Beanfeast was a vegetarian ultra-processed food made by Batchelors, from soya.
It was sold as a dried food, in packets, to be mixed with water and boiled, the cooked product resembling mince.
The product was marketed in three varieties: Savoury Mince, Bolognese Style and Mexican Chilli.
Beanfeast was the focus of protests against its manufacturer, Unilever, when it was found to contain genetically modified (GM) soya.
After a meeting with Greenpeace in April 1999,[1] Unilever agreed to remove GM ingredients.