Heinz and Hunt's ketchup appear to be ditching high-fructose corn syrup

[derby378]

Just noticed it at my local supermarket. Every Hunt's bottle now proudly sports a "No HFCS" label on the front.

Heinz has always produced a non-HFCS ketchup, but only sold it at organic/health food stores. Now they're marketing "Simply Heinz" ketchup at mainstream grocers that is also devoid of HFCS. The larger bottles still contain HFCS, but this will probably change over time.

Good move by both companies. Here's hoping Del Monte and the other slackers pick up the pace.

[Oregone]

1. Probably replacing it with aspartame

:rofl:

[derby378]

8. That would suck...

...but nope, it's good ol'-fashioned sucrose.

[MorningGlow]

10. Wouldn't be surprised in the least--but Splenda instead

"You can cook with it!" :D !! :D !! :D !! :puke: That does NOT make it all right. And yet lots of food companies are sneaking Splenda into food. Ick.

Speaking of which...the family went to our local hamburger place Sunday night for a quick dinner (and ice cream sundaes :9 ). Mr. MG got one of their "famous" root beers. I took a sip and... :puke: He didn't get diet (he hates the stuff), but I would SWEAR they had added some artificial sweetener even to the regular. It didn't taste the way it used to--had that funky aftertaste.

Trust no-1...in the food industry.

[RC]

18. Nope.

Tomato concentrate made from vine ripened tomatoes, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2%: onion power, garlic power, natural flavors.

That's it.

[Oregone]

20. Now that I publicly floated the idea, its a matter of time

[roguevalley]

29. cancer cells suck up HFCS in a new study. watch your diet

if you have cancer. this stuff actually feeds the cancer cells. :(

[tsuki]

2. Heinz has an organic ketchup that I have been buying. Tastes like

the ketchup of my youth.

[aquart]

6. Just bought a bottle, haven't opened it yet. Good to hear.

[TwilightGardener]

Yep, we've been buying the Heinz organic for a couple years now--

I am not even a ketchup fan, but it's really good.

[Brother Buzz]

3. I wish Del Monte would go back to marketing catsup

[Renew Deal]

4. That is good news.

And why is corn syrup necessary in Kethup anyway? Whole Foods carries the "Organic" Heinz and it's fine.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Cheap sweetener.

All kinds of stuff that used to have sugar now has HFCS. Coke, for example. HFCS is bad, bad, bad for you.

[louis-t]

24. Isn't that what makes it a vegetable?

:evilgrin:

[Statistical]

30. Its cheaper than dirt.

HFCS is literally the cheapest shit on the planet.

You can put it in anything and the price GOES DOWN. Sell it for same price and you made more profit. Want more profit, just put more HFCS. More profit put in more HFCS.

Eventually we will be simply eating flavored HFCS.

[depakid]

33. Depends where you are

We actually had to look (fairly hard) for it in Oz to follow a pecan pie recipe.

Things here generally here contain cane sugar.

[druidity33]

38. "Karo" corn syrup

is different from the Industrial variety of HFCS... just so you know.

:)

[JoeyT]

56. It's pretty hard to buy in the US too.

At least in the quantity you'd want for a pie. Though, like druidity33 said, you were likely after plain old corn syrup.
Most HCFC is sold in 55 gallon (200 litre) drums. Smallest unit I've seen so far was a 5 gallon (~19 litres) bucket which was marketed to bee keepers.

The stuff is so cheap to make that it's impractical to package it in smaller units.

[aquart]

5. Yes. And B&M Baked Beans reformulated, too.

Check the labels to make sure you're buying the reformulation. I've noticed some of the yoghurt makers have quietly switched over, too.

[Canuckistanian]

28. B&M Baked Beans?

:rofl:

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Yup. I told wife to avoid HCFS now.

on her ketchup.

Many of them are showing Simply Heinz which we buy :)

[derby378]

9. I'm hoping this will spread to all of their specialty ketchups as well

Next on the list: barbecue sauce. Using HFCS to produce barbecue sauce should be a crime. In East Texas and St. Louis, for starters, there's probably enough folks who'd be willing to make it a crime.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

22. I was looking for a ottled BBQ sauce awhile back --

that didn't have HFC and it was near impossible to find one. :( The one I finally found had no sweetner of any kind but it was just a little too harsh for my taste.

[derby378]

26. What about Stubbs?

I think they still use only sugar in their sauce. Safeway/Tom Thumb/Randall's probably carries it, if that's any help.

[LostinVA]

42. Stubbs is sold in Whole Foods, so it must be only sugar

Or honey.

[NeedleCast]

53. Sugar and Molasses

Stubbs lists Corn Syrup as an ingrediant but I don't know if that is difference from HFCS.

Stubbs is my favoirte brand of BBQ Sauce.

[BanzaiBonnie]

11. We haven't bought either brand in years

Not since we started eliminating HFCS from our diet. HFCS is even in the big name brand saltine crackers! We don't buy them either.

[derby378]

19. ?!?

Saltine crackers? For real? Damn, that's insidious.

