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Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com

2d ago

Hela ketchup as an alternative to Heinz ketchup

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And so much better too
Their Curry ketchup is awesome
- 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

pls don't use the meme template with that dick head

Aussie "ketchup" (tomatey sauce) is more rich and less firetruck red sickly sweet.
Rosella for those interested! https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/61679 (on a meat pie)

Oliehoorn ftw.

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

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

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.
- Sadly even french's is now owned by the americans.
  
  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 ]

Want to try these, anyone seen them in UK shops?
- 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.
  
  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
  
  That statement is correct, but without an inferior sauce to compare it to you can't show other people. I'd rather not buy US for that.
  
  Ha yeah, ive never been a fan of brown sauce. And its nice to try something new for a change.
  
  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.

Let's not use pedos in memes though.

I also recommend Branston Baked Beans as an alternative to Heinz. Cheaper and better imo
Edit: British brand, Japanese owned
- 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.

You spelt "Felix Ketchup" wrong.

You guys buy branded ketchup? Its Aldis store brand or nothing for me.
- 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.
- Aren't you contradicting yourself if you only buy aldis store brand?
  
  No.
- Heinz > Store brand > Hunts, i buy generic mustard and everything else unless there’s a good sale.
  
  Hunts truly is garbage tier.
- 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.
- ketchup? never heard of her

Curry ketptchup is a gift sent from the gods.
- 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.
  
  Like all ketchup, some are too sweet, some are more tart. Find the ketchup you like, and add curry powder to it.
  
  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 🍬
  
  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.
- 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
  
  You don't like something, we get it. Can I enjoy something delicious in peace?
- Curry ketchup blew my mind the first time I tried it. Need to figure out where I can buy it from in the UK.
  
  You can make it with curry powder, it's not so hard
- Get your hands on some jalapeño puree ketchup, it's amazing.

Til heinz is american
- 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.
  
  Real life lore
- 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.
  
  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
- The Heinz who started the company was the son of German immigrant parents, hence the surname.
- lol it sounds so not American
  do Americans even know how to pronounce it properly?
  
  Yes, they pronounce it correctly. Even if it was somehow a challenge, they have been hearing it in commercials since early childhood.

Neaver heard of Hela. And also never bought Heinz ketchup either. Only local Polish ketchups ftw.
- Made in Venlo, the Netherlands
- That's the best choice anyway, buy local to support local business and people
  
  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!

*Hela
Gewürzketchup is pretty different, though. It's not like there aren't hundreds of brands that make regular ketchup.
- *Hola
  
  *Helau
- Thanks, fixed!

I will buy European as much as possible but even I have my limits
- yes. i cannot cope with not heinz

I'm a fan of Zeisner ketchup, but usually buy store brand (Boni) because my kids seem to drink it instead of dosing.

Y'all should be using Hela regardless of my county's dumb policies. Heinz is trash in comparison.
- I absolutely love Hela but I honestly don't see how anyone could think it could be a substitute for tomato ketchup. The two aren't even remotely the same thing, except maybe in consistency.

Pudliszki or death.

Also love Paladin from Portugal. They make a bunch of different condiments and sauces.

I don’t always want Gewürz in my Ketchup tho.
But there are enough alternatives to be fair.
- Does it taste similar to American ketchup, or is it sweeter like the German ketchup I remember as a kid?

The only thing my fries need is kewpie mayo 😋
- You can make mayonnaise yourself within a few minutes. Its just eggyolk and oil. Tastes way better than anything store bought.

Is that BBQ flavored ketchup? God, I'm so down for that.
- Isn't BBQ sauce already smoke-flavored ketchup (in most cases)?

Can I get it in the US?
- You can online. And if you haven't ever had curry ketchup, prepare for your life to change.
  
  Me and my butthole are both prepared

Do yourselves one better and find chili sauce, it’s like ketchup made with peppers too.

- British food is good, let's bury this stupid meme. German and British food aren't that different anyway.

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