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Ketchup - Fridge Or Cupboard?

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  • edited February 2022
    Have you taken into account the viscosity change in your calculations?

    Does it not also say, "shake before use"?
    No, I haven't given a thought to viscosity change. I haven't read the label either, though this thread has reminded me of my dad's old saying "always shake towards your mate" - because if the lid came off whilst shaking, it would be funnier splashing your sauce all over a friend than copping it yourself. 
  • This thread reminds me of an old advertising campaign. There's apparently a perfect angle for pouring your ketchup and so Heinz decided to demonstrate that by changing the angle of their label. 


  • Who on here prefers a 'dollop' on the side of the plate rather than a drizzle over the whole dinner. I'm a dollop kind of guy. Smothering it over the whole dinner especially if people have it with a sunday roast grinds my gears.
  • Who on here prefers a 'dollop' on the side of the plate rather than a drizzle over the whole dinner. I'm a dollop kind of guy. Smothering it over the whole dinner especially if people have it with a sunday roast grinds my gears.
    Ketchup with a Sunday roast!!!!!!!!
  • edited February 2022
    I think the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. If you are going to consume the ketchup within a month or less, then it is safe to keep at room temperature. If longer, you need to keep it in the fridge. I would say that regular users will probably be safe enough.
  • You confirm my point, my mum passed when she 95 and kept most things in the cupboard just like yours is doing. It’s perfectly fine and acceptable.

    Don’t believe everything you read on the jar!
    would have lived until 105 if kept it in the fridge...
  • sugar, salt and vinegar all preservatives, it aint going off in a hurry one assumes
  • Dazzler21 said:
    Incorrect.

    its just marketing to make you use it more/throw it out..
  • mind you as others have said, it doesn't last long enough to find out in our house with teenagers about..
  • Fridge.

    Can admin put a pole up?
    Whom?
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  • Who on here prefers a 'dollop' on the side of the plate rather than a drizzle over the whole dinner. I'm a dollop kind of guy. Smothering it over the whole dinner especially if people have it with a sunday roast grinds my gears.
    I put a dollop on the side of my plate then add hot chili sauce and mix it in.  These days I add chili sauce to most things.  Including chili con carne.
  • edited February 2022
    razil said:
    sugar, salt and vinegar all preservatives, it aint going off in a hurry one assumes
    As already said. In recent years the levels of salt and sugar have been reduced for health reasons. The preservative benefits of those two ingredients are not what they once were. 
  • why are people referring to the label to say 'but its got salt and sugar in it' but ignoring the label saying After opening refrigerate ?

  • Does everyone also throw away their food as soon as it reaches its sell-by date?

    According to Heinz, if you use Ketchup regularly and not sparsely, it's perfectly fine in the cupboard because it's a shelf-stable product.
  • edited February 2022
    As already said. In recent years the levels of salt and sugar have been reduced for health reasons. The preservative benefits of those two ingredients are not what they once were. 
    It may not last as long, I don't know, but it still has a lot of natural preservatives in it and if you get through a bottle within a few weeks I seriously doubt there is much to worry about.
  • It may not last as long, I don't know, but it still has a lot of natural preservatives in it and if you get through a bottle within a few weeks I seriously doubt there is much to worry about.
    Mine lasts at least two months
  • cupboard until it's opened then fridge
  • Ketchup with a Sunday roast!!!!!!!!
    Yep. The wife's cousin smothers it all over hers. Wrongun.
  • There's a lot of angry people on this thread....mostly the "fridge brigade"! Get used to it, normal people keep it in the cupboard, we've not been frightened by Heinz's propaganda!
  • MrOneLung said:
    why are people referring to the label to say 'but its got salt and sugar in it' but ignoring the label saying After opening refrigerate ?

    Apparently food safety regulations aren’t a thing it’s just a marketing ploy to make you fools buy more 
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  • YTS1978 said:
    There's a lot of angry people on this thread....mostly the "fridge brigade"! Get used to it, normal people keep it in the cupboard, we've not been frightened by Heinz's propaganda!
    Cupboard people- flat earthers with tin foil hats.
  • YTS1978 said:
    There's a lot of angry people on this thread....mostly the "fridge brigade"! Get used to it, normal people keep it in the cupboard, we've not been frightened by Heinz's propaganda!
    Where's the flag button now that we need it?
  • I've known ketchup bottles be open in dry stores for well over 8 weeks probably nearer 12 and the ketchup has never gone off, granted the cheap giant cash and carry bottles are probably 50% vinegar so will taste pretty bad but a decent ketchup will be fine for more than 8 weeks in a cupboard.

    I'd say it's only in the last 5-7 years has it been recommended to keep in a fridge in commercial kitchens.

    Mayo and mayo based condiments,  yes , fridge once open.

    If you want to keep it in the fridge that's fine, if you want to keep in the cupboard that's also fine, it's not gone kill you if it's been in the cupboard for 8 weeks!!!
  • Chunes said:
    Does everyone also throw away their food as soon as it reaches its sell-by date?

    According to Heinz, if you use Ketchup regularly and not sparsely, it's perfectly fine in the cupboard because it's a shelf-stable product.
    Im not sure what happens in our house - I’ll check with our Butler.
  • I have carefully studied the responses here and have produced a personality profile of four types of ketchup user. It works (in time honoured fashion) by plotting two psychological traits against each other on a standard x-y chart. The resulting four boxes give the four ketchup personalties. Now all I need is three years off work and an Arts Council grant and I'll be able to knock up a fully normed questionnaire.  


  • edited February 2022
    I like ketchup on plain food, not all food. Vegegetables like brocolli get a bit. I like it on a pie crust and with sausages accompanied by some Englsih mustard. I like it on a fried breakfast, especially the egg. Not too much though.
  • I like ketchup on plain food, not all food. Vegegetables like brocolli get a bit. I like it on a pie crust and with sausages accompanied by some Englsih mustard. I like it on a fried breakfast, especially the egg. Not too much though.
    You put ketchup on Broccoli................................kin hell!!
  • Anything that I think is a bit bland. Boiled Broccoli falls into that category.
  • Anything that I think is a bit bland. Boiled Broccoli falls into that category.
    I'm speechless, Broccoli is full of vitamins & Iron and is good for you and you cover it in gloopy shit full of e numbers, sugar and salt.   
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