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Title: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: The Zook on August 22, 2008, 11:20:28 AM
The age old question, perhaps... Do you?

I typically do, but prefer it warm... like restaurants who leave theirs on the table.

The bottle doesn't say 'refrigerate after opening' yet most people do... is it a preference or safety issue?
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Post by: Timmay on August 22, 2008, 11:23:23 AM
Keeps the bugs out  lol  i dunno....just a thought..lol
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Post by: skiking on August 22, 2008, 12:42:25 PM
One must have ketchup to know if he refrigerates it or not
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Post by: TheSlyBear on August 22, 2008, 04:57:37 PM
Chilled, by preference.
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Post by: GASlick on August 22, 2008, 05:20:52 PM
Not a ketchup fan, but everybody else in my house is.  So, yes we keep it in the fridge.

Don't know why really now that you bring it up.hhhmmmm
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Post by: time2shine on August 22, 2008, 05:38:44 PM
I prefer it warm.  Don't know if its necessary to keep in the refigerator though..  :-\
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Post by: warhawk on August 22, 2008, 09:38:02 PM
we keep the ketchup in the fridge.   O0

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: Razor X on August 22, 2008, 09:42:13 PM
My grandmother never refrigerated it.
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Post by: Tyler on August 23, 2008, 12:33:07 AM
I put it in the refer'

Though, I don't buy Heinz anymore now that they use High Fructose Corn Syrup.
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Post by: MagmaBabe on August 23, 2008, 03:10:20 AM
Over here on our ketchup it does tell you to refrigerate it, so like the good girl that I am, I do!  :D

Tyler.. our Heinz tomato ketchup lists the following ingredients..

"tomatoes, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt spice & herb extracts (contains celery) spice."
no artificial colours, flavours, preservatives or thickeners.

Wonder why your ketchup has different ingredients?!!

I always tell my Mum off for not refrigerating her ketchup, sauces and pickles. Her reason being
that they never used to when I was a kid.
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Post by: StumpyDave on August 23, 2008, 05:54:02 AM
Wow, I never noticed that it said to keep refrigerated.
Ours stays in the cupboard.

I don't often touch it, but my sons seem unable to eat anything without obliterating it with the stuff.  I don't think a bottle lasts long enough for anything to go wrong with it.
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Post by: dog20 on August 23, 2008, 11:28:01 PM
I refrigerate peanutbutter
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Post by: wpruitt on August 24, 2008, 12:12:15 PM
Over here on our ketchup it does tell you to refrigerate it, so like the good girl that I am, I do!  :D

Tyler.. our Heinz tomato ketchup lists the following ingredients..

"tomatoes, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt spice & herb extracts (contains celery) spice."
no artificial colours, flavours, preservatives or thickeners.

Wonder why your ketchup has different ingredients?!!

I always tell my Mum off for not refrigerating her ketchup, sauces and pickles. Her reason being
that they never used to when I was a kid.
Magma ... My mom went for MANY years and did not refrigerate it.  Her logic ... we never did in the past (and they also had a smaller refrigerator at the time - circa 1953 Vintage).  It's only been in the last 20 years she started chilling it ... and we all lived to be quite healthy
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Post by: Brkeatr on August 24, 2008, 12:15:15 PM
Have always refrigerated the ketchup.....
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Post by: MagmaBabe on August 24, 2008, 01:10:42 PM
Over here on our ketchup it does tell you to refrigerate it, so like the good girl that I am, I do!  :D

Tyler.. our Heinz tomato ketchup lists the following ingredients..

"tomatoes, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt spice & herb extracts (contains celery) spice."
no artificial colours, flavours, preservatives or thickeners.

Wonder why your ketchup has different ingredients?!!

I always tell my Mum off for not refrigerating her ketchup, sauces and pickles. Her reason being
that they never used to when I was a kid.
Magma ... My mom went for MANY years and did not refrigerate it.  Her logic ... we never did in the past (and they also had a smaller refrigerator at the time - circa 1953 Vintage).  It's only been in the last 20 years she started chilling it ... and we all lived to be quite healthy



I can see my why my Mum thinks like that... . but I try to explain to her.. that when we were kids, ketchup
had a whole different load of 'extra' ingredients in it, which would have prolonged it's shelf life,
and that's what a lot of people don't seem to realise, we don't have all the crap in it that we did back then,
like a lot of things.
Title: Re: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: Tyler on August 24, 2008, 07:03:15 PM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.
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Post by: Razor X on August 24, 2008, 07:04:59 PM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.

