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Twinwillow 10 years, 5 months ago.
I was out of ketchup to make my meatloaf, so I went to the market and all they had was the new style made with sugar rather than corn syrup. I bought a bottle and realized as soon as I opened it and tasted it, I wasn’t going to be happy with this new ketchup. It definitely wasn’t as “tangy” and thick as the older style Hunt’s made with corn syrup.
So, after driving all over town looking for some of the old “corn syrup” Hunt’s, I finally found a large stock available in our local Fiesta (Mexican) market. They had both but, the old style was on sale for $1.19 for the largest size. I bought four large bottles which should keep me for a while.
Does anyone else have an opinion to share about the old style Hunt’s ketchup with corn syrup vs. the new style made with sugar?
Not that anyone is right or wrong but it is rather ironic to see people complaining about corn syrup being replaced by cane sugar. I refer specifically to all the threads extolling the virtues of cane sugar sweetened soft drinks verses corn syrup sweetened. 🙂
Right. But, were not talking about soft drinks with their heavily laden unhealthy calories that most people (not me) slurp all day long. Besides, the biggest beef about corn syrup vs sugar in soft drinks had more to do with taste than health reasons.
I’m talking about a tablespoon or two of ketchup (which contains eye healthy Lutein) being as a condiment.
It all depends on what it was made with when you first started consuming it. If it originally was made with cane sugar and that’s the reason you like the taste, switching to corn syrup sucks, and vice versa.
Not that anyone is right or wrong but it is rather ironic to see people complaining about corn syrup being replaced by cane sugar. I refer specifically to all the threads extolling the virtues of cane sugar sweetened soft drinks verses corn syrup sweetened. 🙂
didn’t Hunts make catsup & Heinz make ketchup?
I just switched to the new Hunt’s specifically because of the new cane sugar formulation and like it considerably more than the earlier version.
Someone needs to start making it w/ Pineapple again!
Joe
Absolutely nothing, and that’s the point. Who eats a cup or more of ketchup every day? NO ONE! When you do eat it, it shouldn’t taste like crap because they force-fed 1,000 times more into an animal in a lab than anyone would ever eat and found it caused problems!
WOW – There is a big difference in flavor.
I had a small amount of HFCS Hunt’s left in the fridge so after reading this thread I bought a small bottle of the newer version.
The newer version tasted “sweeter” not acidic enough.
So after comparing the two I have decided……..
I Like Heinz better
Look, I don’t (nor probably anyone else) eats this stuff every day.
Besides, what’s all that have to do with the taste and quality of, ketchup?
OK, there’s corn syrup, and there’s high fructose corn syrup. The latter is a highly processed ingredient which, on animal tests, confuses the endochrine system.
Bart
It’s no more bad for you than any other kind of sweetener if you eat too much of it, including sugar. But someone got a bee in their bonnet about it and now it’s become evil. They’re changing the name to “corn sugar” to try to help with the image problem.
Everything in moderation is the key. I wish people would worry about something that’s actually important.
Joe, they still have quite a few bottles of the old Hunt’s on the bottom shelf in the ketchup section at the Fiesta at the Ross and Henderson location in east Dallas.
I don’t think corn syrup is necessarily bad for you if like anything else is consumed in moderation.
Thanks Twin! I just checked a recently purchased bottle and it’s the new version. Shoot, I liked the old Hunt’s just fine.
I saw a TV add recently saying that corn syrup was not bad for you. Is it?
Joe
Joe, I think they are fazing out the corn syrup ketchup because other than Fiesta, all the other markets in Dallas only had the newer sugar version.
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