• drosophila
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    1 day ago

    I honestly feel like if this wasn’t regulated ketchup would slowly be watered down until it was just weak tomato juice.

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      9 hours ago

      Doesn’t stop you from adding modified corn starch to it until it’s a weak tomato pudding/gravy. Wait, that’s what they already do. High quality ketchup was originally a jam (reduction of tomato fruit).

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      24 hours ago

      You’re very optimist if you expect ketchup to have any hint of tomatoes if regulations didn’t exist.

      It would be tap water, sugar and red food colouring.