That's surprising since most food manufacturers are moving away from using high fructose corn syrup.
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Post by: MagmaBabe on August 25, 2008, 02:20:30 AM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.

maybe you're getting the back-end of a donkey...when you're here, I'll take you to
a supermarket and you can get some of the good stuff  :px
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Post by: nomad on August 25, 2008, 09:06:08 AM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.

That's surprising since most food manufacturers are moving away from using high fructose corn syrup.

Since when? 

I've heard people complaining about it but I never heard that the manufacturers were going to go away from it.
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Post by: marty22 on August 25, 2008, 09:10:42 AM
we refrisge kethup here; but there's always water buildup.
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Post by: Tyler on August 25, 2008, 11:37:38 AM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.

That's surprising since most food manufacturers are moving away from using high fructose corn syrup.

Since when? 

I've heard people complaining about it but I never heard that the manufacturers were going to go away from it.

The only place that I've seen them get away from it is when they create an "Organic" version of a product so that they can charge more for the one with sugar versus HFC.
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Post by: Timmay on August 26, 2008, 07:57:34 AM
What about Icecream?  do you keep it in the freezer or on the counter?
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on August 26, 2008, 09:26:13 AM
In the 'Frig here but I rarely eat it..........
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Post by: Argyle on August 26, 2008, 09:28:57 AM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

That was a bit random Dog....... I refrigerate milk!

But I am with Magma, Mr Heinz tells me to so I do! 
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Post by: MagmaBabe on August 26, 2008, 09:32:44 AM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

That was a bit random Dog....... I refrigerate milk!

But I am with Magma, Mr Heinz tells me to so I do! 

It's okay Argyle, Dog was probably under the influence of narcotics when he typed that  :D
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Post by: schro on August 26, 2008, 09:39:10 AM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

Wouldn't peanut butter get stuck in the AWESOME grill you're going to buy?
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Post by: MagmaBabe on August 26, 2008, 09:41:59 AM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

Wouldn't peanut butter get stuck in the AWESOME grill you're going to buy?

 LMAO  >:D

Title: Re: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: Timmay on August 26, 2008, 11:49:52 AM
SCHRO...havent you seen taht new peanutbutter thats on the market...it doesnt stick to your teeth...err um i mean GRILLS.  lol
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Post by: Razor X on August 26, 2008, 06:58:38 PM
These are the ingredients in the US

Tomato Concentrate Made from Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring.

That's surprising since most food manufacturers are moving away from using high fructose corn syrup.

Since when? 

I've heard people complaining about it but I never heard that the manufacturers were going to go away from it.

I've noticed a lot of packages lately that say "Now without high fructose corn syrup" especially bread.

Title: Re: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: Timmay on August 26, 2008, 07:11:38 PM
In soda, it has been found that by using high fructise corn syprup instead of pure sugar it can make the soda 10 times richer in harmful carbonyl compounds. According to one study, carbonyl compounds are elevated in people with diabetes and are blamed for causing diabetic complications such as foot ulcers and eye and nerve damage. Another study concluded that foods with increased fructose “produced significantly higher fasting plasma triacylglycerol values than did the glucose diet in men” and “if plasma triacylglycerols are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, then diets high in fructose may be undesirable”. Sounds good, right?

However, it’s not that sugar is good for us and HFCS is not. Both can be very damaging to our bodies, causing obesity, liver damage, heart disease, etc.. Pure sugar just happens to be a truly natural substance that has not been mixed in vats, chemically derived and played with, and used as cheap substitute in almost everything on the grocery store shelves. Everyone should limit the amount of sugar they ingest. But according to an article in SF Gate, “The body processes the fructose in high fructose corn syrup differently than it does old-fashioned cane or beet sugar, which in turn alters the way metabolic-regulating hormones function. It also forces the liver to kick more fat out into the bloodstream.” So, I guess HFCS is seen as much worse by a lot of nutritionists, but either way you look at it, ingesting as many empty calories as we all do from sugar is not good for anyone. Personally I try to stay away from the stuff. Sure, I do have the occasional Coke or whatever, but I do look at the labels of food before buying it and try to get stuff that does not have HFCS in it. It’s hard, but it can be done.

