8 tinned foods our grandparents swore by that are no longer on supermarket shelves

Pepper pot soup was a creation from Caribbean cultures, with the dish containing beef tripe (the lining of a stomach), beef broth and spices. The delicacy was one of Campbell's most popular products, which they sold for over a century, and it was one of their original products.

However, tripe isn't a dish that people with modern tastes particularly enjoy dining on, and in the late 20th century, the tinned soup started becoming less popular. In 2010, Campbell's pulled the plug, with the soup leaving shelves for the last time.

Tinned foods aren't the only convenient meal, as toast is also incredibly easy to prepare in a pinch. And Heinz used to combine the two with its popular range of toast toppers, with popular savoury options including the likes of bacon and mushroom or cheese and onion.

However, consumers eventually fell out of love with the product, which was first introduced in the 1970s, and in 2015, Heinz confirmed that the beloved item was being discontinued.

If your grandparents were in the mood for some seafood, they didn't have to travel to the seaside or order from the chippie, as they could just pop down to their local supermarket to buy calamari that had been stewed in its own ink and then quickly heat it at home.

However, calamari struggled with its popularity, and while you might still be able to find the product at a specialist shop, the mainstream supermarkets stopped selling the product years ago.

Tripe used to be so popular that multiple brands had it as a product, with the offal also being an option in many restaurants. However, as we've mentioned, tripe is no longer popular with the younger generations, and now the only way you'll find tinned tripe is on the pet food aisle.

Given its name, mock turtle soup didn't actually contain any turtles, and was instead made up of calf's head, brains and organ meats, which is far from an appetising prospect. Even our grandparents didn't have to put up with the dish for too long, as Heinz pulled the plug on their version during the 1960s.

Yes, this sounds as disgusting to me as it may sound as disgusting to you. But one popular tinned product that was available across the United States was canned pork brains, which often came with either gravy or milk.

As tastes continued to adapt, consumers became less likely to pick this up off of the shelves, while the spread of mad cow disease ended up serving as the final nail in the coffin.

While it may sound like a joke, B&M used to sell tinned bread widely throughout the United States. This tinned bread is different from your normal loaf, more resembling a moist sponge with a taste of molasses, as opposed to what we might use for toast or sandwiches.

Although B&M still produces the product, it's now been relegated to specialist grocery stores or as an online exclusive.

Not every tinned product had to be a meal, sometimes you might just want a quick sweet, and in the 00s, Altoids expanded their minty products to sour tinned goods. Flavours included mango, tangerine, apple, citrus, and raspberry.

However, despite high interest at the beginning, the sales eventually started to wane, and these sweets were discontinued just six years after hitting the market.