Editing Baked beans (section)

==Canned baked beans==
[[File:Commoner lunch (Pilaki in a can).jpg|thumb|Canned beans]]
[[Canning|Canned]] beans, often containing pork, were among the first [[convenience food]]s, and were exported and popularized by U.S. companies internationally in the early 20th century.<ref name="TG"/> The [[U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] stated in 1996: "It has for years been recognized by consumers generally that the designation 'beans with pork,' or '[[pork and beans]]' is the common or usual name for an article of commerce that contains very little pork." The included pork is typically a piece of [[salt pork]] that adds fat to the dish.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06EEDA113BF932A35757C0A96E958260 |work=The New York Times|title=That's What and Beans? Pork Defends Its Image|date= 1 April 1998}}</ref>

The first mass-produced commercial canning of baked beans in the United States began in 1895 by the Pennsylvania-based [[Heinz|H. J. Heinz Company]].<ref name="PG"/> Heinz was also the first company to sell baked beans outside of the United States, beginning with sales limited solely to [[Fortnum & Mason]] in 1886, when the item was considered a luxury.<ref name="FM">{{cite web|url=https://www.fortnumandmason.com/information/our-history|title=Fortnum's History|work=[[Fortnum & Mason]]|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> They began selling baked beans throughout the UK in 1901, and baked beans became a standard part of the English [[full breakfast]] soon after.<ref name="PG"/> Heinz removed pork from the product during [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|World War II rationing]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/feb/22/consider-baked-beans | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Oliver | last=Thring | title=Consider baked beans | date=22 February 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Beans on sourdough toast.jpg|thumb|Baked beans on sourdough toast, served in a café in London, England]]
Originally, [[Heinz Baked Beans]] were prepared in the traditional United States manner for sales in [[Ireland]] and [[Great Britain]]. Over time, the recipe was altered to a less sweet [[tomato sauce]] with a mix of herbs and spices but without maple syrup, molasses, or brown sugar to appeal to the tastes of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Tasting Table|url=https://www.tastingtable.com/928300/heinz-beanz-vs-american-style-baked-beans-whats-the-difference/|title=Heinz Beanz Vs. American-Style Baked Beans: What's The Difference?|first=Lauren|last=Rothman|date=July 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="TG">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/may/01/how-to-cook-perfect-baked-beans|title=How to cook the perfect baked beans|author=Felicity Cloake|date=1 May 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> This is the version of baked beans most commonly eaten outside of the United States. Baked beans are commonly eaten on toast ("beans on toast") or as part of a full breakfast.<ref name="TG"/> Heinz Baked Beans remains the best-selling brand in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/heinz-change-baked-beans-recipe-faces-branston-challenge/541984?src_site=brandrepublic |title= Heinz to change baked beans recipe as it faces Branston challenge|website=campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref> The [[Baked Bean Museum of Excellence]] in [[Port Talbot]], Wales, was dedicated to baked beans.<ref name="Hunter Davies">{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Hunter |title=Behind the scenes at the Museum of Baked Beans: My search for Britain's Maddest Museums|url=https://archive.org/details/behindscenesatmu0000davi |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2010 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/behindscenesatmu0000davi/page/59 59–72] |chapter=Chapter 4: The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, Port Talbot |isbn=978-0-7535-2213-4}}</ref>