Hellmans or Heinz
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asfault

Original Poster:

13,797 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Now hear me out. Obviously there are budget and supermarket own and also mega high ends.
but of the reasonable middle ground
Iv'e found Hellmans ketchup to be better than Heinz and Heinz mayonaise to be better than Hellmans. which is kinda the wrong way round in terms of the bigger one for each company.

Anyone else the same?

okgo

42,361 posts

229 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Hellmans Mayo
Heinz Ketchup

The end.

Defcon5

6,477 posts

222 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Hellmans mayo is white slop

Heinz mayo is pure deliciousness

okgo

42,361 posts

229 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Defcon5 said:
Hellmans mayo is white slop

Heinz mayo is pure deliciousness
You need to buy the jar version.

Greedydog

976 posts

226 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Neither, the Sauce Shop is preferable to both. No Heinz products at all given their recent profiteering.

YorkshireStu

4,419 posts

231 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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okgo said:
Hellmans Mayo
Heinz Ketchup

The end.
This for me too.

But I prefer Crosse & Blackwell Mayo and have to import that since it isn't sold here.

RobbieTheTruth

2,817 posts

150 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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asfault said:
Now hear me out. Obviously there are budget and supermarket own and also mega high ends.
but of the reasonable middle ground
Iv'e found Hellmans ketchup to be better than Heinz and Heinz mayonaise to be better than Hellmans. which is kinda the wrong way round in terms of the bigger one for each company.

Anyone else the same?
Yes.

This opinion would have been utter ludicrous a decade or so ago - but it's true now.

Hellman's ketchup is much nicer than Heinz ketchup IMO

Heinz mayo* is much nicer than Hellman's mayo IMO


  • the updated 'Seriously Good' branded one and not their standard cheaper offering that is still available

dickymint

29,231 posts

289 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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HP brown sauce and Heinz salad cream nuts

Mobile Chicane

22,029 posts

243 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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dickymint said:
HP brown sauce and Heinz salad cream nuts
Together?

Now you're talking. I'll bet this is wicked on chips.

Lotobear

9,271 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Mayo - Bramwells (Aldi), much better than either Heinz or Hellmans.

Ketchup - Stokes. End of

Sebring440

3,255 posts

127 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Defcon5 said:
Hellmans mayo is white slop

Heinz mayo is pure deliciousness
You've got that the wrong way round!


adsk

109 posts

190 months

Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Marks & Spencer Ketchup
Aldi Mayo

dickymint

29,231 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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Mobile Chicane said:
dickymint said:
HP brown sauce and Heinz salad cream nuts
Together?

Now you're talking. I'll bet this is wicked on chips.
Will give that a go - love a bit of fusion cookery hehe

Edit: not sure if Wifey would appreciate me trying it out as an alternative to her Marie Rose sauce on the Xmas dinner for the prawn cocktail rofl

twing

5,835 posts

162 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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Crucials Ketchup
Hellmans Mayo

dapprman

2,806 posts

298 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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For me:
Mayo - Hellmans (jar)
Ketchup - Tiptree

RC1807

13,694 posts

199 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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Calvé mayonnaise

Heinz is a fair runner up

Hellmann's doesn't make the top 5

jonsp

1,848 posts

187 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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For me Heinz Seriously Good Mayonnaise. Just wish it came in a jar rather than a squeezy bottle. I have mayo with my breakfast more than once the bottle run low and have to get in with scissors to get a decent scoop out. Wrong.

Don't like ketchup but Mrs always buys Tesco own brand so assume she's happy with that.

NSNO

563 posts

183 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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asfault said:
Now hear me out. Obviously there are budget and supermarket own and also mega high ends.
but of the reasonable middle ground
Iv'e found Hellmans ketchup to be better than Heinz and Heinz mayonaise to be better than Hellmans. which is kinda the wrong way round in terms of the bigger one for each company.

Anyone else the same?
I don't think that I've ever had either of Heinz mayonnaise or Hellmans ketchup to be able to comment.

Countdown

49,545 posts

227 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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I used to think Hellman's was the best until I tried Heinz. It is surprisingly good.

Hants PHer

6,508 posts

142 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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I think the Heinz 'seriously good' mayonnaise is foul, really don't like it. It's far too sweet.
In the Hants household, we have tried every brand of mayo, pretty much, and we always come back to the stand out winner: Hellmann's. Jar or squeezy, makes no difference.

As for ketchup, that's easy too: Heinz.

In both cases, you can forget your 'Lite' or <shudder> vegan versions, or anything other than the normal/original version.