# Colored MARGARINE??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 4, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860 "2001-12-04T17:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860/21 "2001-12-05T18:28:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Revtim \*  
> \*\*I don’t think you are supposed to call it “colored” margarine anymore… Margarine-American perhaps? \*\*

Okay, I couldn’t just let you all ignore this. That’s hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860/22 "2001-12-05T20:17:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Green Bean \*  
> \*\*Well, I guess that green ketchup must have been a success.  
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Must be, I saw purple ketchup the other day. :eek:

Or maybe that should be 😕

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**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860/23 "2001-12-05T21:56:38Z")

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What’s wrong with you people? We eat artificially colored food every day. I bet that Pepsi® is “naturally” a lot closer to clear than brown before caramel color is added. Everywhere I look, it’s “yellow 5”, “red 40”, “blue 2” (when I read ingredient listings I feel like I’m playing Twister Bingo). Sprinkles aren’t rainbow colored when they’re on the jimmy tree; that’s artificial, baby. If you don’t have a problem drinking soda or eating cheetos, it doesn’t make sense to me to be up in a tissy about green ketchup and pink margarine.

[sub]I’d rather that they didn’t sell funny colored condiments, only because then it’s not as cool when I make them at home for friends[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860/24 "2001-12-05T23:37:03Z")

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Purple ketchup is the best! Although technically it’s not “ketchup” because under federal regs “Ketchup” is red. So the purple and green are “condiments made with real Heinz tomato ketchup.” The bottles clog up upon first usage, though, so there’s a drawback.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-margarine/96860/25 "2001-12-07T05:27:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Otto \*  
> \*\*Purple ketchup is the best! Although technically it’s not “ketchup” because under federal regs “Ketchup” is red. So the purple and green are “condiments made with real Heinz tomato ketchup.” The bottles clog up upon first usage, though, so there’s a drawback. \*\*

It also (the ketchup) stains one’s tongue. And fingers, if they come in contact.

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