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      I once went to a fancy steak house and ordered potato wedges on the side

      They brought us a sauciere of their “new sauce they are working on” to try out

      And I swear it was literally just slightly thinned hela curry ketchup

      It tasted exactly the same. Still great on wedges, tho

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    Flying Goose Red Hot Chili Sauce is the only thing you need. Ketchup is for the weak.

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    Speaking as a veteran of the Canadian Ketchup Wars, victory is achievable!

    Canada brought Heinz to it’s knees in our ketchup war nearly a decade ago, you can do it too.

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        Yeah but the goal of that Ketchup War wasn’t to boycott the US, just to ensure that ketchup was being produced in Canada. And it was successful as Heinz was forced to open a new plant in Canada.

        Now I just get the store brand Ketchup (seems good enough to me, it’s likely made in the same plant as French’s) so I think the US is completely out from my Ketchup purchases. Though I’m not sure who owns that plant (it’s not French’s they just have a contract with that plant to make it for them) but the point is to reduce the amount of money going to the US as much as possible, and that’ll do it.

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        Wasn’t it always? I think it is a guys name, not a nationality.

        The Americans boycotted it during the Iraq wars but that is just because they are stable geniuses.

        [edit: just looked it up - Robert French — from New York ]

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          It was what the Canadian market moved to for ketchup and mustard after heinz fucked over Canadian workers. Its what the above is referring to, the move to the brand of “french’s” to be more pro Canadian.

          I am not talking about what usa people did or did not do, just that the Canadian move to french’s is now not good enough.

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    I’d order some from here just to try it but with the rate things ship to me it won’t be hela fresh.

    badum’tsh

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      You’re the first British person I’ve met that wasn’t adamant that “brown sauce” was superior and no other condiment is ever needed.

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        I’m not British and brown sauce is great, but these German ones are also great. Keeping my diet in check these days so no sauces for me though T_T

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        HP sauce is very available in Canada as well if that is your thing. That is the “brown sauce” in the UK and it is everywhere.

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          Oh I know, and I’ve traveled so I’ve had brown sauce before. But condiment preferences is all about what you’re used to, so I prefer ketchup. Just find it amusing how adamant British people are about the superiority of brown sauce.

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          HP is owned by Heinz/Kraft.

          Daddies is as well.

          I’m not going without brown sauce. Some compromises have to be made.

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    I also recommend Branston Baked Beans as an alternative to Heinz. Cheaper and better imo

    Edit: British brand, Japanese owned

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      I concur! Branston beans have in my opinion a thicker consistency with a deeper flavour and creamier mouth feel. After being converted to Branston, Heinz tastes like metallic orange water with overly firm beans.

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      I only buy fancy shit now and just eat less of it, like stokes and a couple of local ones.

      All that own brand stuff is just tomato juice concentrate with a load of thickening agents plus sugar and crap to make it taste like something. And Heinz was always overly sweet crap anyway.

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      Heinz > Store brand > Hunts, i buy generic mustard and everything else unless there’s a good sale.

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      It’s a bit of a long drive to Aldis for some of us, I don’t know which country the closest one is in. Most people probably just buy what they grew up on. For me that’s Felix so I guess you could say it’s European, but Orkla is publicly traded so it sorta loses all meaning.

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      I’ve tried it once and it was disgustingly sweet. I’m unsure if the praise is just a meme or it’s another entry on the long list of typical german food I don’t like despite living there.

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        Like all ketchup, some are too sweet, some are more tart. Find the ketchup you like, and add curry powder to it.

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        Out of all the curry ketchups you can get in Germany, Hela has the highest sugar content (source: me comparing the labels in the supermarket)

        I love it 🍬

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        Hela ketchup is just really fucking sweet for some reason. It is also one of the worse Gewürzketchups I had, the supermarket brands usually are way less sweet and have an actual difference in the flavour of their different products.

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      Curry ketchup blew my mind the first time I tried it. Need to figure out where I can buy it from in the UK.

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      How can you eat that stuff? It’s supposed to be ketchup, not curry. And currywurst is also an abomination. Nürnbergers or polish white sausages!

      Edit: typo

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      Fun fact time! Heinz originated in Pittsburgh and used to have a massive factory built in the 1910’s, and when it shut down they eventually renovated it into apartments. The buildings are now all named after what they once produced there - Bean Building, Meat Building, Cereal Building, Reservoir Building, and Shipping Building.

      It’s rumored that the Meat Building has a vibrant gay community.

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      Brand ownership can get super weird.

      Heinz is an American company. Daddies, which is a very British brand, is now owned by Heinz too, so is also American.

      On the other hand Helmann’s (of both mayo and ketchup providence) is an American brand which is now owned by Unilever…so technically British.

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        Tell me about it! I spent waaaay too much time in the store today, looking up the incestuous corporate relationships.

        Also, TIL I learned that I need reading glasses :(

        Fucking tiny print

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      The Heinz who started the company was the son of German immigrant parents, hence the surname.

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      That’s the best choice anyway, buy local to support local business and people

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        Until recently none of the local ketchup brands in Sweden was to my liking, they all taste like what un-refrigerated Heinz tastes like, which I hate. But now there are a few that are good, not the same but good in their own way!