"Comes out of the bag like tomato paste. "

What?
I have not seen that!

Sounds like more money for less product. I pay around $2 for 40 ounces. How does the bag stand up in the fridge door? More space? Not planning on liking this.....

I may change to Wegman's organic. It's pretty darn good.

Claims to be the same ketchup. If so, it would still separate unless you mix it up and wouldn't be as thick as tomato paste. I don't get it. About how big are the bags?

I've seen larger refill bags before though. It would be cheaper than a bottle I would think. They're trying out some new packaging.

I buy my ketchup in a gallon can and it is very reasonable. When I open it I fill up the ketchup bottle and put the rest in quart canning jars in my refrigerator. I don't buy Heinz that way as I prefer another brand. I do try to keep a bottle of Heinz on hand for those that prefer it. I don't think I would buy ketchup in a bag.

Sue

The thing I like about the idea is the smaller size. They're finally realizing that not everyone is totally ketchup crazy and not everyone wants everything topped with 2" of ketchup. The bag is supposed to retail for 99¢ which sounds about right. More expensive per ounce of course but to buy smaller quantities of anything you pay the price. From the looks on the website it's probably about the height of a restaurant sized upside down bottle. I would guess it should stand by itself until it's extremely low. The top might fold over if you squeeze the air out unless it's a real heavy gauge. And it would assist the standing ability if you let it fill up with air.

I'm curious though, is the opening the full size of the screwcap or does it have a little hole thing to restrict it a bit so you don't get the big blob? Kind of like a bottle of Teriyaki or soy sauce.

Maybe they'll start putting it in toothpaste tubes for travel sized. I should patent the idea and license it...

Kind of a moot point for me anyway, I've been buying Hunt's lately and probably will continue to do so. I get the HFCS version, not that I'm overly worried about it, but might as well avoid it a little in easy ways. And I think I like the taste of Hunts better anyway.

I have some laundry detergent in this type of pouch. I find it inconvenient to use but it's a bigger bag than this is. I'd be interested in seeing how it works out.

I'm sure the bag is a lot cheaper than a bottle so if people accept it, it would catch on with others. Although they might just go with a smaller bottle, who knows. It's interesting looking at the different bag styles used

This post was edited by cynic on Mon, May 20, 13 at 8:55

It stands up just fine in my fridge. And the opening does not have the restricting thing in the spout. You have to squeeze the bag a bit to get it to come out.
When i had 4 teenagers at home I bought everything in gallon size. DD wouldn't eat any syrup except Aunt Jemima, so I bought the gallon jug of Staley's and just refilled the bottle. She never knew.
Now that it is just the 2 of us we don't need the super sizes of anything.
Well I do buy large quantities of toilet paper and paper towels.
I like this container better than the bottles and will stick with it.

I had a favorite Heinz ketchup years ago. It was called "hot ketchup"- yep, a bit spicy. The Greatest on fries! Hadn't seen it in 20 years. Then last week I saw it back on the store shelf. I bought 2 bottles (yes it's in a glass bottle).Color me happy!

But is the bag recyclable? If not, then shame on Heinz!!!

I don't buy Heinz - it has high fructose corn syrup in it. :(

I like the idea! I rarely use ketchup so the smaller size is nice. I'll try it when I see it.

As for Heinz having high fructose corn syrup in it, why is that worse than sugar? Just curious.

I like the idea! I rarely use ketchup so the smaller size is nice. I'll try it when I see it.

As for Heinz having high fructose corn syrup in it, why is that worse than sugar? Just curious.

From what I could find out, cynic is right. $1 for 10 ounces. Which makes it much smaller than the bottle. We get 40 or 64 ounces. And our 40 ounce is much less expensive, like $1.97 for the bottle. So double the price. Ouch!

