# Was Heinz Green Ketchup a Flop?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-heinz-green-ketchup-a-flop/238628>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 6, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-heinz-green-ketchup-a-flop/238628 "2004-04-06T21:07:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-heinz-green-ketchup-a-flop/238628/1 "2004-04-06T21:07:06Z")

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I was poking around the pantry and found a plastic bottle of “green” ketchup! This was made by Heinz, as a tie-in with the “GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS” movie from 2 years ago. Apparently, my daughter bought it-I opened it and tried it…it tastes just like regular ketchup, except it is a vile green color.  
Is this product off the market?  
Man, this is PROOF that American technology is the best! Think of the products we’ve come up with! 😃

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-heinz-green-ketchup-a-flop/238628/2 "2004-04-06T21:23:23Z")

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Last I saw, it was still going strong in the grocery isle. Little kids LOVE it (as does my 32 year old brother and his 33 year old wife, but I digress). I wanna say they came out with blue and orange as well. Maybe purple, but I’m not sure on that one.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-heinz-green-ketchup-a-flop/238628/3 "2004-04-06T21:39:43Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Last I saw, it was still going strong in the grocery isle. Little kids LOVE it (as does my 32 year old brother and his 33 year old wife, but I digress). I wanna say they came out with blue and orange as well. Maybe purple, but I’m not sure on that one.

Yeah, they had blue … haven’t seen it in a while.

The sight of that green stuff affects my taste buds negatively. I’m sure it’s all in my head, but still.

Similar is the electric kelly-green relish I got on a Red-Hot hot dog in Chicago a few years ago. I ate it, but the relish color was very distracting.