GROWN NOT MADE "TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF A FOOD PRODUCT ON THE SHELF, YOU MUST FIRST IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCE IN THE GROUND." - HENRY J. HEINZ Henry J. Heinz started breeding our tomatoes in 1934, helping sow the seeds of the unique varieties we grow today. Our tomatoes are redder, thicker and tastier than any you’d find in a supermarket. That’s what gives our ketchup the unmistakable Heinz flavour. Ours are grown in sun-drenched places like California and Spain, by farmers with generations of experience. Naturally, they're all GMO-free. How can we be sure of the best quality? Because our Heinz Tomato Masters - the world's leading ketchup tomato experts - monitor every stage of their growth to make sure each tomato is as good as it should be. Our tomatoes come from all over the world, but they're all grown in irrigated fields to deliver just enough water, without wasting a drop. HARVESTING Patience makes perfection. Our tomatoes develop their sweetness and taste naturally on the vine, before we pick them at their peak. WASHING AND SELECTING We check our tomatoes twice to make sure we only put the best into our ketchup. Anything less than perfect goes into livestock feed and compost. Next, we flash-cook the tomatoes at 96°C - the perfect temperature for releasing their full flavour. EVAPORATION Next, we remove the water from the pulp, to make a tomato paste that's even thicker, sweeter and tastier than before. MAKING AND BOTTLING Three extra ingredients and our special blend of spices - that's all it takes to turn our tomato paste into rich, delicious Heinz ketchup. After bottling, we make sure our ketchup pours at no more than 0.028mph - guaranteeing its unique texture. Henry J. Heinz was a visionary game-changer. His values still remain true today across everything we do, seeking to make quality food for people, and continuously looking for ways to improve and innovate to meet emerging needs of our consumers. At Heinz we believe in minimising waste to reduce the impact on our environment. Our unique tomatoes grow abundantly on the vine, helping us get more from our fields, save water and cut down on waste. Anything that doesn't go into our ketchup gets used in feed, compost or fertiliser, to help grow the next delicious crop. Through our development projects, we share tomato expertise and conservation ideas with farmers around the world. FROM FARM TO TABLE "TO DO A COMMON THING UNCOMMONLY WELL BRINGS SUCCESS." - HENRY J. HEINZ When Henry J. Heinz started selling his products in 1869, other manufacturers used brown bottles to disguise low-quality ingredients. But Henry had nothing to hide. That's why he chose the transparent jars we still use today. When you look at a jar of deliciously smooth and creamy Heinz Mayonnaise, you can see the quality. And you can taste it in your potato salads and tuna sandwiches. We work closely with farms across Europe to source top-notch eggs from chickens who are free to roam. Which means we can proudly print the words "free-range eggs" on Heinz mayo every year. We ensure our supplier's meet animal welfare standards. Because well-cared-for chickens lay the tastiest eggs - and that's exactly what we want for our mayo. Rapeseed is our most commonly used oil. Most of our rapeseed comes from Europe, but we also source from a few carefully selected farms in other countries, like Australia. MIXING EGGS, OIL AND WATER. The trick to making mayo is to blend oil and water together. Normally, oil floats in water. But in mayonnaise, the egg yolks hold the mixture together. That's what gives our mayo its deliciously rich, smooth and thick texture, as well as its white colour. Vinegar, mustard, and a touch of salt and sugar give it just the perfect carefully blended flavour. And starch helps create the gloriously thick texture you know and love. We also add an antioxidant called EDTA, that prolongs the shelf life of our mayo. So you can enjoy it whenever you like. And that's it. Naturally, we use no artificial colours, flavours or thickeners. Because quality ingredients speak for themselves. We test the smell, colour, saltiness, acidity and thickness, using both special equipment and good. old-fashioned human senses. Once we're happy, it's off to the filling station to bottle our mayo. We use a variety of packaging, including our famous egg-shaped glass jars developed to maximise spoonability, and squeezy bottles. And that's it. Our packs are labelled with our famous Heinz keystone, and then they're off to homes and restaurants around the world. Our squeezy bottles are recyclable (just clean them out first ☺). The caps on medium and large sizes can go in the recycling bin too. You can recycle our glass jars, or re-use them at home. They can even make elegant candle holders or flower pots! BEANS, GLORIOUS BEANS "TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF A FOOD PRODUCT ON THE SHELF, YOU MUST FIRST IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCE IN THE GROUND" - HENRY J. HEINZ Henry Heinz sold his first tin of baked beans to London's Fortnum & Mason department store in 1901. He believed pantry staples could and should be made with quality. More than a century later, that idea still underpins everything we do at Heinz. We make beans the same way Henry did - by treating quality ingredients with care. There are three crucial ingredients in a can of Heinz Beanz: the beans, the tomatoes, and our secret spice and herb mix. Together, they create the unique Heinz taste you know and love. Our iconic beans are a type of haricot bean called the 'Navy' bean. They are naturally nutritious - high in fibre and protein, and low in fat. Most of our beans are grown in the US and Canada. We've been producing baked beans for a long time, and we have high standards for what qualifies as the best. Our sauce is made with ripe, plump tomatoes mostly grown in Spain and Portugal, under the watchful eyes of farmers - many we have worked with for generations. Then they're cooked into a richly flavoured paste. 