If you use a lot of Heinz ketchup, well for that matter a lot of anything, the small sizes usually are not a good deal. That's simple fact. The reality is that often the container costs more than the contents. And the more of a size they sell, the cheaper they can make it, to a point. So the larger sizes that sell better will naturally sell cheaper. Look at the small cans of vegetables. It really saddens me that they sell for *more* than a 14-15oz can. Sometimes I wind up throwing away some of the contents because it can't get used and there's a larger container to deal with too. But financially, why pay more for the less product. Ketchup doesn't have unlimited shelf life. If I can save a little by getting a smaller size though, it doesn't matter if it's more per ounce if in the end it costs less to use. For years now I've wound up throwing ketchup before using up the whole bottle. The only time I use a bigger bottle is when I make BBQ sauce for a picnic, if I don't use tomato sauce. (And no, I don't consider coleslaw dressing to be BBQ sauce! LOL) I don't understand why the smaller bottles aren't more readily available at retail. Well, OK, yes I do, it's called supply and demand. The restaurant version I realize isn't intended for consumer use but it's a size I would be ready to buy more often.

Personally if I were to use HFCS ketchup and a lot of it, I'd buy store brand rather than Heinz and I used to be brand loyal to Heinz but whether they have changed or I have, to me I like Hunt's a little better and find I like generics as well as Heinz. Red Gold and store brands are nearly always under $1 for 24 ounces. Aldi sells ketchup cheap by comparison to the major brands too,.

I too wondered about whether it can be recycled. I can't find an answer. I contacted Heinz to see. What I've seen though is either the restaurant/fast food packets are not recyclable or they might be referring to the fact that they're not recycled. Cleaning them up for recycling would be next to impossible in a pragmatic sense and as I recall there's something like 11 billion of them sold a year so the new pouch is small (french fried) potatoes by comparison.

And not all Heinz ketchup has HFCS chloecat. Most, yes, but not all. Both the "organic" and the "Simply Heinz" use sugar, However, they're more expensive than Hunt's and it is true that the bag product uses HFCS.

Jannie, I remember the "hot ketchup". First tried it back in the 70s or the 80s. It was fine but I was disappointed, didn't find it to have much of a kick. Saw it in the store again and it brought back memories. They're into plastic now too.

suzieque, there's arguments out there about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), some radicals going so far as to say it's why America is obese! LOL However the fact is, so far there is *no* documented and reliable evidence to support the claims. My feeling on it is that common sense tells me that there would be something documented by now if it were true considering the lobby of the sugar and other sweetener industries who would benefit if it were proven. Is there some anecdotal evidence? Perhaps. But anecdotal often equates to coincidental. At this point and until there's more credible evidence to the contrary I'm of the opinion it's less natural and if I can avoid it and get a better tasting product, I'll pass on HFCS for now on certain things and that's why I use the Hunt's "100% Natural" without HFCS. I'm not convinced by the hysteria though so there's other things that use it that I'll consume. It's comparable to the hysteria over aluminum supposedly causing Alzheimers, which too has never been proven and considering the wax paper and plastic companies who would benefit by proving it, I'm sure there's been a TON of research done on it so yes, I'll use aluminum and some HFCS too at this point. The ironic thing is how the sugar beet producers are now friends with sugar cane producers! They used to be enemies but it's the old saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend and corn is now the common enemy of sugar.

Actually its ability to stand up is kind of a moot point for me too after I thought about it. I store a ketchup bottle on its side so the watery liquid isn't at the top. Easier to shake it up and mix it and don't get the watery blast first thing.

Another thing I noticed, Heinz now has a picnic pack with ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise. Hadn't seen that before, the other has relish in a bottle. Curious thing is they don't use the "upside down" bottle for the mayo. I found that interesting. Not sure why, unless the bottle they use is cheaper.

It'll be interesting to see how well the bag is accepted. I think it'd be OK with me other than the issues I mentioned.

This post was edited by cynic on Mon, May 20, 13 at 17:40

I checked out the bag of ketchup in my fridge and no, it doesn't have the recycle logo on it.
Would like to try the "hot" ketchup.

I have seen a few products in those squeeze bags now. I would consider it because we don't use much of it and I always have a container that I put all the little packets from the restaurant in so we can use them. I prefer the small packets for the RV easy to store and don't take up much room so I keep it stocked up with those for ketchup, mustard, mayo, dressing, very nice that they don't require refrigeration.
I have seen several new flavors or styles of ketchup recently.
I also try to stay away from the HFCS when possible since there are some suggestions that it can contribute to diabetes, and the diabetes education school I attended urged us to start eliminating it from our diets when possible.

