A few months ago we launched a campaign with @vegpoweruk.bsky.social to encourage citizens across the UK to eat more beans.

We're glad to report the response has been incredible!

Find out more ⬇️ and ➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/...

#BangInSomeBeans

🧠 Can eating beans improve your mood?

Plant biologist Nadia Radzman of @cam.ac.uk shares some intriguing findings about Fava beans in our final #BangInSomeBeans podcast episode.

🎧 Listen in full: open.spotify.com/episode/2q6i...

💥Our new podcast is making a bang💥

The #BangInSomeBeans series will take you through how these under-loved ingredients are savvy, delicious and full of so much potential for our health.

🎧 Find it wherever you get your pods! 🫘🫛

Tune in next Tuesday - all about #mentalhealth and #hormones 🔎🧠

🫘💨 Does eating beans give you wind?

Fibre expert Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed tackles the thorny question in our latest #BangInSomeBeans podcast, presented by chef Melissa Hemsley.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4rM7qXv

Did you know beans can boost athletic performance and recovery?

Find out how with @redrosesrugby.bsky.social World Cup winner Sarah Bern and Jeffrey Boadi in our latest #BangInSomeBeans podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4brw0H1

'Bang in Some Beans' New campaign aims to double UK bean consumption and improve the nation’s health.

New campaign aims to double UK bean consumption and improve the nation’s health  #BangInSomeBeans #Beans #Health #Food #Diet #Supermarkets #UKFood #PlantBased #BOSH #FoodFoundation

www.mygreenpod.com/articles/ban...

🍳 What comes to mind when you think of the Great British Breakfast?

Don't miss Episode 3 of our #BanginSomeBeans podcast as chef and author Melissa Hemsley explores its traditions and busts some myths!

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4b0p050

📢 Once a staple in British kitchens for thousands of years until it disappeared from our plates - the Fava bean is making a comeback!

Don't miss Episode 2 of our #BanginSomeBeans podcast as we explore how it could change the conversation around staples like bread.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4cSZ7W4

These businesses are making a BANG 💥

We're thrilled to announce brand new Keen Bean pledgers - businesses who are committing to get more beans on plates. @compassgroupplc.bsky.social @compassgroupuki.bsky.social

💥 Interested? Visit the BANG IN SOME BEANS page on our website!

#BangInSomeBeans

We know the barriers to accessing healthy food, we know people don't eat enough fibre, now we need action. BEANS are the perfect vehicle for change!

Rushda, Jo & Nirvani bring powerful testimonies about access to #fibre-rich food & why #beans are worth celebrating

#FibreFebruary #BangInSomeBeans

Why are we so obsessed with beans? 🤩

Rebecca Tobi explains why #beans are a win-win-win for our health, budgets and planet, and shares how we are partnering with businesses through the #BangInSomeBeans campaign - learn more on on our website! 💥🫘

#FibreFebruary #WorldPulsesDay #WorldPulsesDay2026

The TastEd Beans Project Plus a Recipe for Sesame-Free Hummus | Taste Education

This #worldpulsesday, our co-founder, @kitchenbee.bsky.social dives into the world of beans and the resources we’ve made with support from Bean is How.
Good for us, good for the planet and good for biodiversity, it’s time we all #banginsomebeans

www.tasteeducation.com/the-tasted-b...

Today on World Pulses Day, we are shouting it from the rooftops (and the kitchen): #BANGINSOMEBEANS! 💥

Thomasina Miers, @hughfw.bsky.social & Ramona Hazan join the bean brigade alongside Food Ambassadors Barbara, Ryan, Wena, Magdalena & more 🌱

#FibreFebruary #WorldPulsesDay2026 #WorldPulsesDay

To download our range of FREE Eating Well resources for practical guidance on infant and young child feeding, see our website. www.firststepsnutrition.org/eating-well-...

#WorldPulsesDay #BangInSomeBeans

Good gut vibes only 🫘

#FibreFebruary is the perfect time to #BanginSomeBeans!

Our very own Chloe MacKean tells us about the campaign to double UK bean consumption, and how fibre is so essential for our health.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/1EHV...

