Ketchup is reportedly present in 97% of American houses, however the place within the residence ought to or not it’s saved?
Can or not it’s saved within the pantry after it’s been opened? Or does it want to remain within the fridge in between journeys to the eating room desk? And if it needs to be within the fridge, why do eating places go away it out?
These are just some of the questions that we — Raj Punjabi and Noah Michelson, the co-hosts of HuffPost’s “Am I Doing It Unsuitable?” podcast — posed to Kristen Aiken, HuffPost’s editorial director of Life and Commerce, when she lately stopped by to speak about protecting leftovers out of the hazard zone.
“There was an enormous debate over this a couple of years in the past, and Heinz needed to tweet out and clarify themselves, however mainly, in a restaurant, it’s totally different than at residence, as a result of the turnover is so quick,” Aiken stated. “They’ll undergo a bottle in a day, perhaps, with so many individuals squirting it on their meals.”
However even for those who aren’t serving lots of of friends a day, your ketchup would probably just do advantageous within the cabinet.
“Heinz, for instance, is shelf-stable. You must be capable to maintain it not refrigerated for a very long time. Nevertheless, [because of specific factors that may vary from home to home like] the temperature of your room or sure storage situations, they suggest that you just refrigerate it after you open it [to maintain quality]. But it surely actually is supposed to be shelf-stable.”
That’s due to the product’s excessive degree of acidity. Nevertheless, different manufacturers and do-it-yourself ketchup might not have the identical acidity degree and should must be dealt with in another way.
“There are all these new fancy ketchup manufacturers which can be natural, and so they most likely aren’t as shelf-stable, so that you simply should learn the label,” Aiken suggested.
Heinz UK responded to this condiment storage dilemma in a 2023 tweet. After studying that greater than a 3rd of respondents to an X (formally Twitter) survey had been protecting their ketchup within the cabinet, the corporate tweeted, “FYI: Ketchup. goes. in. the. fridge!!!”
A spokesperson for the corporate added, “Though we’re conscious many Heinz Tomato Ketchup followers have been storing their ketchup within the cabinet, we do suggest refrigeration after opening. That is one of the simplest ways to take care of the scrumptious tangy style of our Heinz Tomato Ketchup that you realize and love.”
So, whereas it’s most likely secure to go away your bottle of Heinz out (and for those who do, specialists advise it’s best to eat it inside 30 days), if you need your ketchup to style its absolute best (and who doesn’t?), maintain it chilled.
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