Oh, and don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that high fructose corn syrup is a “natural” substance. I know 7-Up was calling their drink “100% Natural”…but the fact is that HFCS is not natural at all because of the process it goes through to make it, along with the fact that it has at least one genetically modified enzyme in it. Don’t let the label on things tell you what is natural, you need to know the facts so you don’t fall for deceptive advertising!

Title: Re: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: time2shine on August 28, 2008, 10:48:33 AM
Tim, don't know if they offer it where you live, but here in the NW, Costco and other locations sell Coke in the bottle that's made in Mexico - it's pure cane sugar, none of that HFCS garbage.
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on August 28, 2008, 01:08:34 PM
In soda, it has been found that by using high fructise corn syprup instead of pure sugar it can make the soda 10 times richer in harmful carbonyl compounds. According to one study, carbonyl compounds are elevated in people with diabetes and are blamed for causing diabetic complications such as foot ulcers and eye and nerve damage. Another study concluded that foods with increased fructose “produced significantly higher fasting plasma triacylglycerol values than did the glucose diet in men” and “if plasma triacylglycerols are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, then diets high in fructose may be undesirable”. Sounds good, right?

However, it’s not that sugar is good for us and HFCS is not. Both can be very damaging to our bodies, causing obesity, liver damage, heart disease, etc.. Pure sugar just happens to be a truly natural substance that has not been mixed in vats, chemically derived and played with, and used as cheap substitute in almost everything on the grocery store shelves. Everyone should limit the amount of sugar they ingest. But according to an article in SF Gate, “The body processes the fructose in high fructose corn syrup differently than it does old-fashioned cane or beet sugar, which in turn alters the way metabolic-regulating hormones function. It also forces the liver to kick more fat out into the bloodstream.” So, I guess HFCS is seen as much worse by a lot of nutritionists, but either way you look at it, ingesting as many empty calories as we all do from sugar is not good for anyone. Personally I try to stay away from the stuff. Sure, I do have the occasional Coke or whatever, but I do look at the labels of food before buying it and try to get stuff that does not have HFCS in it. It’s hard, but it can be done.

Oh, and don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that high fructose corn syrup is a “natural” substance. I know 7-Up was calling their drink “100% Natural”…but the fact is that HFCS is not natural at all because of the process it goes through to make it, along with the fact that it has at least one genetically modified enzyme in it. Don’t let the label on things tell you what is natural, you need to know the facts so you don’t fall for deceptive advertising!



Thanks for digging that up, I knew it was out there but I didn't have time or luck to run it down.  Once a year, if you're really lucky, you can get Coke Classic made with cane sugar, they bottle it for Passover, and it has a yellow cap.  It's shelved with the other Passover foods.  I love it, my once a year w/ minimum worry Coke.  I've got issues w/ sugar and avoid hi-gylcemic foods generally, but my "Passover" Coke as a much anticipated break from the routine. 
Title: Re: Refrigerate Ketchup?
Post by: marshd1000 on August 28, 2008, 03:07:29 PM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

Wouldn't peanut butter get stuck in the AWESOME grill you're going to buy?

Who puts peanut butter on a grill anyway?  I usually put steak, burgers and chicken on my grill!     ;) :D ;D O0
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Post by: time2shine on August 28, 2008, 04:24:29 PM
I refrigerate peanutbutter

Wouldn't peanut butter get stuck in the AWESOME grill you're going to buy?

Who puts peanut butter on a grill anyway?  I usually put steak, burgers and chicken on my grill!     ;) :D ;D O0

I felt the same way, until noww...... http://www.joycesfinecooking.com/Beef/tucks_peanut_butter_steak.htm
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Post by: Tyler on August 28, 2008, 04:25:48 PM
Tim, don't know if they offer it where you live, but here in the NW, Costco and other locations sell Coke in the bottle that's made in Mexico - it's pure cane sugar, none of that HFCS garbage.

Actually, check the label next time. They are starting to use HFCS in the Coke that is made in Mexico.