#beans

Did you catch chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and young food activist Dev Sharma on BBC Radio 4 yesterday? 🫘🫘🫘 Talking all about beans 😍

Tune in to @hughfw.bsky.social's fibre series ➡️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

💥 #BangInSomeBeans 💥

With rising food costs, the #BangInSomeBeans campaign is encouraging everyone to eat (and donate!) more beans, pulses and legumes.
So if you’re choosing lunch today, or picking up a donation for your local foodbank, grab a can of beans! Support us:
www.blackcountryfoodbank.org.uk/support

After running the Full of Beans campaign to promote beans in Glasgow during 2024 and 2025, we are now fully behind the Food Foundation’s Bang in Some Beans campaign!

Visit buff.ly/w4gVltZ to find out more and get eating your beans!
#banginsomebeans #OnBoardWithBeans #fullofbeans

Bang in Some Beans campaign coverage

Great to see coverage of our #BangInSomeBeans campaign in Marks and Spencer's new Bridging Britain's Fibre Gap report!

Beans can play a key role in shifting diets towards more healthy and sustainable eating patterns so it's encouraging to see growing interest in this area!

🔗 bit.ly/4qB42z5

Beans are getting the spotlight and we love to see it🫘❤️🌱

🗞️ independent.co.uk/life-style/h... 🫘 @the-independent.com

🗞️ telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne... 🫘 @telegraph.co.uk

#BangInSomeBeans @vegpoweruk.bsky.social

Say it along with Wena:

Beans porridge hot 🔥
Beans porridge cold 🧊
BANG 💥 IN 💥 SOME 💥 BEANS

Wena is on our team of Food Ambassadors shaping the #BangInSomeBeans campaign 🌠

Read more 🫘 foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/...

#healthyfood @vegpoweruk.bsky.social

#BangInSomeBeans for the planet 🌍🌏🌎

Ryan is one of 8⃣ Food Ambassadors shaping the #beans campaign 🫘🌱

Read about the citizen panel focused on getting people across the UK to eat more beans! 🔽🔽

foodfoundation.org.uk/news/citizen...

#healthyfood @vegpoweruk.bsky.social

Real life chickpea queen and houmous expert 👑
Ramona's Kitchen wants you to #BangInSomeBeans

Thank you Ramona 🩷🫘💛

Add some beans into your next meal & join the #beans campaign here ▶️ foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/...

@vegpoweruk.bsky.social

This 2026 #TakeAction and #becomefoodwise by choosing:

#LocalFoodProducers
#CommunityComposting 
#CommunityGardening
#LocalGoodFoodMarkets and #FarmersMarkets
#SupportLocal
#Seasonal
#BangInSomeBeans
#Setupavegbox

Don't forget to #BangInSomeBeans while you're celebrating this year! ❄️🎁☃️🎉✨

Food Ambassador Magdalena from Liverpool is a registered nutritionist and major advocate for BEANS 🫘💛

Learn more about how the Food Ambassadors are involved in the #beans campaign➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/news/citizen...

Beans, beans, the more you eat, the more your … meals are healthier and cheaper Celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver launch ‘Bang in Some Beans’ campaign to highlight cost savings and health advantages

We welcome the @Food_Foundation #BangInSomeBeans campaign which encourages people to add beans to their existing recipes.

Adding beans helps reduce the amount of meat needed & helps stretch budgets.

Article by shango31.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...

Big flavour. Big love for beans 💛

The one and only Chef Thomasina Miers is all in on #BangInSomeBeans.

Here’s why #beans are a total game-changer ➡️ foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/...

"We eat beans at least four times a week" 🫘❌4️⃣
- Barbara, Food Ambassador from Hartlepool

Barbara is on the Bean Citizen Panel, a group of experts through lived experience of food systems, with the goal of shaping the 💥 #BangInSomeBeans 💥 campaign

Learn more: foodfoundation.org.uk/news/citizen...

We had another bean-filled afternoon on 25th November at our Full of Beans Networking event. We came together to hear everything that’s happened in Glasgow since the end of the official 2024 Full of Beans campaign.

#glasgowfullofbeans #beans #banginsomebeans #sustainablefood

✨Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has entered his bean era✨

We thank our legume-loving superstar 🎤🫘

#BangInSomeBeans

@vegpoweruk.bsky.social @sdg2advocacyhub.bsky.social