Bush's Original Baked Beans — DUMP

Name: Bush's Original Baked Beans
Brand: Bush's Best

Munch or Dump rates Bush's Original Baked Beans by Bush's Best DUMP — score 20/90.

Real navy beans drowning in a sugar-first sauce, thickened with modified corn starch and tinted with caramel color. The beans are good; the factory dressing isn't. About 12g of sugar per half cup makes this dessert in a side-dish costume.

Why this verdict

Brown sugar is the #3 ingredient — roughly 12g of sugar per half-cup serving
Modified corn starch + caramel color + unnamed 'natural flavor' — a NOVA 4 additive set layered over a whole-food base
Caramel color adds nothing nutritionally; some classes carry 4-MEI concerns
High sodium at roughly 550mg per serving
The navy beans genuinely deliver fiber (~5g) and protein (~9g), but they're outvoted by the sauce

Ingredients (8)

prepared navy beans (safe) — The genuinely good part: real legumes with fiber, protein, and slow carbs.
brown sugar (caution) — Second sweetener stacked with sugar — a sweetness system, not a pinch.
cured bacon (moderate) — Under 2% of the can — more of a flavor cameo than a meat ingredient, but it is cured processed pork.
Modified Corn Starch (caution) — Industrially altered starch, a NOVA 4 marker.
caramel color (caution) — Cosmetic coloring; some classes carry 4-MEI concerns.
Natural flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed flavoring; natural-sourced but still a lab-blended ingredient.
Salt (moderate) — ~260mg sodium per packet — sweet AND salty is the palatability play.
mustard (safe) — Real condiment sub-recipe (vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric, paprika). One of the cleaner lines on the label.