Heinz's new ketchup smoothie mixes fruits with ketchup: 'Delicious and refreshing'

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/08/06/heinz-partners-smoothie-king-tomato-ketchup-fruit/85512729007/

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ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 1y

It's actually incredible how far we've strayed from God's light. We deserve this.

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 40 pts · 1y (2 replies)

sad_detective_man@leminal.space · 17 pts · 1y (6 replies)

how did they beat v8 or snapple to this idea? I thought they were making drinkable vegetable sludge a long time ago

Mesophar@pawb.social · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

v8 had v8 Splash and v8 Fusion since at least the late 90s, though I think they might be discontinued now? But it was tomato/carrot juice with berries and fruits mixed in.

Mjpasta710@midwest.social · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

V8 fusion still exists in the states.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Hmm, good to know, I definitely liked that stuff in the early '00s.

sad_detective_man@leminal.space · 3 pts · 1y

hmm, yeah guess they can't ever try frozen smoothies if they discontinue first.

dickalan@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Sharing what you think versus what you know is a huge problem of information literacy on the Internet and you are a part of it

winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

You know you could have went and fact checked it yourself and then hey, you know a cool new fact yourself and you could even post a comment here corroborating him or correcting him if he is wrong. Instead you decided to be a dick though. Oh, that's literally your name..

Bonus@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hey, I'm making an all fruit smoothie (cucumber and olive), you want one?

hansolo@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y

Oh! Yeah, but as some tomato and pumpkin, too!

Hiphophorrah@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Add vodka and it becomes a Sunday morning special.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Ha, I was literally about to comment about Bloody Marys.

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (9 replies)

🤢 ... 🤮

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 9 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Asia's been doing ketchup flavored sweets for a while, it might surprise you. It's literally a sugary tomato vinegar paste as is, you realize.

Kernal64@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Just because some people in some part of the world are doing horrifying shit doesn't mean we all need to do horrifying shit.

ruekk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Don't yuck other peoples yum

dickalan@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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Kernal64@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

What an unhinged response. My floor mats may smell like cum, but I'm not conservative and the only brain rot here is yours.

dickalan@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

You are responsible for how you are perceived so I’m gonna stick with my assertion

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You realize you're talking about a ketchup flavored smoothie, right?

dickalan@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

Man. I’ve Eaten baby squared out of a hot pot in Thailand as a child. I’m surprised they didn’t make this sooner

dickalan@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 1y

Touch grass weirdo

onslaught545@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I've made plenty of smoothies with v8 as a base, and it's really not that bad if you do it right.

garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

V8 doesn't have nearly as much sugar as ketchup does.

To be exact, V8 has 1g/oz. Ketchup has 8g/oz.

It's not the tomato flavour I'm worried about with this smoothie.

Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I'm one of those weirdos who likes V8, not those sugar water concoctions, the original.

onslaught545@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Thoughts on regular vs low sodium?

Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y

I prefer regular, but my health prefers low sodium.

Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I can't do the low sodium. I love V8 and have for years. Love adding hot sauces and it even passes for a low effort bloody Mary but taking the salt out of it is a deal breaker.

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 5 pts · 1y

Ketchup is already a fruit smoothie.

Jackusflackus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Eww

MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Someone alert Justin McElroy. This is prime Munch Squad material.

Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Was listening to this week's munch squad while reading this...

TheBat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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TomMasz@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y

I know better than to ask why, but why? Was there a public outcry for ketchup smoothies Heinz decided to respond to?

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

That tracks. Heinz ketchup on it's own has a lot of sugar in it already.

RobotZap10000@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y

This is what happens when a time traveler steps on a twig.

abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I would say "Britain No" but Heinz is an American company.

ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

And apparently they are also selling it here, at Smoothie Kings in Atlanta, Chicago, and New York.

I'm kinda glad it's not where I live, because it's exactly the kind of trainwreck I would want to try against my better judgment.

6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

cultural debate

Shit tomato full of sugar is now cultural. Clown world is great.