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Originally Posted by little_tippler
The Heinz Ketchup here doesn't use that syrup stuff you guys mentioned, it just says sugar.
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That's because you don't live in the US. Here in the US, corn is subsidized up the ass and therefore its cheaper to use HFCS than sugar. Obviously, this motivated companies to use it in just about anything they can. It's in almost everything now, including things like soda, sauces, condiments, chips, crutons, virtually anything that might have used sugar at one point. In some things you might not be able to tell the difference in taste but in things like soda (and probably ketchup) it makes a huge difference.
Americans can buy a regular soda and then go to a mexican grocery store and get the soda that is in the old-looking bottles. Do a blind taste test, it's a big difference.