WHICH BAKED BEANS ARE CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE?

WHICH BAKED BEANS ARE CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE?

BAKED BEANS — CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE®

December 2023

Possible ingredients for homemade Baked Beans include Beans, Tomato Purée, Bell Pepper, Onion, Brown Sugar, Molasses, Vinegar, Water, Salt, Spices and possibly Bacon and/or Flour. We’ll use this as a means to compare the ingredients we find in the canned Baked Beans in this review.

Here’s a snapshot of the ingredients in Bush’s Baked Beans which we would not use to make homemade Baked Beans:

And here’s a snapshot of the ingredients Not In Kitchen in B&M Baked Beans:

Following are a couple of slides showing commercial ingredients Not In Kitchen in several brands of Baked Beans:

CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE: Here are some Organic Baked Beans which are Closest To Homemade with no added Colors, Flavors, Chemical Preservatives, Hydrogenated Oils, Corn Syrups, Dextrose, Fructose or Chlorides. Shown below, these include Walnut Acres Organic Baked Beans; Whole Foods 365 Organic Maple & Onion Baked Beans; Eden Organic Baked Beans with Sweet Sorghum, and Amy’s Organic Baked Beans.

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UK-based Biona Organic Baked Beans are also Closest To Homemade:

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And we leave you with a Baked Beans flashback:

WHAT'S IN LEA & PERRINS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE?

WHAT'S IN LEA & PERRINS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE?

BLUE BUNNY IS NOT REAL ICE CREAM . . . except one

BLUE BUNNY IS NOT REAL ICE CREAM . . . except one