If you’re not eating beans right now, we’re sorry, but you might be uncool. This humble, nutritious legume is everywhere. TikTok is flooded with bean recipes, everyone you know is using them to fibermaxx, and the market is growing rapidly. In fact, according to Fact.MR, the canned bean market could be worth more than $5 billion by 2036.
Whole Foods Market, which recently predicted the biggest food trends for 2027, calls it a “bean boom.”
Its new report reads: “Once relegated to side-dish status, beans and legumes are now claiming center-of-the-plate real estate as consumers seek whole-food sources of protein and fiber that also happen to be budget-friendly and gut-friendly.”
Want to get in on the hype? We’ve got you, of course. Check out some of the coolest bean brands below.
Bri Beaudoin
Check out some of our go-to bean recipes:
- Shortcut Brothy Beans With Tomatoes and Garlic
- Wild Greens and Black Bean Vegan Tamales
- Creamy Pumpkin Soup With White Beans
- Easy, Smoky Bean and Lentil Chili
- West African Jollof Rice and Beans
Rancho Gordo
1 Rancho Gordo’s heirloom beans are worth joining the waitlist for
Since 2001, Napa-based Rancho Gordo has specialized in indigenous and heirloom beans. It works with growers across the US and Mexico to cultivate unique varieties of legumes you simply wouldn’t find at your everyday grocery store, like Christmas Lima Beans and Dirty Cassoulet Beans, as well as classics like mayocoba and garbanzo.
You can shop individual varieties whenever you like, direct from the brand or from Amazon, or join the brand’s in-demand Bean Club, which sends members six bags of beans and a grain selection each quarter. At the time of writing, the club is so popular that you’ll need to join a waitlist to become a member. Further proof that beans truly are having a moment.
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Bada Bean Bada Boom
2 Bada Bean Bada Boom makes a case for fava beans over potato chips
Not everyone loves beans in their natural form, and that’s okay. But that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on their goodness. Enter Bada Bean Bada Boom, which offers snack packs of crunchy, roasted fava beans in flavors such as Sweet Sriracha, Buffalo Wing, and Sweet Onion & Mustard.
Soon, you’ll be skipping the potato chip aisle altogether. Beans all the way.
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Brami
3 Brami’s lupini beans are an impressive nutritional choice
Brami also offers flavored bean snack packs, but these pickled, briny legumes aren’t just delicious straight from the bag. They also work beautifully in salads, stir-fries, and sandwiches.
The brand’s bean of choice is lupini, which it calls “one of the most impressive plants on the planet.” And after looking at the nutritional stats, we’re inclined to agree. Twelve grams of protein and nine grams of fiber per 100 calories? Sign us up.
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Biena
4 Biena brings big flavor to chickpeas and edamame
Ah, the chickpea. We love this humble legume for its impressive nutritional value and versatility, and so does Biena. In fact, the brand offers a wide range of crispy roasted chickpea snacks in flavors including Rockin’ Ranch and Himalayan Pink Salt.
Not a chickpea fan? Biena also specializes in protein-packed edamame.
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Siete
5 Siete Foods’ beans are a must for your next burrito night
Mexico is known around the world for its heirloom beans, which feature in many traditional recipes. So, of course, popular Mexican American brand Siete Foods has plenty of beany options alongside its tortillas, taco shells, and chips.
The brand’s Charro Beans are packed with flavor, thanks to ingredients such as onions, garlic, chipotle, and jalapeño. It also offers three refried varieties, Ranchero, Pinto, and Black, perfect for your next big burrito.
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Simpli
6 Simpli’s regenerative beans give back to the soil
Simpli’s beans are grown using regenerative farming practices designed to nourish and support the soil. In a nutshell, the goal is to leave it better than they found it. And that’s a motto we can get on board with.
The single-origin heirloom beans come in compostable paper bags, and if you’re seriously committed to getting beany in 2027, they’re also available by subscription.
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Serious Bean Co
7The Serious Bean Co is playful about flavor
Beans don’t have to be dull. If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times. Despite its name, Serious Bean Co agrees. That’s why it offers several tasty, vegan-friendly varieties, including Carolina Gold BBQ Beans, made with mustard and cider vinegar, and even Dr Pepper Baked Beans.
Prefer to keep things simple? The brand also offers Organic Garbanzo Beans and Organic Black Beans, both seasoned with Himalayan pink salt.
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A Dozen Cousins
8 A Dozen Cousins brings Creole and Caribbean flavors to your pantry
Back in 2017, A Dozen Cousins was founded with one key goal: to make healthy, wholesome Caribbean, Creole, and Latin American cooking more accessible. It’s still going strong, and beans play a big part in that mission.
The brand’s vegan-friendly seasoned varieties include Cuban Black Beans with onions, green peppers, and spices; Creole Red Beans; and Trini Chickpea Curry.
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Heyday
9 Heyday Canning Co’s Saucy Beans deserve to be the star of the show
Heyday Canning Co was founded in 2020 with a mission to make canned food cool. And we reckon it has succeeded. Its vegan-friendly Saucy Beans are always a hit, with varieties including Tomato Alla Vodka Cannellini Beans, Apricot Glazed Baked Beans, and Harissa Lemon Chickpeas.
We’ll take one of each, please.
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Only Snacks
10Only Snacks gives edamame a main character moment
The Only Bean, now known as Only Snacks, has been on the bean train since 2017. The brand is all about making edamame a star in its own right, and we’re here for it. Check out its Daily Snack Packs, featuring roasted edamame in flavors such as Sea Salt, Ranch, and Wasabi Soy.
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