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    Heinz to Modify Recipe

    This is bullshit for me. I've gotta stockpile before this happens!
    Your fries may never taste the same again!
    For the first time in 40 years, Heinz ketchup is changing its famous recipe -- by lowering the salt content in an effort to appeal to more health-conscious consumers, the company said yesterday.
    Company officials have taste tested the new blend and believe it will be as popular as their old recipe, which has a 60 percent share of the ketchup market.
    But Heinz fans fear that the company may be messing with perfection and that the switch could wind up a flavor debacle equal to the infamous rollout of New Coke.

    "Leave the ketchup alone," said Heinz fan, Patrick Johnson, of Brooklyn. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
    "I'm so used to the ketchup the way it is -- why would they change it?" said Joe Oliva of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, who has been eating the ketchup for nearly eight decades. "I'm 80 years old, and I haven't died yet. It's really hard for me to eat without salt. I think it's infringing on our rights!"
    When asked why the company was rolling the dice with a new recipe, spokeswoman Jessica Jackson said, "The catalyst . . . came from the changing needs of our consumers and our commitment to health and wellness."
    Jackson said the company had been planning the change for about two years. But it is coming just as Mayor Bloomberg and other politicians are leaning on big food companies to kick the salt. Heinz was one of 16 major food manufacturers that last month signed onto the National Salt Reduction Initiative, a plan led by Bloomberg to get companies to cut back on the salt in their products.
    "The Health Department commends Heinz," a Health spokeswoman said yesterday.
    The new Heinz ketchup recipe will contain about 15 percent less sodium, dropping the amount per tablespoon from 190 to 160 milligrams. Heinz will also make changes to the secret spices.
    "As we reduced the sodium, we rebalanced the special secret spices," Jackson said.
    She said Heinz was not afraid that the new ketchup would go the way of New Coke, which was rejected by consumers when it was unveiled in 1985.
    "We conducted extensive testing with a broad cross-section of consumers across the country to ensure there wasn't a distinguishable difference between the current and new recipes," she said.
    The new bottles are set to hit shelves in the summer.
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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    I never understand why companies do this. If they wanted to make a low sodium version go ahead and give the people that want it that option between the two... BUT why do away with something that has worked for so long!! Make both and then everyone is happy?!?!
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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    Because that's how things work a few people whine and the masses suffer. Gotta love it huh. :? :?

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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    I wonder how long after this comes out until they unveil "Heinz Classic", ala Coke Classic.

    Indecision may or may not be my problem.

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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    Quote Originally Posted by River_Rat_459
    I wonder how long after this comes out until they unveil "Heinz Classic", ala Coke Classic.
    my thoughts exactly River, I can see this going the way of "New Coke".

    I heard about this on the radio couple days ago, that afternoon my wife bought several cases of the stuff from Costco. She likes her Heinz Ketchup.
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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    hahaha my wife loves ketchup, so when this happens, she's just gonna put salt in it and mix it up.


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    Re: Heinz to Modify Recipe

    Mayor Bloomberg and other politicians are leaning on big food companies
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