written by Stevonet on 05/02/2023
HO beans are now made with a new recipe & the quality is now poor. Before the change, I was always buying the beans but now the sauce is paler & the beans mushier. For me they were the best beans but have now stopped buying them. The quality has gone
written by Ichabodd on 03/06/2022
I rarely had baked beans because I could find any that I actually enjoyed eating. I'd tried all the brands that I could find and wasn't particularly impressed with any of them. Then recently ASDA started stocking HP Baked Beans so bought a multipack for a try. I was absolutely amazed with the taste. They were delicious. These are hard to find so I've bought 500 cans to see me through. I take no notice of the best before dates on most tinned products so these should last me a good ten years. Some of the older reviews are over 15 years old so we could probably ignore them. These beans are probably too saucy for beans on toast so I just drain some out after cooking but they are the closest thing to chip shop beans that I've found. They are perfect with deep fried oven chips and a couple of deep fried frozen sausages. Thaw out the chips and sausages first though. Also they are half the price of Heinz who own HP. If I could, I'd give more stars.
written by DevanMadden57 on 20/12/2021
Compared to most, these beans are pretty bad. The cheapest supermarket brand ones are actually much better. Poor effort HP!
written by Dowlingda115 on 09/02/2015
Used to eat HP Baked beans. Not long ago bought quite a few tins of these, thought I had purchased a very good bargin. Big mistake, I will never buy HP Bake Beans again. They have No taste & are So Watery. Only good for the Bin.
written by on 09/01/2013
I had to reduce the beans sauce on the hob rather than a zap in the microwave, taste alright and the beans are not hard like some cheap ones but there is a definite lack of beans in a thin runny sauce. Just noticed they are made by Heinz, same beans same taste but a budget watery version of the best.
written by excook on 05/01/2013
Growing up in the fifties we had HP beans on toast every Saturday lunch. Thought I would give them a try and wished I hadn't. I suspect that since Heinz bought the brand they have steadily reduced the quality in order to enhance the sales of Heinz beans. To me this has backfired spectacularly as I will definitely go back to Branstons Beans. Reading the label on the HP tin it does say in the contents that their is 43% beans and the rest is made up of an insipid red coloured water. The beans themselves were the colour of raw haricot beans and tasted only partially cooked. Overall I can confidently say these are the worst beans I have tasted for many years and would never buy again.
written by chimneysweep on 22/03/2011
HP Beans - I have a very busy guest house in Coleshill, and have used HP Baked Beans always, but over the years I have noticed less and less beans and more and more runny sauce as found in cheaper beans, soon we will be paying per bean and not per tin. Can't say I will be buying HP Beans again!. I cannot really rate them on your star chart as I don't think they are worth even 1.
written by on 01/09/2009
I will never buy HP beans again. The tin is full of a runny non tomato sauce and very few beans. I have tried to go on their website to tell them but I have to accept to their competition rules in order to send a message so forget that!
written by terry lynch on 02/06/2009
the tin was full of sauce with less than a quarter of the normal amount of beans you would get in a tin. Its no wonder thet're cheap i had to open two tins to have a portion of beans on toast.
written by on 25/01/2008
i am 61 years of age and have eaten only hp beans for as long as my memory serves me......but not any more.....i am sick of opening hp cans and finding the content s to be approx: 60% beans and 40% sauce.I first noticed about 5 years ago but faithfully stayed with the product.About 2 years ago i decided to try Bransons beans and what a difference.Packed to the brim every can in a really thick sauce with a richer flavour than hp.But i gave hp the benefit of the doubt and stayed loyal.Now on recently opened cans of hp beans if find the bean content the same about 60% and the sauce is becoming thinner.Bye bye hp....hello Branson......you never fail my expectations in either content or taste.
written by kmp3000 on 26/10/2007
This is my favorite brand of baked beans. The sauce is thick and doesn't wet the toast too much. The beans are always juicy and full of flavor. If not a little dry at times. Well done HP great beans. K
written by starfire2005 on 27/08/2005
Having purchased the pack of HP Baked Beans from Farm Foods and having thought I had got a bargain I cooked the beans following guidelines on the tin and put them on some nice buttered wholemeal toast.
We were not impressed as you can see from the above bad points.
If I had paid more money I would have taken them back for a refund at the store.
I would urge those who are thinking of buying these beans not to and if you have bought them to return them to where you have bought them for a refund.
Written on: 19/12/2005
HP Beans are the premium baked beans unlike the watery offerings provided by a German sounding brand. I am most concerned that am now having trouble finding a reputable supplier of HP Beans.
Written on: 16/02/2008
maybe it was the toast not the beans?? oh well never mind i wont be buying these unless i need a laxative!!!
Written on: 27/12/2005
We have to agree with TimPete that now the HP brand does not seem to be available from Tesco the alternative we find in its place, "H" variety, is watery, lacking in flavour and generally inferior.
written by noonie27 on 20/09/2004
HP Baked Beans - The beans were bought in a multipack, but two of the cans were without a label. Thus being my concern. The beans were there, but unfortunately the label wasn't, along with my interest to eat them. I have not yet consumed the tin, probably because it seems to be a mere handout and by paying for the product, I at least expected to be buying some quality for the price of the multipack - £1.39 for 4 cans, but in the doing so, I gained 2 for free. (50% extra) I did not, however, expect the two more to be like this.
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Written on: 16/02/2008
wet the toast to much that made me giggle! really it all depends where you put the beans isnt it?? x