By Brian Bienkowski Kraft Heinz, the food giant behind dozens of popular brands including Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Velveeta and Kool-Aid, will not launch any new foods with synthetic dyes and will remove the dyes from its current products by the end of 2027, the company said Tuesday.
      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
        211·
        22 hours ago

        Same with coca-cola, back when I used to drink that crap. If I try now, it’s that rancid buttery/greasy after taste that lingers for 20 minutes.

        • lobut@lemmy.ca
          9·
          20 hours ago

          I remember when I graduated and went to New York for an internship. I went to the fridge and took a big swig of Coke and was like, whats going on with my teeth and mouth? It feels weird.

          Then a few people told me and I was like, why’s Coke so popular in the US if it tastes like this? How come this Mexican Coke everyone is talking about isn’t more popular?

          I gave up sugary soft drinks for the most part now. I do have it occasionally but it’s like once a week or two weeks at most.

        • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world
          3·
          18 hours ago

          Regular sugar and HFCS are metabolzed differently - your liver processes fructose directly which is why it’s linked to fatty liver disease and insulin resistance at higher consumption levels.

          • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            11 hours ago

            You’re never gonna get me to not consume sugar. Life’s too short to avoid things in moderation.

            • dinren@discuss.online
              1·
              10 hours ago

              I don’t disagree with you at all on that. I just wish food manufacturers would stop adding it. Sugar should be like a salt shaker, you add it yourself.

              • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                9 hours ago

                But sugar goes in ketchup. Buy sugar free ketchup if you want I guess, but I think sweetness is pretty inherent to ketchup as a condiment. That’s why it’s so good and versatile - it’s got a balance of salty, sweet, sour, and savory.

      • PineRune@lemmy.world
        2·
        18 hours ago

        I’ve had ketchups that are unsweetened or sweetened with fruits like bananas apples and squash, and both are far better than the “tomato candy” that is commercial ketchup.

          • PineRune@lemmy.world
            2·
            18 hours ago

            It doesn’t taste like banana. I think they just use banana puree to sweeten it a bit.

            Edit: it’s not bananas.

            • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
              21·
              15 hours ago

              LOL, no added sugar, we’ve just added apple puree so there’s 12.5% sugar (2/16g) but we didn’t ADD any sugar (noting it’s 2g carbs then also 2g sugars which doesn’t sound right as well, the other 14g can’t entirely be fibre and water there will be some complex carbs in there )

              And damn is that Daily Value % misleading - it looks like the percentage of the product rather than recommended percent of diet

              • PineRune@lemmy.world
                1·
                15 hours ago

                It’s still about half the total sugar by weight than Heinz has (1g per 8g ketchup vs 1g per 5g ketchup from heinz).

                That said, I like unsweetened ketchup a lot better but it’s hard to find at a decent price. No sugars or sugar substitutes and no sweeteners like aspartame.

                • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
                  1·
                  14 hours ago

                  Sure, you guys get a lot of sugar so anything is an improvement - I just grabbed a UK Heinz Ketchup and checked and it’s 11% sugars (that’s the 50% less sugar version though).