• Grimtuck@lemmy.world
    51·
    7 个月前

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

    Edit: British brand, Japanese owned

    • Schal330@lemmy.world
      10·
      7 个月前

      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.

    • De_Narm@lemmy.world
      12·
      7 个月前

      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.

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
        12·
        7 个月前

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

      • EisFrei@lemmy.world
        10·
        7 个月前

        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 🍬

      • Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        51·
        7 个月前

        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.

    • fjordo@feddit.uk
      5·
      7 个月前

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

    • adamhepner@szmer.infoPolski
      24·
      7 个月前

      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

    • localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      7 个月前

      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.

    • Yeather@lemmy.ca
      51·
      7 个月前

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

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      4·
      7 个月前

      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.

    • tiramichu@lemm.ee
      29·
      7 个月前

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

    • Patch@feddit.ukEnglish
      9·
      7 个月前

      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.

      • WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 个月前

        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

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      7 个月前

      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.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    16·
    7 个月前

    *Hela

    Gewürzketchup is pretty different, though. It’s not like there aren’t hundreds of brands that make regular ketchup.

    • Jumi@lemmy.world
      10·
      7 个月前

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

      • M137@lemmy.world
        8·
        7 个月前

        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!

  • bricklove@midwest.socialEnglish
    111·
    7 个月前

    Y’all should be using Hela regardless of my county’s dumb policies. Heinz is trash in comparison.

    • El_ScapacabraEnglish
      1·
      7 个月前

      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.

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      7 个月前

      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

    • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      7 个月前

      You can make mayonnaise yourself within a few minutes. Its just eggyolk and oil. Tastes way better than anything store bought.

  • gon [he]@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    7 个月前

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

  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
    6·
    7 个月前

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

      • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        7 个月前

        Does it taste similar to American ketchup, or is it sweeter like the German ketchup I remember as a kid?

        • EisFrei@lemmy.world
          5·
          7 个月前

          Hela has 3-4 different variants of “regular” non-curry ketchup with varying degrees of sweetness.

          You just gotta find the one you like.