I prefer Hunt's, too.

Thank you, Cynic. A great explanation.

Bags are actually popular with some people. I see a number of people (my cousin included) who maintain that tuna in a bag is far better than tuna in a can. If they can transfer that clientele they might pick up some steam on the container. Could be great for camping, backpacking and the like. Great for an RV too. I could see carrying a package in the car if you frequent drive thrus.

I love the tuna in the bag. I can no longer eat the canned stuff and I used to like it.

I've always been a fan of Heinz ketchup but now I buy Hunts because they use real sugar not HFCS.

I do like things in the bags. My friend's DD was living in England for awhile and she would bring back Lime soap for my SIL because he loves all things lime. The soap was in a bag just like the ketchup.

Oh, you're more than welcome suzieque. Always glad to be helpful.

Ketchup? We *might* go through a 32 oz bottle in a year. No, actually not. I pitch the last 8 oz and start over, so it's 24 oz ingested. Only DH uses ketchup, and only on hamburgers. I don't make meatloaf any more -- too much grease; used to make that with some ketchup.

What foods do y'all top with ketchup? Are there other condiments you add to food at the table?

Was it Nixon who contended that ketchup was a vegetable?

I think it was Reagan.

i think ketchup IS categorized as a vegetable in school lunches. So is relish. But Reagan didn't make it so, I don't think.

This post was edited by redcurls on Wed, May 22, 13 at 19:13

This is another in the bagged-food line, like baby food and applesauce. Works great, but I agree with those who say they don't like that the bags aren't recyclable.

Btw, along the same line, I spoon my peanut butter into a pastry bag and cut off the end so I can pipe it onto celery sticks. Just thought you might like to know.:)

I admit to liking ketchup - my mother was a terrible cook. Yet I don't pour it over food - I always put it in the corner of the plate. I do not like gravy or HP sauce - that type of thing - just ketchup. And, yes, it has to be Heinz - but I did prefer it back in the day before HFCS was used. I do not like the organic version - I bought it and all I could taste was the garlic - probably because I don't use garlic. So I checked the ingredient list on other organic ketchups and sure enough - the garlic. Lately I have been buying he low sodium Heinz - yes, I know, still loaded! - but at least I have perfect blood pressure. Of course, due to the Low Sodium classification it costs more - and since I live in Toronto, it costs a fortune. I doubt I will every buy ketchup in a bag. I hate the little ketchup packets. I remember about 30 years ago opening one and it splashed against my new black coat and lightened the colour immediately. Also I find they get "funny". I don't really use anything in packets - to me salad dressing is my own olive oil and balsamic and I don't eat mayo. Ketchup and mustard are the condiments of choice for thieves to dump on you from an overhead tree - primary colours and they don't wash out. Ketchup also makes it appear you have been shot. It happened to me - but the thief didn't get anything.

I thought garlic was a common seasoning in ketchup but I never really checked. It could be as you said they use more in the organic version. Organic has higher sodium than the regular.

Cynic - thanks so much for the picture of the new Heinz ketchup bag. I did look last week at the grocery store - it hasn't shown up here yet. It does look far different than I imagined. There was a mustard product though in a rather horrible looking bag. I could live with the ketchup bag though. Re the organic ketchup. It was funny because I was trying to figure out why I didn't like it which is why I started comparing the ingredients. Heinz is coming out with so many different flavours of ketchup - all I want is ketchup the way it was in the 50s - not with HFCS. I first tried the low sodium version only because my husband bought it by mistake and to my surprise it was fine. So while at the grocery store another woman was trying to find the regular Heinz for her husband (he also didn't like the organic) and it was either low sodium or spicy. So I suggested the low sodium - she bought it and the next time I saw her she told me he had no idea it wasn't his normal Heinz. Now my husband would never buy low sodium anything - yet I am the one with the perfect blood pressure!

You're welcome eccentric. Have you thought about making your own? You can control the ingredients better that way. I've thought about it many times, especially back in the days when I used a *lot* of ketchup. Now, it's not worth it for me except to satisfy a curiosity and maybe see if I can make something I like better.