What Supermarket or other brand is as good as or better than Heinz Ketchup?

[Cycleops]

Heinz has been the king for a long time but pretenders to the throne are fast catching up.
I've got some Morrisons at the mo which is good but a little sweet.
Any recommendations from you gastronomic experts?

Sorry mods this ought to be in Food and drink. Would you you be kind enough to shift it over.

 

[dan_bo]

M&S ketchup is the bollix.

 

[Slick]

All ketchup is the food of the devil.

 

[Tenkaykev]

" Rubies in the Rubble " is our ketchup of choice.

 

[C R]

All ketchup is the food of the devil.

Agreed, all ketchup brands and varieties are equally ghastly.

 

[biggs682]

I don't do ketchup

 

[OldShep]

Mrs Shep would eat nothing but Heinz. A few years ago I came home from ALDI with their Bramwells. Now she won’t eat Heinz.
My only weakness, and only use of tomato ketchup, is on fried bread. Fried in Olive Oil and all those tomatoes on top got to be healthy surely. 😀

 

[C R]

Mrs Shep would eat nothing but Heinz. A few years ago I came home from ALDI with their Bramwells. Now she won’t eat Heinz.
My only weakness, and only use of tomato ketchup, is on fried bread. Fried in Olive Oil and all those tomatoes on top got to be healthy surely. 😀

I think you're being optimistic about the tomato content in ketchup.

 

[Cycleops]

25% tomato in the Morrisons Ketchup and they claim 30% less suffer and 60% less salt than their standard ketchup ( this is their reduced salt and sugar version, although still tasted a bit sweet to me, but the Heinz was sweeter. The Morrisons was darker but I don't know what that indicates.
Heinz print their ingredients so small it's almost impossible to read but looks like 12.6g per 100g. Can anyone confirm?

 

[C R]

25% tomato in the Morrisons Ketchup and they claim 30% less suffer and 60% less salt than their standard ketchup ( this is their reduced salt and sugar version, although still tasted a bit sweet to me, but the Heinz was sweeter. The Morrisons was darker but I don't know what that indicates.
Heinz print their ingredients so small it's almost impossible to read but looks like 12.6g per 100g. Can anyone confirm?

Blimey, that's even less tomato than I expected. That's about a quarter of a cherry tomato per spoonful.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Waitrose is handy in being consistent in how they display nutrition information for each product. This is for various ketchups.

Heinz:-

Tomatoes (148g per 100g Tomato Ketchup), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Spice and Herb Extracts (contain Celery), Spice



Stokes:-

Tomatoes (200g in 100g Ketchup), Unrefined Raw Cane Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour, Sea Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Seasoning (Salt, Spice Extracts ^contains Celery], Onion Extract)



Ruby in the Rubble:-

Fruit (242g per 100g: Tomatoes, Surplus Pears/Apples), Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Spices

 

[cyberknight]

Its finding a replacement for salad cream, i find the store brands to vinegary,

 

[dicko]

Bramwell's Tomato Ketchup at Aldi is just great and every bit as nice as the Heinz only a lot cheaper.

 

[alicat]

Ketchup - yuk! Salad cream - double yuk!!

 

[Dave7]

I am a brown sauce guy but can enjoy tomato sauce on certain foods ie omellete. I now have mayo on my chips (along with salt and vinegar of course)