I also recommend Branston Baked Beans as an alternative to Heinz. Cheaper and better imo
Edit: British brand, Japanese owned
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2025
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I concur! Branston beans have in my opinion a thicker consistency with a deeper flavour and creamier mouth feel. After being converted to Branston, Heinz tastes like metallic orange water with overly firm beans.
Curry ketptchup is a gift sent from the gods.
I've tried it once and it was disgustingly sweet. I'm unsure if the praise is just a meme or it's another entry on the long list of typical german food I don't like despite living there.
Like all ketchup, some are too sweet, some are more tart. Find the ketchup you like, and add curry powder to it.
Out of all the curry ketchups you can get in Germany, Hela has the highest sugar content (source: me comparing the labels in the supermarket)
I love it ๐ฌ
Hela ketchup is just really fucking sweet for some reason. It is also one of the worse Gewรผrzketchups I had, the supermarket brands usually are way less sweet and have an actual difference in the flavour of their different products.
Curry ketchup blew my mind the first time I tried it. Need to figure out where I can buy it from in the UK.
You can make it with curry powder, it's not so hard
Get your hands on some jalapeรฑo puree ketchup, it's amazing.
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You guys buy branded ketchup? Its Aldis store brand or nothing for me.
I only buy fancy shit now and just eat less of it, like stokes and a couple of local ones.
All that own brand stuff is just tomato juice concentrate with a load of thickening agents plus sugar and crap to make it taste like something. And Heinz was always overly sweet crap anyway.
It's a bit of a long drive to Aldis for some of us, I don't know which country the closest one is in. Most people probably just buy what they grew up on. For me that's Felix so I guess you could say it's European, but Orkla is publicly traded so it sorta loses all meaning.
ketchup? never heard of her
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Til heinz is american
The Heinz who started the company was the son of German immigrant parents, hence the surname.
Brand ownership can get super weird.
Heinz is an American company. Daddies, which is a very British brand, is now owned by Heinz too, so is also American.
On the other hand Helmann's (of both mayo and ketchup providence) is an American brand which is now owned by Unilever...so technically British.
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Fun fact time! Heinz originated in Pittsburgh and used to have a massive factory built in the 1910's, and when it shut down they eventually renovated it into apartments. The buildings are now all named after what they once produced there - Bean Building, Meat Building, Cereal Building, Reservoir Building, and Shipping Building.
It's rumored that the Meat Building has a vibrant gay community.
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*Hela
Gewรผrzketchup is pretty different, though. It's not like there aren't hundreds of brands that make regular ketchup.
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Neaver heard of Hela. And also never bought Heinz ketchup either. Only local Polish ketchups ftw.
That's the best choice anyway, buy local to support local business and people
Until recently none of the local ketchup brands in Sweden was to my liking, they all taste like what un-refrigerated Heinz tastes like, which I hate. But now there are a few that are good, not the same but good in their own way!
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You spelt "Felix Ketchup" wrong.
Y'all should be using Hela regardless of my county's dumb policies. Heinz is trash in comparison.
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I will buy European as much as possible but even I have my limits
yes. i cannot cope with not heinz
Speaking as a veteran of the Canadian Ketchup Wars, victory is achievable!
Canada brought Heinz to it's knees in our ketchup war nearly a decade ago, you can do it too.
Sadly even french's is now owned by the americans.
Wasnโt it always? I think it is a guys name, not a nationality.
The Americans boycotted it during the Iraq wars but that is just because they are stable geniuses.
[edit: just looked it up - Robert French โ from New York ]
Upvoted for that โstable geniusesโ line. Perfect
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Aussie "ketchup" (tomatey sauce) is more rich and less firetruck red sickly sweet.
Rosella for those interested! https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/61679 (on a meat pie)
I'm a fan of Zeisner ketchup, but usually buy store brand (Boni) because my kids seem to drink it instead of dosing.
Also love Paladin from Portugal. They make a bunch of different condiments and sauces.
Pudliszki or death.
I donโt always want Gewรผrz in my Ketchup tho.
But there are enough alternatives to be fair.
Flying Goose Red Hot Chili Sauce is the only thing you need. Ketchup is for the weak.
Oliehoorn ftw.