Goya Small Red Beans (15.5 oz. can)

Item Purchased: Goya Small Red Beans (15.5 oz. can)
Location Purchased: Dominick's / 3145 S. Ashland / Chicago, IL
Price: $0.69 + tax

Review: I would love to have the time to purchases the bags of dry beans to soak and prepare myself, but one step at a time. I purchased these beans (and the black beans) with the sole intention of preparing a very large rice and beans dish to divide and pack for my work lunch each day this week. Of course, because I had to catch up on some work this weekend, I didn't have time to prepare it until today.

Goya has to be one of the best low-cost canned vegetable companies I know of. The water these beans are floating in doesn't smell like embalming fluid and the beans aren't too squishy. Instead, what you get are semi-firm beans that are easy to drain and perfect for mashing, frying, or just popping in your mouth as they are. Still not comparable to fresh legumes, these beans will do in a pinch. And at $0.69, you can't go wrong.

Or can you?

According to the poorly referenced Wikipedia (that all-knowing source of irrefutable knowledge) entry on Goya Foods, in order to procure the most authentic Hispanic foods to Latin America and the U.S., they outsource products from the countries of their origin. Nothing wrong about that if everyone is paid fairly, if you ask me. Goya also supports community and national organizations, taking their corporate and social responsibility seriously. However, Goya's workforce is not paid competitively within the food production industry.

I don't know about you, but I'd pay a few more cents per can to ensure the fair payment of the factory workers canning my beans for me. If there is one group of people you don't fuck around with, it's the people preparing the things you put into your body!

Rating: 3.5 / 5