'I compared Sainsbury's 52p beans and sausages to Heinz and regretted one thing'

13 February 2023 , 15:55

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Some shoppers say the Heinz recipe has changed recently (Image: Manchester Family/MEN)

For many kids out there, a favourite dinnertime meal is sausages and beans. It is a simple and quick tea, making it a perfect staple for a lot of little ones out there who love it.

But with many shoppers seeing prices rise due to inflation and the cost of living crisis, buying big brands like Heinz is getting more and more difficult as at £2 a pop, you might want to look elsewhere for your beans and sausages.

Recently, the Sainsbury's own brand version have been getting rave reviews recently so reporter Emma Gill from the Manchester Evening News decided to try them out.

The biggest selling point is that they're 52p a tin (Manchester Family/MEN)

The biggest selling point is that they're 52p a tin, a quarter of the price of Heinz which are generally selling for £2.

Apart from the colour of the tin, they look pretty similar on the outside, with almost identical lettering - all part of the marketing ploy no doubt.

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But what about the inside?

Well you can see from the photos that the sauce with the Heinz ones is lighter and thinner in consistency.

Some shoppers have suggested the Heinz recipe has changed recently, with the juice more watery, but the company insists that's not the case and says it remains 'committed to giving our consumers great tasting and nutritious products without compromising on the quality they know and trust'.

As for the sausages, they look different too. With Heinz you get a slimmer, smoother sausage, like a miniature version of a typical hot dog.

But with Sainsbury's they're stumpier and with wrinkly skin. And while that might not sound appealing they are pretty tasty.

Emma added that having spent too many years living off a certain budget brand of beans and sausages while at university, as a 'proper grown up' she has always bought Heinz - and when her kids came along they got Heinz too.

When her kids came along they got Heinz too. (Manchester Family/MEN)

It was never really an issue, but then prices were nothing like they are now.

The problem she has now is that her kids are reluctant to try any other - and are so accustomed to the look and taste of Heinz that they know if she is trying to give them 'a rip-off' version - leaving her feeling that this was a parenting fail that's now hitting her in the pocket.

Emma adds that she prefers the Sainsbury's ones to Heinz, on texture and flavour as well as for her bank balance and she is angry at herself for not trying an alternative to Heinz earlier, when they were at the age they'd neither notice nor care.

Freddie Bennett