• medium_adult_son [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Beans are in a corn syrup sauce in the US, they're way too sweet. Apparently the British style beans can be bought in the USA, though. Wikipedia info below:

    The American product contains brown sugar where the British beans do not, and the U.S. product contains 14 g of sugar per 16 oz tin[24] compared to 7 g for the British version (equating to 140 versus 90 calories). The U.S. beans have a mushier texture and are darker in color than their UK counterpart. This has resulted in a situation where the product is now imported back to the brand's home country. For several years, UK Heinz Baked Beans have been available in the U.S., either in different-sized cans from 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 U.S. specialty stores, attesting to the popularity of baked beans and their appeal to expatriates. Bush, Van Camp, B&M, and Heinz all produce pork-free baked beans labeled as vegetarian beans, making this American dish available to people who abstain from pork for religious, dietary, or ethical reasons.

    • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      It's weird it states pork-free specifically because I've never considered them a pork product. You can buy them with pork sausage in them but its not the main brand.