# Heinz is trying to make me puke.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-is-trying-to-make-me-puke/76026>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-is-trying-to-make-me-puke/76026 "2001-08-13T14:04:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-is-trying-to-make-me-puke/76026/21 "2001-08-15T12:45:22Z")

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I like it and think it’s neat and fun. And completely unlike things that actually make me want to puke like Quiche, zucchini, squash etc.

And best of all I actually got to use this line on my mom “How do you know you wont like it unless you try it?” One she has used on me thousands of times. If they had red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple colored ketchup I’d have on of each and each time I had fries or some other reason to have ketchup I’d carefully make a rainbow on my plate before hand.

p.s. I am 26 but like most men, am a kid at heart.

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**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-is-trying-to-make-me-puke/76026/22 "2001-08-15T14:21:08Z")

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I’m thinking most of you people are missing the point of the different colors. Its for the kids. Not you. I don’t think board execs at Heinz were thinking of targeting anyone over the age of 11 when coming up with this stuff. Why doesn’t anyone get disgusted when they see yellow or orange peppers?  
“Oh NO!!! They’re not green! They’re not red!!! They’re making me puke!!!”  
Besides have any of you tried it? It tastes just like the red one.

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**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-is-trying-to-make-me-puke/76026/23 "2001-08-15T14:45:11Z")

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Heinz plans on saturating the planet with ketchup that’s purple, green, blue, and even yellow. Then, five years from now, they can start a novel marketing plan:

“Look! Red ketchup!”

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