McDonald's new ketchup - I am outraged!

Dr Strange · 08-04-2015 07:26AM #1

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 · 08-04-2015 07:27AM

I for one welcome our new ketchup overlords.

Fr_Dougal · 08-04-2015 07:28AM

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

Sunnyisland · 08-04-2015 07:29AM

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

Slicemeister · 08-04-2015 07:30AM

Heinz is shit.

PandaPoo · 08-04-2015 07:31AM

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

The Peanut · 08-04-2015 07:31AM

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

DoYouEvenLift · 08-04-2015 07:32AM

Bring your own bottle

Valetta · 08-04-2015 07:32AM

YR FTW

Macavity. · 08-04-2015 07:32AM

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

PARlance · 08-04-2015 07:33AM

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

murpho999 · 08-04-2015 07:35AM

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 · 08-04-2015 07:37AM

Does it taste ok or is it like Chef?

B.A._Baracus · 08-04-2015 07:38AM

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 · 08-04-2015 07:45AM

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 · 08-04-2015 07:47AM

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 · 08-04-2015 07:51AM

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 · 08-04-2015 07:53AM

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

Macavity. · 08-04-2015 07:58AM

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 · 08-04-2015 08:01AM

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 · 08-04-2015 08:02AM

the one place i never use red sauce is in McDonalds

conorhal · 08-04-2015 08:03AM

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......

08-04-2015 08:07AM

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 · 08-04-2015 08:08AM

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 · 08-04-2015 08:09AM

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....