McDonald's new ketchup - I am outraged!

Dr Strange

Only noticed it today when I grabbed some ketchup sachets from yesterday's McD's meal; the ketchup is no longer Heinz! It's some kind of nondescript bland stuff which they now call M ketchup and made in Portugal. How can this outrage be dealt with?

:mad:

Back to you, AH.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

I for one welcome our new ketchup overlords.

Fr_Dougal

Yeah Heinz and Burger King are the one company now so McDonalds dropped it.

Sunnyisland

You need to catchup with these changing times op, Iam lovin it :-)

Slicemeister

Heinz is shit.

PandaPoo

I don't like ketchup, but heinz is definitely the nicest. Chef ketchup is vile stuff altogether.

The Peanut

You know you've been to a fast food outlet too many times when you notice a change in ketchup.;)

DoYouEvenLift

Bring your own bottle

Valetta

YR FTW

Macavity.

Write a letter to your local TD. They are actually more interested in these matters than you would think.

PARlance

Didn't notice, I've been asking for salt and ketchup all these years and never once opened the ketchup.

murpho999

PandaPoo wrote: »

I don't like ketchup, but heinz is definitely the nicest. Chef ketchup is vile stuff altogether.

Funny, I find Heinz stuff very watery and much prefer Chef.

A good Irish product.

charlietheminxx

Does it taste ok or is it like Chef?

B.A._Baracus

http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/27/mcdonalds-squeezes-out-heinz-ketchup-as-it-is-now-owned-by-rival-burger-king-4163050/

Never heard of this, guess it's interesting.
What were McDonalds afraid of? That Heinz would jack up the price of the satchets or some other dirty business move?

evolving_doors

Macavity. wrote: »

Write a letter to your local TD. They are actually more interested in these matters than you would think.

no no no, this needs a much higher power, forget the EU or UN.... talk to Joe OP.

Heinz for me is full of sugar, Chef is where its at for a bitta tang.

Dr Strange

murpho999 wrote: »

Funny, I find Heinz stuff very watery and much prefer Chef.

A good Irish product.

I would actually prefer if any of these international fast-food outlets would only use products from the country they set up shop in. I know they already use Irish beef which is good (and chicken?) but that should also go down towards ingredients such as ketchup, salt, sugar, milk, etc.

Back to AH: At least it was a brand ketchup! I have some more of the old sachets left. The ingredients are already different. No garlic in the new stuff. Do I open one and actually try it? I am undecided.

Also, what do I squeeze now into my magically "never-empty" bottle so admired by my friends and family whenever I "cook" a meal for them? It's hard work filling a bottle with tiny sachets but I always got them thrown in for free from McD's.

Sunnyisland

The Peanut wrote: »

You know you've been to a fast food outlet too many times when you notice a change in ketchup.;)

Says the peanut :-)

super_furry

If it's not Heinz it's not worth eating.

Macavity.

I prefer Heinz to Chef myself, but both are acceptable. Lidl/Aldi have one brand that is also okay. Some of the generic brands are actually disgraceful and make me want to vomit. SPAR I'm looking at you. I would compare your product to drinking milk that has turned to yogurt.

super_furry

Chef for me is as bad as Kandee - awful vinegary muck. The only one close to Heinz that I can tolerate is Daddies.

SEPT 23 1989

the one place i never use red sauce is in McDonalds

conorhal

super_furry wrote: »

Chef for me is as bad as Kandee - awful vinegary muck. The only one close to Heinz that I can tolerate is Daddies.

Daddies ketchup? God that sounds like some kind of teriffyingly disturbing euphemisim......

Ever find that cheap and nasty Ketchup has a weird sort of petrol/fuel smell? Crap pubs and B+B's can usually be relied on to proffer the cheapest nastiest ketchup, wherever they get it.

Turtyturd

Dry your eyes op, you can still amaze your friends and family with your never ending supplies napkins, salt, and straws whenever you cook for them.

duchalla

At my work, the canteen charges 20 cent for a saschet of heinz ketchup, I used to always stock up anytime I went to Mc D's. Hope the new stuff isnt sh!te....

The Peanut

realies wrote: »

Says the peanut :-)

Not quite sure where you're going with that but

magnethead

No this can't be happening

PARlance

The Peanut wrote: »

Not quite sure where you're going with that but

I think there may have been traces of humour in the post, but not quite sure either.

Dr Strange

conorhal wrote: »

Daddies ketchup? God that sounds like some kind of teriffyingly disturbing euphemisim......

Something to do with piles.

duchalla

conorhal wrote: »

Daddies ketchup? God that sounds like some kind of teriffyingly disturbing euphemisim......

