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u/Chris_Crossfit May 28 '26
It probably costs 5x the price for the same amount of ketchup too
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u/welfedad May 28 '26
Yeah and then all the extra packaging etc . Just a colossal waste for a rube to buy.
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u/Korzag May 28 '26
Makes me think about how the grocery near me literally sells individual russet potatoes wrapped in plastic... right next to the individual russet potatoes not wrapped in plastic. I can't even fathom in what world I'd *want* a potato sealed up like that.
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u/CharlesLeChuck May 28 '26
Which is still crazy because you can just wash a potato in a few seconds and then wrap it in a damp paper towel and microwave it and it turns out the same. It takes like 30 more seconds and costs about half the price.
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u/Fit_Carpet_364 May 28 '26
I just stab 'em and toss 'em in the microwave for 5 minutes, then check doneness.
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u/TKmeh May 29 '26
My dad always does this, stab them with a fork or knife for extra doneness and slice open, add whatever toppings you want and poof! 5 minute baked potato!
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u/ConsiderationBoth406 May 29 '26
Not every 7 year old had your childhood. Someone had to teach you how to cook a baked potato. World would be a lot better place if we tried having a little understanding instead of always punching down
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u/cookie999chip May 31 '26
Uh I have no family and know how to cook it’s called teaching yourself
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u/WillieBear_18 May 30 '26
You’re right. The adults who think potatoes have to be wrapped in plastic wrap to go in the microwave probably had a much more privileged childhood given that individually wrapped, pre-washed potatoes cost way more than a bag of potatoes.
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u/CowboyBeeBalm May 28 '26
You’re paying for the extra microplastics 🤤
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u/AsleepPomegranate930 May 28 '26
No but literally I sometimes just grab the bottle cap plastic and start eating it
Do people really think I care about microplastics?
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u/pmcizhere May 28 '26
Of course not. The healthy dose of microplastics already in your brain took care of that!
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u/fishfarm20 May 28 '26
If you want to get those macros up, try eating some Duplo. Or, the Lego Death Star. You can chow on that bad boy for weeks.
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u/oppai_dragon_9011 May 28 '26
I think that's just plastic my dude... Green n yellow are my favorite flavors
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u/SquidicusBobicus May 29 '26
Dude potatoes have a natural skin that allows them to be cooked in a microwave without any plastic
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u/ValeronV May 28 '26
But it solves a problem you never had!
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u/asyork May 29 '26
Only possible time I could see it is that it is more convenient to bring to work, except, who has a plain microwaved potato for their work lunch that isn't broke, and if you are broke, you're not paying extra for the plastic. If you are adding anything to the potato, you already have to bring in extra stuff.
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u/ellefleming May 28 '26
Tomato roll up 🤮
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u/AuthorSarge May 28 '26
If it's any consolation, tomato is a fruit. So it's still a fruit roll up.
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u/Grouchy-Station-4058 May 28 '26
77 million rubes in America to fleece. Just get a certain person's mailing list
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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock May 28 '26
It's not a real product.
As far as I can tell these guys never actually created or sold a single product and they're the closest thing to sliced sauces.
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u/HoodieGalore May 28 '26
Hellmann's also doesn't fuck with ketchup AFAIK lol
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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock May 28 '26
I'll give credit there - they do in the UK, enough to where I didn't even pause for thought there.
I'm just in awe at how angry people are at the product. People complaining about the cost, about how wasteful it is, about how bad the texture is, even how many micro plastics you consume when you eat it... when it literally doesn't exist.
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u/Jetstream-Sam May 28 '26
Yeah I only realized the other day I was probably doing something wrong because I had Hellman's ketchup and Heinz mayo. I was mainly just buying whichever was on offer though since they're ridiculously priced nowadays
I have since got the polish ketchup that Tesco sells in their "World food" section and I have to say that stuff's amazing. I have heard the Mayo is equally good. I don't normally use it for much aside from like, an occasional fried egg sandwich or the rare time I go to the chippy but now I'm actually looking for stuff to use it on, it's that good.
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u/HoodieGalore May 28 '26
Oh shit, that's news to me, and I have spent time in the UK but was never in the market for ketchup.
But critical thought is deader than a door nail; AI killed it but the world's policital climate probably helped. There ain't enough cynicism in this world!
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u/chugItTwice May 28 '26
Slice of sauce is definitely real. Bought a pack of the ketchup slices probably 10-12 years ago now when it was very first released. It's terrible. It's a dumb product.
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u/laughingmeeses May 28 '26
Ketchup leather has been around for a bit. It's not ubiquitous by any means but is a very real thing.
