=11 July 2008 |access-date=28 November 2012}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/23/asa-bans-heinz-beanzs-cansong-ad-safety-concerns|title=ASA Bans Heinz Beans Cansong Ad|work=The Guardian|date=23 November 2016| access-date= 1 April 2017}}
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.{{cite news | newspaper=Evening Standard | location=London, England | date=August 13, 2002 | page=88 | last=Mendis | first=Gita | title=Canned food | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-bpaheinz/152308951/}}{{cite web | last=Hickman | first=Martin | title=Revealed: the nasty secret in your kitchen cupboard | website=The Independent | date=March 31, 2010 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/revealed-the-nasty-secret-in-your-kitchen-cupboard-1932742.html | access-date=July 30, 2024}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/0508bisphenola.html |title=Friends of the Earth: Archived press release: Hormone disruptor found in can linings |publisher=Foe.co.uk |access-date=2012-11-12}}{{cite web|last=Hickman |first=Martin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/revealed-the-nasty-secret-in-your-kitchen-cupboard-1932742.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/revealed-the-nasty-secret-in-your-kitchen-cupboard-1932742.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Revealed: the nasty secret in your kitchen cupboard – News – Food & Drink |work=The Independent |date=1 April 2010 |access-date=2012-11-12}}{{cite web|author=bundykim |url=http://www.mahalo.com/h-j-heinz-company/ |title=H. J. Heinz Company |publisher=Mahalo.com |access-date=2012-11-12}} By 2019, Heinz UK claimed to have switched to non-BPA cans for most of its products such as most popular varieties of beans.{{cite web |title=HeinzUK Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/HeinzUK/status/952898041962487808 |website=Twitter |access-date=1 May 2023}}
Production method
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.{{cite episode |title=Second Helpings |episode-link= Jimmy's Food Factory |series=Jimmy's Food Factory |series-link=Jimmy's Food Factory |credits=Presenters: Jimmy Doherty |network=BBC |airdate=2010-11-03 |season=2 |number=1}}
A standard 415g can will contain an average of 465 beans.{{cite news|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/man-annoyed-find-one-baked-3283599|title=Man 'annoyed' to find ONE baked bean in Heinz tin bought from Tesco|last=Coles|first=Jonathan|date=4 September 2019|work=Bristol Post|access-date=4 September 2019}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://londonist.com/london/food-and-drink/heinz-baked-beans-museum|title=A Museum Dedicated To Baked Beans Is Coming To London This Month|last=Noble|first=William|date=29 August 2019|work=Londonist|access-date=15 September 2019}}
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