3. SHHH! Then there's our secret spice and herb mix. We can't say much about it, for obvious reasons. In fact, only four people in the world know the recipe! Our Beanz are prepared at our factory in Wigan. Each individual bean is blanched, then carefully checked for colour with a special laser. (We take our beans pretty seriously.) Meanwhile, we make our sauce using our tomato paste and our secret herbs and spices. The result is a can of Beanz packed with flavour - and absolutely no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. Fun fact our beans aren't cooked until after they've been canned! First, each can is filled with blanched beans, topped up with sauce and carefully sealed. Then the can itself is cooked for half an hour, with high-temperature steam. This keeps in all the flavour in the can and gives our beans a long shelf life (without artificial preservatives). We carefully weigh each can and check the seal, then label them with our famous Heinz keystone. We're quite fussy about this too - every can is photographed to make sure the label is on straight. Why? Because we wouldn't want your beans to arrive looking anything less than perfect. We want everyone to enjoy our Beanz long into the future. That's why we're working hard to minimise waste and avoid harm to our planet. Our tin-coated steel cans are recyclable, and made from 25% recycled materials. We made our cans 10% thinner in 2006, which saves tonnes of steel every year. Read about our plastic-free partnership ENERGY EFFICIENCY Our production and transportation equipment is all highly energy efficient. And our factory is in the UK, so we can cater to UK bean lovers with fewer food miles. No child should be too hungry to learn. That's why we're proud to partner with Magic Breakfast, a charity that provides healthy breakfasts to around 50,000 vulnerable school children who would otherwise go hungry in the morning. We support them with Heinz No Added Sugar Beanz, naturally high in protein and fibre to help fuel children to a better day. Find out more about Magic Breakfast (and support them too) Help #SilenceTheRumble FROM FIELD TO SPOON "TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF A FOOD PRODUCT ON THE SHELF, YOU MUST FIRST IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCE IN THE GROUND." - HENRY J. HEINZ Henry Heinz knew the recipe for quality pantry goods was very simple: use the best ingredients, and treat them well. That's exactly what we've always done at Heinz. It's why our iconic Cream of Tomato Soup has been a family favourite since 1910. We use a lot of tomatoes, so we source them from several farms in countries like Spain and Greece. We've been working with many of these farms for generations. Our tomatoes ripen slowly in the sun, and are picked at peak ripeness, then washed and gently cooked. The result is a rich tomato paste - we use over 27,000 tonnes of it every year! LOCAL WATER from Lancashire and the Midlands. SPICE AND HERB EXTRACTS, SUGAR AND SALT, to give our soup its delicious, balanced flavour. Only four people know the exact herb and spice mix! MILK INGREDIENTS AND CREAM. It's Cream of Tomato, after all! Add it all together, and you have a smooth, naturally delicious soup, with absolutely no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. And there's only 102kcal in each portion. Our factory in Wigan is where the magic happens. There, 850 employees make 1 billion cans of soup, beans and pasta every year. Fun fact: each year, UK households buy more cans of Heinz soup than lightbulbs! It may seem strange, but we seal our ingredients in the can before cooking them. It means all the flavour stays inside, and it helps preserve the soup without any artificial ingredients. The sealed cans are cooked with high-temperature steam for an hour and a half. It's a bit like being inside a giant pressure cooker. Our experts taste-test our soup every two to four hours to make sure it tastes just right. And we weigh and check the seal on every can. The final step is to label each can with our famous Heinz keystone. It's a symbol of the care and commitment that goes into getting our products just right. So whenever you see it, you know you're in for a treat. We work hard to minimize the environmental impact of everything we do - right down to our cans. Our Wigan factory is in the UK, so we can serve the nation with fewer food miles. They're made from 25% recycled materials, and are recyclable. In 2006, we made our cans 10% thinner, which saves tonnes of steel every year. And our cans are just the start. We're minimizing waste and energy consumption throughout our production process, with extra-efficient machinery for sterilizing, manufacturing, filling and packaging. Our Good Agricultural Practices project gives farmers around the world the resources they need to switch to more sustainable production methods. This has helped farmers in Extremadura, Spain double their crop production over four growing seasons (two years), by reducing water loss and soil erosion. Find out more in our CSR report Media Enquiries| FAQS| Terms of Use| Modern Slavery Statement| Gender Pay Gap| EU Chicken Commitment| Privacy Policy| Contact Us| KRAFT HEINZ FOODSERVICE| COVID 19 STATEMENT © Heinz 2020