A man period.

hallo dare

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324240804578416354096718938

Old news, but it anwers your question OP

Odyssey 2005

Macavity. wrote: »

Write a letter to your local TD. They are actually more interested in these matters than you would think.

Great username for this thread .:p
Now I must go to see my McDentist because I've eaten too much ketchup in my time.

Hermy

Preusse wrote: »

...the ketchup is no longer Heinz! It's some kind of nondescript bland stuff...

A bit like the food they serve!

Banjo String

Blenders ketchup is pretty decent, readily available in most Irish 'deli's', and I use that term quite loosely.

However OP, if you ever found yourself in an old pickup truck, without a shoe in heavy snow in New Jerseys Pine Barrens, I'd say you'd not mind what brand the ketchup was.

MIX IT WITH RELISH!

biko

Don't worry, I'm sure it's still made in the same sweatshops by Guatemalan children.

JustTheOne

Catsup, ketchup, I'm in way over my head here.

rubadub

They way some people go on you'd swear there are only 2 ketchups available. I used to have up to 5 types, they go with different things.

BK and/or McDs heinz brand ketchups were different formulas than the heinz you buy in shops.

thomasj

Preusse wrote: »

Only noticed it today when I grabbed some ketchup sachets from yesterday's McD's meal; the ketchup is no longer Heinz! It's some kind of nondescript bland stuff which they now call M ketchup and made in Portugal. How can this outrage be dealt with?

:mad:

Back to you, AH.

First world problems

Dr Strange

Another outrage I discovered! They only put half a slice of that artificial cheese on my beloved filet-o-fish! When I asked them they said that's done everywhere now but I can have a full slice on mine if I want.

And I don't agree it is bland. It's food for the gods so it is! I will defend it to the last calorie from my gaming chair. Unfortunately, we don't have supersize me here but I am doing my damned best with what I have available.

As for sweat shops etc. I bloody hope so! Too much PC shíte going on, I don't care if my McD's and Coke etc. comes from disadvantaged peasants who work their fingers down to bloody knuckles or little children have to clean the inside of the tiny milk containers for my morning coffee as long as I am happy. Take that world! (Damn, spilled my milkshake on my Star Trek Captain Picard Special Collector Edition Figurine The Vineyard Grower).

Dr Strange

thomasj wrote: »

First world problems

Bloody right and I am entitled. To everything I want!

hoodwinked

it was never the same anyway when they moved it from those convenient tubs to the sachets, that horrible curry sauce is in tubs still why does that get preference of packaging over the more popular ketchup huh???? :mad:


also ordered a quarter pounder with cheese the last time i was there and got my quarter pounder burger in a cheese burger size seeded bun! the burger was all poking out around the edges, wtf McDonalds? give me back my bigger buns!

/rants

Dr Strange

hoodwinked wrote: »

it was never the same anyway when they moved it from those convenient tubs to the sachets, that horrible curry sauce is in tubs still why does that get preference of packaging over the more popular ketchup huh???? :mad:


also ordered a quarter pounder with cheese the last time i was there and got my quarter pounder burger in a cheese burger size seeded bun! the burger was all poking out around the edges, wtf McDonalds? give me back my bigger buns!

/rants

I feel your pain, hoodwinked! I sympathise with your rage!

Sunnyisland

The Peanut wrote: »

Not quite sure where you're going with that but

PARlance wrote: »

I think there may have been traces of humour in the post, but not quite sure either.

Was trying a bit of humour but failed miserably :-(

inforfun

Dont care about the ketchup but the lack of "fritessaus" at McDonalds anywhere outside Holland is a reason for me not to take fries.

Dr Strange

inforfun wrote: »

Dont care about the ketchup but the lack of "fritessaus" at McDonalds anywhere outside Holland is a reason for me not to take fries.

They don't even offer normal mayonnaise as they do in German McD's either!

Custardpi

Feck ketchup, wish fast food places would have sriracha. Now that's a proper sauce.

everlast75

conorhal wrote: »

Daddies ketchup? God that sounds like some kind of teriffyingly disturbing euphemisim......

Not as bad as Daddy's mayo :(

Hande hoche!

Custardpi wrote: »

Feck ketchup, wish fast food places would have sriracha. Now that's a proper sauce.

Getting on the right track there. Although would prefer some Cholula or Mic's inferno being more widely available.

Custardpi

Keep hearing about Mic's alright, sounds like it would be great on burgers - used sparingly of course! Haven't seen it for sale anywhere in Dublin however, might have to order online.

Cienciano

Chef is terrible. It should be banned

safetyboy

Custardpi wrote: »

Keep hearing about Mic's alright, sounds like it would be great on burgers - used sparingly of course! Haven't seen it for sale anywhere in Dublin however, might have to order online.

Its on sale in Fresh and fallen and byrne and its amazing