# Name brand foods imitated, but not duplicated

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521 "2019-12-28T21:44:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/1 "2019-12-28T21:44:25Z")

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I’m eating some no brand sugar wafers, that while good aren’t the same as the Nabisco brand. Same as a Curly Wurly\<Marathon bar (actually the Curly Wurly’s I got from Amazon were inedible). Controversy warnring! Hydrox\<Oreos. And there’s nothing like a real Nilla Vanilla wafer!

During the thankfully short-lived New Coke debacle, I boycotted New Coke completely and I found that mixing RC Cola and Shasta cola in just the right proportions would come really close to the flavor I loved and craved.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/2 "2019-12-28T22:40:37Z")

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I’ve never found a cola that can compare to coke or pepsi. Never tried RC & Shasta.

Pretty much nothing compares to heinz ketchup. The closest comparison is simply organic ketchup, which tastes like heinz with extra sugar. Good in its own way but still different.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/3 "2019-12-28T23:34:07Z")

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Oreos were an imitation of Hydrox.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/4 "2019-12-29T02:41:16Z")

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Hydrox was always better. The chocolate was less bitter.

Simply Heinz ketchup is the preferred brand. It’s “original recipe,” with sugar instead of artificial sweetener. I’m not a big ketchup eater, but I’ll dip my French fries in this sucker.

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/5 "2019-12-29T03:03:26Z")

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The cheap Hollywood Ranch Market house-brand vegetable juice was chunkier and more satisfying than any V8.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/6 "2019-12-29T03:12:25Z")

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Hydrox were always chintzy with the creme. Oreos had the ideal amount (before double stuff).

Guilden’s mustard is by far the best regular mustard.

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**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/7 "2019-12-29T05:00:27Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Hydrox were always chintzy with the creme. Oreos had the ideal amount (before double stuff).
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> Guilden’s mustard is by far the best regular mustard.

Agreed on the Hydrox. Disagree on the Guilden’s. Their brown mustard is pretty good, but if you want yellow mustard, it’s Ploughman’s all the way.

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**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/8 "2019-12-29T05:14:49Z")

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> Agreed on the Hydrox. Disagree on the Guilden’s. Their brown mustard is pretty good, but if you want yellow mustard, it’s Ploughman’s all the way.

Ploughman’s or Plochman’s?

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/9 "2019-12-29T05:30:48Z")

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RC, the first company to sell cola in a can, is (was?) a name brand cola as far as I’m concerned. yeah, at some point in history it lost the “cola wars” but it was already there and never imitated anyone.

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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521/10 "2019-12-29T06:24:23Z")

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RC Cola and Shasta are still around nationally, though I don’t recall seeing RC locally in a while. Could still be there, I just don’t notice it. It’s been almost two decades since I’ve had my last soda with caffeine (still drink Sprite and fruit flavored sodas), but as I recall RC was a little too sweet and under carbonated and Shasta was just the opposite which is why mixing the two worked fairly well.

I wasn’t a Coke (soda) fiend (used to drink at least a six pack every day) until my mid-teens. Prior to that I’d buy and drink whatever was cheapest.