Beanfeast is a vegetarian processed food made by Batchelors, from soya. It is sold in dried form, in packets, to be mixed with water and boiled. The cooked product resembles mince.
It is marketed in three varieties - Savoury Mince, Bolognese Style and Mexican Chilli.
WITHDRAWAL. As of early 2020, Batchelors delisted all Beanfeast products citing low sales and a statement copied from the bottom of their website product page [1] reads thus:
STATEMENT OPENS. "We regularly review our range and if a product is not selling well, we carefully consider discontinuing it. As such, all Beanfeast variants have been delisted early 2020.
We apologise for the disappointment this may cause you and hope you will find a product in our Batchelors range that you will enjoy just as much. Our Listening Centre remains available if you have any questions or queries." STATEMENT CLOSES
It would seem that any product available later in 2020 was probably just using up existing stocks.
Genetic modification
Beanfeast was the focus of protests against its manufacturer, Unilever, when it was found to contain genetically modified (GM) soya. The sales of the product dropped by 50%. After a meeting with Greenpeace in April 1999,[2] Unilever agreed to remove GM ingredients.
See also
- List of meat substitutes
References