Heinz Revamps Ketchup Packets ( it will Hold 3 Times More Ketchup!!)

WESH 2 Orlando ^ | February 4, 2010 | SARAH SKIDMORE

[greatdefender]

PORTLAND, Ore. --The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years, and complaints about it for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first major packaging change to the to-go condiment.

[Fawn]

My life is complete now.

[evets]

[corkoman]

Are tomatoes technically a fruit?

[JoeProBono]

[Petronski]

[Rodebrecht]

I don’t even use all the ketchup in the current packages.

[Berlin_Freeper]

How does this help Michelle Obama fight against child obesity?

[a fool in paradise]

Teresa Heinz Kerry BUMP

[quintr]

Heinz has enough money. Wouldn’t give John Kerry or his missus a dime of my money. There’s lots of ketsup out there that’s just as good.

[a fool in paradise]

She’ll spend less time putting ketchup on her hamburgers which means more time she can spend fighting childhood obesity.

[Signalman]

“To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?

If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.”

Read more at Suite101: Fruit or Vegetable?: Pumpkin, fruit or vegetable? Tomato, fruit or vegetable? Difference between fruit and vegetable revealed

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/fruit_or_vegetable_#ixzz0ebCqcBXX

[a fool in paradise]

What’s the difference between ketchup and catsup, and what makes fancy ketchup just so fancy?

[Obadiah]

Well, it is one of life's little annoyances. You pass the drive through and you need 30 packets of ketchup. Then, if you're daring, after you rip it open wit your teeth, you squeeze the little droplets onto your fries hoping you don't squeeze too hard and get bloodied by flying sauce. If you are successful you now have a tiny amount on your fries that you now have to eat with your fingers while you drive and get ketchup all over your dirty digits. It is not for the squeamish, nor for those wear ties and try to keep their car reasonably clean.

[synbad600]

“What a terrible idea. Don’t they know that fast food is killing this country via obesity? This new packaging only promotes bad behavior and should be banned.”- M. Bloomberg

[dfwgator]

They’ll make for really good toilet seat “squishies.”

[Osage Orange]

And I heard on the news it took them THREE YEARS to come up with this new package????

[Notwithstanding]

Ketchup packets in Europe are twice the size of the ones in the US - but they cost 0.20 euros each.

[Osage Orange]

and what makes fancy ketchup just so fancy?

Less..or maybe more rodent hairs????

I dunno.....

[the invisib1e hand]

clearly this is good for the earth.

[HighlyOpinionated]

So how many CALORIES will it be and can anyone sue Heinz for trying to make FAT Americans FATTER??

[HamiltonJay]

[Gettin Betta]

I remember when I was a little kid, when ketchup and coffee creamers and jelly first started coming out with individual size packaging, my dad saying that the person that invented this should be commited to a lifetime of sitting in the dark opening them!

Some things just stick in your head!

[sticker]

Except for Del Monte, I can't tell any difference between the major brands and generics

[madamemayhem]

tomatos were designated as being, technically, a fruit by congress in the late 1800’s(?). not sure of the date.

[madamemayhem]

you should try homemade ketchup. it is waaaay better than the stuff you buy.

[Gettin Betta]

“Except for Del Monte, I can’t tell any difference between the major brands and generics”

There are very few items that I will buy name brand over generic or store brands. Ketchup is one of them. Gotta be Heinz! (Charmin is another, but now I’m getting personal, LOL)

[grobdriver]

it will Hold 3 Times More Ketchup!

Great.
Now 3 times as much Ketchup on the sidewalk.

[Mobties]

Could this have something to do with Jim Gaffigan’s briliant comedy routine? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4MFngowjPg

[KarlInOhio]

The Tariff Act of 1883 charged taxes on vegetables but not fruits. If Nix v. Hedden the Supreme Court decided that the terms fruit and vegetable in the law referred to the culinary definitions and not to the botanical ones. Since tomatoes are served in the main part of the meal instead of dessert they are vegetables.

[madamemayhem]

yep thats it. i could not find that for anything. thanks. and i put fruit when i meant vegatable. thanks for the corrective heads up.

[sticker]

Thanks for sharing, TMI to the 15th power

[a fool in paradise]

The size is almost big enough now for some gin soaked raisins in easy to carry snack packs.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Did you see that they have a “dipping” side now, so you can open the packet and dip your fries into the packet rather than having to smear ketchup all over the fries?

Of course, when I used to do catsup while driving, I’d just eat some fries, and then suck some catsup out of the packets.

That was before I thought about who might have touched the packets.

[sticker]

Never thought about home made ketchup, guess it just seemed like one of those things that required a masters in chemistry to produce, sorta like twinkies

[madamemayhem]

ketchup is easy. just grow your own tomatos and find a good ketchup recipe. an older one if you can find it. you can also buy a pre-measured packet of ketchup spices in some stores. i am told these are quite good.
twinkies on the other hand were created by alien scientists and cannot be produced by normal humans.

[Proud2BeRight]

Good. Now I will only need 3-4 of the new packs for onion rings or fries. It was a pain squeezing out a dozen packs to get a serving.

[rawhide]

I like Hunt’s ketchup more.