Tins of baked beans are being recalled because the cans may contain small rubber balls.

The Princes Group, which makes the cupboard staple on behalf of Branston, as well as supermarkets including Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to recall a number of its bean products.

In a food safety notice, circulated by the Food Standards Agency, it explains the company is asking for the tins back because they may contain ‘small rubber balls making them unsafe to eat’.

The balls, says the warning, are 2.5cm in diameter and could be a choking hazard. Details about how the balls came to be among the beans have not been released.

It comes just days after Tesco was forced to recall packets of its Finest stuffing mix amid fears the food could contain moths.

Among the cans being recalled are Branston beans in a plastic-wrapped four-pack, alongside some supermarket ranges of baked beans with pork sausages and some mixed bean salad cans.

Details of affected batch numbers, which can be found on the bottom of cans, have also been released to help customers identify if the food they have at home is affected.

The full list of affected bean products is:

*Asda Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce, weighing 200g, with an end of November 2025 best before date and a batch code of 3313 and 3314.

*Asda Mixed Bean Salad, weighing 400g, with an end of October 2027 best before date and batch codes 3293 and 3303.

*Branston Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce, 4 x 410g plastic wrapped with a date of end of December 2025 and batch code 3338.

*Sainsbury’s Baked Beans and Pork Sausages, 400g, with a best before date of end of November 2025, batch number 3312.

*Tesco Mixed Bean Salad in Vinaigrette, weighing 400g with an October 2025 best before date and batch code 3299.

*Tesco Baked Beans and Pork Sausages in Tomato Sauce, weighing 395g, with an end of November 2025 best before date and batch code 3312.

Any customer, explains the FSA, who has bought those cans should not eat them and instead return them to the store they were purchased from for a full refund. More details can be found about that here.

Recall notices have also been placed in shops and supermarket aisles to alert customers who may have bought the affected beans in a previous shopping trip.