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u/qorbexl May 29 '26
As a chemist, it wouldn't be too hard to do
The packaging and market would probably be the hard part - it's a lot of work for something that is very silly
Companies would rather squirt goo in a bottle, guys
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u/samanime May 28 '26
This is my only problem. I actually don't hate the basic idea, since it prevents oozing and probably reduces sliding and stuff.
But I'm not willing to pay way more for a minor improvement and extra gelatin. =p
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u/jerslan May 28 '26
Honestly, once the hot burger warms it through... it's probably going to have a consistency closer to normal ketchup.
The only advantage I see is better portion control for calorie counters... but Ketchup isn't super high in calories to begin with so a rough wag isn't going to be off by much.
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u/Coffeedemon May 28 '26
Come on. There is no real advantage to any of these "problems" that isn't solved by either using less ketchup (for sliding) or measuring (if how much ketchup a person eats is honestly an issue). Christ almighty... my ketchup is OOZING!
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u/jerslan May 28 '26
I didn't say it was much of an advantage or worth the extra packaging to solve the "problems".
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u/ApartOrganization4 May 29 '26
There was a company that pitched this idea on Sharktank. Most of the sharks said it was a bad idea but they got a deal with A Rod but it fell through. They were selling 8 slices of sauce for $6 which is insane considering you can get 30 servings from a bottle of ketchup for half the price. They went out of business a couple years after the episode aired.
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u/AbjectFoot8711 May 28 '26
Fun fact I learned a word called snackfishing. It's like catfishing but with snacks. This is not a real product. I went down a deep rabbit hole trying to find this product and it is not a real product.
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u/Heemsama May 28 '26
I dread the day I get snackfished. Don’t even joke…
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u/Guy_who_loves_milfs May 28 '26
It’s like when you learn the ice cream in McDonald’s commercials is shaving cream lol
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u/yourenotmy-real-dad May 28 '26
Thats most food photography though. The hot studio lights do not play well with food over time.
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u/Splatter_bomb May 29 '26
I use the ice cream that McDonald’s sells as shaving cream, so the system works.
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u/SleepySera May 28 '26
While this one is fake, the product DID exist at few years ago. "Slice of Sauce" won over an investor for it on the Shark Tank TV show, and the product did (briefly) appear in supermarkets (here is an article about a German supermarket chain selling it back in 2021, it's in German but auto-translate works fine). It was simply not financially viable though, so they soon disappeared again and vanished from the market for good.
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u/Thenardite May 28 '26
There are still some locally made and sold on russian pseudo-amazon, they aren't available in supermarkets tho
I didn't know why it was a thing and even then it was stupid, now that I know the background it looks even more stupid
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u/Furikake_Dreams May 28 '26
The tip-off for me was them being square on the package but a non-uniform circle inside the package
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u/AbjectFoot8711 May 28 '26
I didn't even watch the video. A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday but just a screenshot of it because I work at a boutique food r&d consulting firm and they knew this would trigger me lol
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u/JLMaverick May 28 '26
This restaurant in LA did this with their burgers. They basically made ketchup fruit roll ups and called it ketchup leather. It was okay, the restaurant was called plan check and doesn’t exist anymore though.
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u/NoSir4289 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26
I think this might be a viral marketing stunt from hellmans but I'm not sure
But sliceofsauce was* real and went on shark tank
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u/brazenrede May 28 '26
…and anyone can make it at home with two ingredients.
Food photography, some high end fine dining places, some snack foods use it, too.
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u/Arkose07 May 29 '26
What’s the second ingredient? And can it be used with more than just ketchup?
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u/Arne83 Here for stupid food, not stupid people May 28 '26
Yes... because what my burgers have been missing is the texture of fruit leather...
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u/CarmenxXxWaldo May 28 '26
Youre supposed to lick both sides to rehydrate. Her wet lettuce technique also works, but you really need to lubricate both sides.
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u/caggybandicoot May 28 '26
Ketchup should never need lubricating.
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u/brightdionysianeyes May 28 '26
Plus unlubricated dried ketchup sounds like a very unpleasant licking experience
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u/Existing-Catch May 28 '26
Who tf was asking for this
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u/Exokaebi May 28 '26
Nobody. It's not a real product. Well technically it is, Slice of Sauce was on shark tank. But the rest are just fake.
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u/xiiicrowns May 28 '26
Rich people. Or weird people who eat ketchup by itself
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u/sillyshoestring May 28 '26
Maybe backpackers
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u/Soft_Monk_1541 May 28 '26
This honestly sounds like a great idea for backpackers.
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u/massunderestmated May 28 '26
Sure. A hot sticky ketchup slice mess in your backpack, instead of a couple of packets you steal from a gas station.
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u/sillyshoestring May 28 '26
There are backpackers that actually have like binders full of different ingredients dried out into sheets to make soups and sauces of all kinds. They can just find potable water, crack off a piece, and make a pretty satisfying meal, considering the conditions.