[Statistical]

32. It is simply a filler.

Say you got product X. It doesn't need sugar, it doesn't need sweeter of any kind. This product costs $0.80 to make. The brass at top wants that cheaper. Replace 10% of the product by volume w/ HFCS. Blam knocks a nickle off the production cost. HFCS is insanely cheap; there is no ingredient cheaper on the planet. So it isn't just used to replace sugar. It is used to replace sugar, flour, grains, starches, etc. Anything you replace w/ HFCS brings the cost down. It is why they started flavoring milk. Now flavored "milk" has more HFCS than soda. Parents think it is good because it "milk" yet it is loaded w/ more HFCS than soda is. The HFCS is cheap. More HFCS and less millk = higher profits.

Kinda like drug dealers cutting cocaine with lesser product to increase profit margins. When they add it to something that doesn't need sweetness they then need to go back and add all kicks of extra shit in order to mask the taste and make it less sweet. If food companies could get away with it they would form a brick of HFCS into a steak shape, sprinkle some steak flavoring, add some artificial grill marks and try to sell that as "meat".

[derby378]

44. Damn, you're good...

That is one excellent synopsis. :hi:

[Raineyb]

52. Yeah. It's why I don't eat them anymore.

It's a damn shame too because I love saltine crackers.

HFCS is in a lot of shit that you wouldn't expect to see it in. It's a pain in the ass trying to find bread that doesn't have that crap in it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Unfortunately, it's being replaced by high sucrose cane powder.

Which is well known to contribute to diabetes and obesity.

[druidity33]

40. i'm sure

you only use Stevia.

[theophilus]

47. Which is much better for us! n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. Whereas HFCS doesn't?????

Yeah, right.

[marmar]

13. Replace it with Sugar in the Raw......

Good sh*t......

[tandot]

14. we've been buying the organic Heinz ketchup at Costco for a while now

no HFCS. They are big bottles, so if you don't consume a lot of ketchup, it might be not the best deal. It is great they are now having more of the non-HFCS ketchup in stores.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I smell a trend

companies are starting to realize that people are avoiding that poison

Perhaps now we will start seeing people go thinner... I can hope.

[laughingliberal]

31. The bread I bought for my husband's lunches the other day was labeled, "No HCFS."

I think it is a trend and a good one!

[laughingliberal]

36. Edit typo: HCFS = HFCS. nt

[druidity33]

39. Arnold bread products. nt.

[Phentex]

46. You used to have to look hard to find it...

I remember picking up dozens of brands before I found one without HFCS. Of course, it was more expensive. I hope they all jump on board.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I saw that Hunts had done that, and switched from Heinz.

Nice to know I can go back to Heinz if I want, although I find that Hunts is fine.

[derby378]

21. I think my first ketchup was Del Monte

A little hard to find around these parts nowadays, but it was good ketchup. Del Monte and Heinz were my favorites.

[madokie]

23. I knew I loved our one time almost first lady for a reason

well actually she probably didn't have anything to do with that but you never know.

[w8liftinglady]

25. awesome!of course..it'll be a bit before it makes it down here

in ellis county

[left is right]

27. The best ketchup is Brooks

and I don’t know if it has HFCS or not because it has a very small market

[Warren DeMontague]

34. Good news.

Quick, someone find something about it to complain about, before we have a crisis.

[slay]

35. I noticed that too with Hunts ketchup and Wishbone Salad Dressing

just recently. Their Italian said on the bottle no HFCS - a similar bottle of Kraft had the syrup.

[Kalyke]

37. YAY!!!

Now, when will mainstream soft drinks adapt?

When will cows be allowed to eat grass and grain and not corn only?

I'll "believe" when those two things start happening, but, in the meantime, "YAY!", again, for Catcuping-up, Heinz and Hunts!

[TBF]

57. The old formula of Coke doesn't have HFCS - you have to look for

the bottles that are marked Kosher. It's tasty :)

[ThomWV]

41. I quit soft drinks and went to V-8 Fusion, which has no HFCS

I have really been trying to avoid eating stuff that uses the syrup, and its mighty illuminating to read the labels and learn how omnipresent that shit is.

[Statistical]

45. Another +1 on V8 fusion.

Not be confused with the utterly horrible V8 splash.

V8 fusion = mmm good, 100% juice and has a serving of veggies.

Kinda expensive but worth it IMHO.

[Tailormyst]

43. Great news- I think alot of companies are noticing there is a market for better quality foods

I cut HFCS completely out of my diet along with processed foods and most sugars. I feel alot better and am down 38 pounds since January. I just have to think more when I shop and cook.


This week I gave up coffee. If I was able to quit smoking a year and a half ago then I know I can finally kick my 22 year coffee habit.

[closeupready]

49. Good - I can start buying Heinz again!

:woohoo:

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. We like Annie's

[derby378]

55. I love Annie's honey mustard (n/t)

[unblock]

51. personally, i've never understood ketchup anyway

so many better things you can do with tomatoes. you can dip your french fries in a salsa and it's so much better.
or just skip it entirely. personally, i've never felt anything "needed" ketchup.

but mrs. unblock likes it and so does mini-unblock, so we get the heinz organic hfcs-free stuff.

to each his/her own.

[Iggo]

54. Ketchup...yuck.

Salsa...mmm-mmm-good.

[NMDemDist2]

58. excellent! hubby likes sweet pickles and 98% of the jars listed HFCS

as the second ingredient

:argh: