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This debate has people really fired up.
Grocery giant Costco has brought back one of its fall favorites, the Kirkland Signature Chili, sparking controversy over one key ingredient.
On TikTok last week, user @costcohotfinds showed off the product, which comes in a 4-pound tub and features beef, onions, cheese and spices — as well as kidney and pinto beans.
As the TikToker documented what the delicious dish looks like heated, many viewers took to the comments section to express dismay.
“There’s no beans in chilli……I don’t know what that is but it’s not chilli…… still looks pretty good though,” one user wrote.
Another agreed, yelling, “Real chili DOESNT HAVE BEANS IN IT.”
“Chili master here folks, it’s official, this isn’t chili,” someone else declared. “Costco needs to remove this so call Chili from it’s store now.”
“That’s not chili,” one person announced. “That’s bean soup.”
Others, however, were Team Beans.
“Is that an American thing? 100% we put beans in our chilli in Canada,” one TikToker shared.
“I have to have the beans,” a bean aficionado proclaimed.
The Post reached out to Costco for comment.
The Great Bean Debate appears to come down to regional preference.
According to Southern Living, people in certain parts of Texas don’t believe chili should contain beans, while those outside of that area have bean there, done that.
Cincinnati residents, meanwhile, add cocoa powder to their chili, per HuffPo, and it’s served over spaghetti in Ohio.
In New Mexico, it’s mixed with green chiles and pork, per Southern Living, and in some places, like Nebraska, it’s served with a cinnamon roll.
This isn’t the only food debate to make headlines recently.
In June, Heinz finally settled the controversy about where you should store ketchup — the company drew fresh outrage when it said the bottle belongs in the fridge.
Fans flooded the comments, with many asking why the product is stored on shelves at the supermarket and in restaurants.
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