Are baked beans traditional in an English breakfast?

Baked beans are not historically traditional in the same way as the core components, but they have become a firmly established accompaniment through modern popular use. Tinned beans in tomato sauce entered Britain in the late nineteenth century and were widely adopted during the Edwardian period as the breakfast became standardised. Today, their presence is common and appropriate, but their absence alone does not disqualify a breakfast from being considered a full English.