One of nation’s favourite foods has been secretly cut down sparking fury from experts.
CUSTOMERS have caught wind of a cheeky move by Heinz — after it cut the number of baked beans and upped the sauce.
For the first time, half the tinned contents are now liquid while the price has risen.
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The 415g cans went from 51 per cent beans to 50 per cent this year. It means about a 4g reduction in beans — or an estimated ten fewer — in a tin.
Meanwhile, the price has gone from £1 to £1.40 in the past year.
Heinz sells up to two and a half million tins of beans a day.
Expert Andrew Busby, of Retail Reflections, said: “The reduction may appear to be marginal but that’s to miss the point. The Sun.
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