На прошлой неделе, мы сообщали о Великий канадский торт Хайнц Кетчуп, a PR creation dreamed up in honor of Heinz Canada’s 100th birthday.

But the important ketchup question for many Americans who relocate to Canada is “Why does the ketchup taste different?”

When my family first moved to Canada, one of the first things that my daughters noticed was that the ketchup didn’t taste the same as it did back in the U.S.

When I looked at the bottle, казалось, как кетчуп Heinz мы привыкли покупать в Штатах, except that the package said, "Кетчуп Томатный"Вместо старой доброй Tomato Ketchup. But the kids insisted that it wasn’t the same.

“And crackers taste different, слишком,"Мои девочки сказали мне,, pointing to a familiar box of saltines.

How could this be?

Оказывается, что многие U.S. companies have Canadian subsidiaries that, во многих случаях, do their own manufacturing. И even when the products are sold by the same names, the ingredients can be different.

Возьмите те засоления. Nabisco делает их в U.S. и продает их под «Премиум» метки. В Канаде, бренд Christie Premium Plus. Both Christie and Nabisco are owned by Kraft.

The ingredients in the U.S. version are enriched flour, soybean oil, соль, high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, malted barley flour, baking soda, and vegetable monoglycerides. Канадские засоления сделаны с обогащенной пшеничной муки, soybean oil and hydrogenated cottonseed oil, соль, sodium bicarbonate, солод муки, дрожжи, amylase, protease, and sourdough culture.

Похожие? Конечно. То же самое? Нет.

И кетчуп? По Хайнц Канада, “…хотя Хайнц имеет один основной рецепт, there are differences – depending in which country it is made in. Например, пользователи кетчуп в Канаде, Англия, Australia and Venezuela like their ketchup a bit sweeter than ketchup users in the U.S. и материк европейцев, who tend to like their ketchup a bit spicier.”

So even though Heinz’ slogan says, "Если это не так Heinz, это не кетчуп,"В Канаде, it can still be Heinz without being точно так же кетчуп.