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0 pointskeiferski2y ago0 comments

Your comment reminded me of the Mad Men story arc (set in the 60s) which is about Heinz being associated with beans, not ketchup.

In the US, today I'd say Heinz is almost overwhelmingly associated with ketchup, so it's interesting that their ad efforts didn't make it to Oz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDiCW6wlFBc

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arethuza2y ago

"Beanz Meanz Heinz" is etched into my memory from my youth in the UK.

Certainly when I think of Heinz I think of beans not ketchup.

jjkaczor2y ago

Huh - they once ran ads for ketchup that said something like:

"Heinz, there are no other Kinds": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JplL1XzVV4

foobar19622y ago

The Australia market was dominated by Fountain Tomato Sauce, and possibly Master Foods. Heinz Ketchup wasn't easy to find, and it may have been named Tomato Sauce rather than Ketchup here.

frogulis2y ago

These days they may have a better association with "ketchup". My sister affirms that (Heinz) ketchup and tomato sauce are distinct products, but I'm not so sure.

jraph2y ago

For me, a ketchup is tomato purée / paste + suger + salt + some vinegar + possibly some seasoning (pepper, herbs...). Tomato sauces is a larger category of any kind of tomato based sauce in which we could shoehorn ketchup. A tomato sauce could be purely salted and without any sugar in it, though a pinch of sugar can mitigate the acidic taste.

drivingmenuts2y ago

I've bought Heinz Beans at a grocery store in Austin.

In the import section.

And they weren't bad, but not great either.

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