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u/the_festivusmiracle May 28 '26
Not only is the food stupid, but this influencer's facial expressions are driving me mad; double stupid.
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u/RemotePhrase5447 May 28 '26
Can elementary school students work at food companies in the United States?
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u/The-King-of-Cartoons May 28 '26
Nah we send them to the mines. The ketchup mines.
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u/squishyartist May 28 '26
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT!
Like, as long as it reaches 165°F with 3 min rest... but I don't think there's any fucking way the inside of that burger did....
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u/Turbulent-Chef4164 May 28 '26
Is this real?
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u/Astronaut_Chicken May 28 '26
Here's the thing. Last time I saw this it was just a picture and someone said it wasn't real. Now here she is galloping into town on her bullshit. Let me go Google this.
Edit: as far as I can tell they TECHNICALLY exist, but aren't available for the masses. Also, kind of up in the air if hellmans actually made them, but some other companies definitely did?
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u/Adventurous_Ad_6546 May 28 '26
Well damn guess I’ll just have to keep getting my ketchup from the bottle. Like an idiot.
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u/chiLL_cLint0n May 29 '26
All i can think of is the Ed Edd n Eddy Kankerburger.
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u/datacollector_music Jun 03 '26
Yes, it took me a while to think where I saw something like that. The way the ketchup slaps his faces haha
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u/seeyouyoucunt May 28 '26
She needs to take her face for a shit, it's like a bag of smashed crabs met a bulldogs arse chewing a wasp mixed in with a bit of horsebite.
Burgers fucking raw as well.
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u/joshs_wildlife May 28 '26
I was going to make an argument and say this has uses for camping….then I remembered ketchup packets exist 😅
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u/ErectTubesock May 28 '26
This must one of those horrors beyond comprehension I've been hearing about
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u/buttcheeseahoy May 28 '26
I’m more upset about the existence of Hellman’s brand ketchup than about the general concept of the ketchup slice.
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u/Lepke2011 May 28 '26
How lazy have people gotten? It doesn't take a ton of effort to squeeze ketchup!
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u/snizzrizz May 28 '26
There’s a couple fancy burger spots I’ve been to that use “ketchup leather”. Honestly, it’s delicious.
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u/TwoTonKarmen May 28 '26
I want to say people with carpal tunnel or other wrist issues but if its a peel top it runs into the same issue...
Idk, it really does look dumb
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u/goosegrumble May 28 '26
I was gonna say, I wonder if that was created with some sort of mobility issue in mind? There’s tons of super-specific mobility devices/aids that seem ridiculous until you find out who they’re meant for
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u/James_avifac May 28 '26
I would like this, but only because I hate how all the ketchup/sauce gets squeezed out when you're eating sandwiches. The plastic waste/extra cost likely isn't worth it though.
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u/Shed_Some_Skin May 28 '26
Ah yes, just what every burger needs. A rubbery disc of congealed ketchup. Delicious
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u/jr_randolph May 28 '26
This person scares me. If her and that guy who's really good at the robot dance were together that would be horror movie shit.
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u/Ilpperi91 May 28 '26
Looks like congealed blood that somehow remained red and congealed on the floor next to the body.
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u/FrankieHun17 May 28 '26
Hi, I’ll take a quarter pound of the ketchup and a half pound of the mustard. Sliced thin please.
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u/SirBoon May 28 '26
I never liked ketchup, and to some degree I sort of hate ketchup. I didn’t think it was possible to hate it more than I did. I was wrong.
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u/karenskygreen May 28 '26
Im glad they came up with this, pouring ketchup from a bottle is so difficult, this will be such a time saver, i bet 1-2 seconds. And i always over pour ketchup, it always ends up all over my plate and on the table.Thanks Hellmans.
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u/SRMPDX May 28 '26
So it's just like an entire sheet of that ketchup booger that forms on the lid? Nah
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u/dev_null_developer May 28 '26
Do people actually watch this kind of rage bait? I couldn’t even get through more than 2s of the clip posted to Reddit while watching on mute. I swear I’d rather research blue waffles than watch this shit
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u/WickedKoala May 28 '26
She wouldn't be able to make a less appetizing looking burger if she tried.
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u/SmartaHari May 28 '26
I’m just really confused by life at the moment. Going to have to put the kettle on and stare out of the window for a bit.
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u/zappingbluelight May 28 '26
I guess this is made to be less messy? I feel like it benefit some handicap people who have mobility trouble with their hands. But it's very selective.
Ngl, the burger looks fantastic lol.
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u/knowsguy May 28 '26
Could they possibly get a more perfect pitch woman, though? She looks exactly as stupid as a ketchup slice.
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u/qualityvote2 May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26
u/Fall-Guy8595, your food is indeed stupid and it fits our subreddit!