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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by tyingq on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:10AM (#23338230)
Do the math to normalize the serving sizes and you'll see there are differences. The UK version, for example, has significantly more salt. You can see that without doing math. 300mg of salt in a 15 gram serving vs 160mg of salt in a 17g serving.

I'm perplexed why you think it would be odd for a company to make a version of their product that's suited to local tastes.

US: https://dam.kraftheinzcompany.com/adaptivemedia/rendition/00...

UK: https://d36rz30b5p7lsd.cloudfront.net/kraftbrands/heinzcouk/...

HFCS and sugar do have taste and mouth feel differences as well.

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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by aidenn0 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:59AM (#23338806)
I do not think it's odd, and I never disputed that they were different. The picture posted was a non-sequitur though.
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by tyingq on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:37PM (#23339312)
If you think HFCS and sugar are the same, and that tomato concentrate and tomatoes are also the same...I guess.
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by mattkrause on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:03PM (#23341914)
In this particular situation, HFCS is going to be 42-55% fructose (with the rest as glucose) while the hydrolyzed sugar will be a 50:50 mix. Not entirely the same, but pretty close!
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by aidenn0 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:21PM (#23342097)
Actually it is HFCS + (a smaller amount of) CS. CS is pure glucose, so it could be as little as 21% fructose. In any event, it would be legal for products with the US label and the UK label to have chemically identical sugars.
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