USA: "Silly EU is regulating every little thing!" Also USA:
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The US food rules are weird because we highly regulated food a hundred years ago so well we stopped regulating nearly as much since. This means our rules are designed largely to stop 19th century style adulteration
"Tested at 20°C"
"Refrigerate after opening" 🙄
Who the fuck wants thinner ketchup? At some point you’re just going to end up with sugar sweetened V8.
It's not a sugary nightmare in every country
You could use it as a dressing rather than a dip. Like sriracha or tabasco, but not spicy.
Russian dressing.
Maybe I want sweet tomato glazed fries, did you ever think about that, Kevin?
When you discuss condiments on BobIsTheOilGuy.com.
Make catsup instead.
The American law covers that too
Catsup, ketchup, or catchup is the food prepared from one or any combination of two or more of the following optional tomato ingredients:
That's the sound my cat makes when expelling a hair ball. CATSUP
just add more corn syrup - heinz
That's practically tomato juice you sick MFer!
I have been wanting to try making my own ketchup to see how it compares to Heinz (or any other brand in the US since, to me, they all taste the same; which is mostly vinegar flavor).
Well what do you want to do about thin walled cauldrons that are a safety hazard?
You fiend! This is madness, madness!
You just un-fancied my fancy ketchup!