# Would you buy the new green ketchup from Heinz? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145 "2000-07-10T20:54:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/1 "2000-07-10T20:54:33Z")
They say “Green is going to be a shocker for a lot of adults, but kids don’t have those hangups.” And kids eat over half the ketchup in the US. It will come in a “thin stream hour-glass shaped squeeze bottle” so kids can write on their burgers with it. They researched a few other colors, but “green has a little more kitchen logic”, since we’ve all seen greeen tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/2 "2000-07-11T00:44:53Z")
You must be happy its not brown, eh? Naw, it looks too much like unripe fruit. ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/3 "2000-07-11T01:47:18Z")
I heard it’ll be twenty cents more a bottle. Why would I pay more for something that is the same thing except for the color? If Greg wants to try it I may get a small one for the novelty but I’ll stick to my favorite, Del Monte. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/4 "2000-07-11T02:08:08Z")
I can’t stand the red stuff, why would I buy it in green? In salsa however, I’m equal opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/5 "2000-07-11T04:11:03Z")
No way for the green catsup, the red kind is bad enough. I prefer to make my own salsa. This appears to be a venture that might turn out like “New” Coke. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/6 "2000-07-11T04:21:04Z")
Moments ago I polled my 10 yr. old who lives on ketchup, and an 8 yr old and a 7 yr old. The 10 yr. old, who eats anything, will eat it he says. The other two, say “no way.” I vote for the “New” Coke comparison ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/7 "2000-07-11T04:34:46Z")
I’d buy it, just to try it. But I suspect it won’t last, kind of like the whole Clear Pepsi fiasco. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/8 "2000-07-11T05:47:39Z")
No I wouldn’t eat it… I rarely use ketchup anyway except for some of my recipes (like in my sweet and sour sauce and stew) that would make my recipes green and that would just be weird… ---
**Author:** ![Sangria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Sangria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangria)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/9 "2000-07-11T06:08:49Z")
I have lots of green sauce recipes containing tomatoes. Of course, there’s chilis too. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/10 "2000-07-11T07:05:31Z")
Of course I’ll give it a try… I’m even thinking about grilling some hamburgers just to do it :). But, why couldn’t they go for some kind of funky color like blue? (I know, blue ketchup doesn’t make sense, but neither does neon-orange Mac & Cheese) ---
**Author:** ![Home\_Page](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@Home\_Page](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Home_Page)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/11 "2000-07-11T07:15:05Z")
Cheddar has had the orange color so long that a lot of people don’t realize it has to be added in. Butter and margarine often has added color, as can fruit like oranges. Natural yogurt can seem bluish, so color is often added there. Also, color has to be added to “yoke-less” egg noodles. I love the trend to add color to noodles. They can now be green with spinich or red with beets. In neither case can you taste the vegetable. And of course blue corn chips caught on easily. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/12 "2000-07-11T13:56:32Z")
so if i mix the new kethup with mustard, will i get some sickly yellow green color? i’d rather they did it blue, then i’d buy it just for my own personal entertainment. Now kids can do alien blood practical jokes though, so green might be good. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/13 "2000-07-11T14:10:54Z")
A big “NO” to green, for the same reason that they shouldn’t make the filling in OREOs orange or blue. Sure, it may taste the same, but there’s something unsettling in looking at it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/14 "2000-07-11T23:46:32Z")
You can’t go from red to green. So I wonder how they do it? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/15 "2000-07-12T01:00:25Z")
Granted, green has a lot of “gross-out” value, and little boys dig that. But blue would be more fun, and I think more popular. More importantly- would I pay an extra 20 cents to see my mom’s face when I have laid that green shit on her burger or fries? Heck yeah! Silly, but true (I am over 30). ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/16 "2000-07-12T01:06:22Z")
Little boys? I think green has cool gross-out value too. It’s an obvious pitch at younger kids and I think it’ll do well short-term, but I think the novelty will die and we won’t get to see it down under. And yes blue would be way cooler… ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/17 "2000-07-12T02:19:17Z")
I’ll bet that cooking kills a lot of the color. And much of the color comes from the skins, which they can remove, like in making white wine from red grapes. I’d also bet, since they are talking about 2% of their production, that they currently are using that amount of green-skinned tomatoes. Probably the green skins are currently diverted to relish, salsa, or something else. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/18 "2000-07-12T14:47:37Z")
Apparently they considered blue, but decided against it since it didn’t “look natural”. The chose green to give the impression of green tomatoes. The green comes from nothing more interesting than artificial color…quite a boatload I would imagine since turning red to green isn’t the easiest thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/19 "2000-07-12T14:51:03Z")
I’m gonna try it, but my only concern is that when it mixes with mustard it will end up looking like snot on my burger. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145/20 "2000-07-12T17:44:03Z")
Hork, I’ll pass. I can’t envision actually _eating_ something with such a high percentage of unnecessary chemical additives. It must take a whole boatload of dye to turn ketchup green . . . I might buy some and stick it in the fridge, though, just to see the roomies freak . . . **"Holy Sh\*t! How long has this ketchup _been_ in here?!!!"** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-the-new-green-ketchup-from-heinz/25145.md?page=2)