Ketchup

[Rich Engelhardt]

Which is best?

[John Conklin]

Well... a few members of my wife's family works at a ketchup plant and they get it for us from the "company store". They have one recipe they cook and bottle for run of the mill store brands and will do custom batches if the purchaser has their own recipe. The funny thing is we've had bottles labeled for stores in just about every state and stores you've never heard of. One time we got a bottle packed for sale in Puerto Rico and another in New Zealand. We swore those two tasted different, but probably were the default recipe.

Sooo... I vote other!

[Alan Bienlein]

What ever the wife buys!

[John Conklin]

Another ketchup related story...

My mom always made homemade ketchup from tomatoes in our garden. When I was old enough to think I knew something, I started complaining because it wasn't like the stuff at McDonalds, the school cafeteria, or my friend's house. I persisted until she gave up making it and just bought it from the store.

What I would give to have a jar of that ketchup (and my mom) around today.

[George Bokros]

Simply Heinz since it eliminates the high fructose corn syrup. We just tried the Hunts equivalent and do like it as well.

Which do you prefer Rich?

[Rod Sheridan]

Simply Heinz since it eliminates the high fructose corn syrup. We just tried the Hunts equivalent and do like it as well.

Which do you prefer Rich?

Is that why it tastes so much different than the ketchup in Canada?

Corn syrup in ketchup?

regards, Rod.

[George Bokros]

Is that why it tastes so much different than the ketchup in Canada?

Corn syrup in ketchup?

regards, Rod.

Yes ketchup does have high fructose corn syrup, read the label.

Canada may have banned the use of high fructose corn syrup like they have in Europe. UPDATE just found out it is not banned in Europe. Its use is restricted because enough cannot be produced.

I know that Coke sold in Mexico uses sugar instead.

[John Coloccia]

Is that why it tastes so much different than the ketchup in Canada?

Corn syrup in ketchup?

regards, Rod.

I switched to Simply Heinz after having some ketchup in Canada. Reminded me of the ketchup I grew up with. Once I figured out the difference was the corn syrup, I switched.

[Rod Sheridan]

Thanks John, so you can get two types of Ketchup, one with sugar and one with corn syrup?

Interesting, we only have the one with sugar...........Rod.

[John Coloccia]

Thanks John, so you can get two types of Ketchup, one with sugar and one with corn syrup?

Interesting, we only have the one with sugar...........Rod.

Simply Heinz and Organic Heinz both have sugar. They're both relatively new products. I prefer Simply Heinz. Hunts ketchup has sugar also, and always has I think, but it's not very good either way, IMHO.

Having grown up in New York, I have to say that I'm a mustard and sauerkraut guy, but mustard and sauerkraut doesn't go very well on hamburgers and french fries. Also, can't make a 3:00am bagel pizza with mustard and sauerkraut.

The history of sugar and corn syrup in the US has become very very very strange and bizarre. You should look it up if you want some entertaining reading, especially some of the crazy schemes manufactures concocted to get around the tariffs.

[Brian Elfert]

I believe Hunts has ketchup with both HFCS and sugar. The cheapest Hunts ketchup still seems to have HFCS in it. The more expensive Hunts advertises no HFCS on the bottle.

[Rick Potter]

I think I will have a polish dog at Costco for lunch today, With KETCHUP, yellow mustard, relish, kraut, and onions. Include a bottomless drink, for $1.62 out the door, and I'm stylin'.

[Chris Padilla]

I dunno. Sugar is sugar: fructose or glucose. Fructose and glucose gives you sucrose. Google up for yourself on the difference between corn syrup and sugar. Bottom line, it is all sugar. Now maybe the taste is different...I dunno.

[Phil Thien]

I dunno. Sugar is sugar: fructose or glucose. Fructose and glucose gives you sucrose. Google up for yourself on the difference between corn syrup and sugar. Bottom line, it is all sugar. Now maybe the taste is different...I dunno.

This ties into the coffee thread, where some people can discern differences and others cannot. And I cannot.

I can't tell the difference between Coke sweetened with sugar and Coke sweetened w/ corn syrup. I don't doubt others can, and maybe I don't drink much coke so can't tell the difference.

But it is lost on me.

[John Coloccia]

I dunno. Sugar is sugar: fructose or glucose. Fructose and glucose gives you sucrose. Google up for yourself on the difference between corn syrup and sugar. Bottom line, it is all sugar. Now maybe the taste is different...I dunno.

The CS version has a bit of a metallic aftertaste. The sugar version doesn't. It was a big enough difference for me that I noticed it immediately and tracked down why. Ketchup is cheap. Get a Heinz and a Simply Heinz and try them side by side. It's a night and day difference.