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Hank Rogers[_2_]

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:43:01 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 06:35:12 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> They didn't say anything about how it tastes. Taste is irrelevant,
>>>> only the marketing matters.
>>>>
>>>> Ingredients: Tomato Ketchup (tomato concentarte, high fructose corn
>>>> syrup, distilled vinegar, corn syrup, salt, natural flavor, spice,
>>>> onion powder), contains 2% or less of: color, FD&C yellow no. 5,
>>>> FD&C blue no. 1, xanthan gum.
>>>
>>> It appears to be a green ketchup. I saw one picture of it on
>>> fries.
>>> Young kids will want some at least to try. YOU should buy some
>>> and put it on your next picture that has fries.
>>
>> Only two differences, Heinz red, says made with red ripe tomatoes and
>> no mention of artificial coloring. That green yuck is likely made
>> with unripe tomatoes (no red ripe color) and the yellow and blue makes
>> green.
>
> The ingredients are the same as Heinz (and probably other ketchups).
> This is simply regular red ketchup bought in bulk from a co-packer
> (as the first ingredient clearly indicates, probably even Heinz),
> and then they add the coloring and vegetable gum.
>
> They're not going to create a whole sperate production line just to
> process green tomatoes for this niche ketchup that will probably
> only last on shelves a few months and will probably only ever see 2
> production runs, at most.
>
> -sw
>

But...but ... Popeye sez they make it with unripe green tomatoes, so it
must be true, right?

He's *NEVER* wrong.