I received the products mentioned compliments of Influenster and Heinz for testing purposes.
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Influenster kindly sent me three new sauces in the Heinz Hot line of ketchups. Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of condiments and use them sparingly. My husband, however, is the Condiment King and uses multiple sauces regularly. I knew he’d be excited to try the new Heinz Hot varieties and he certainly was! I had him sample some since I don’t regularly consume condiments so here are our thoughts about the Heniz Hot ketchups.
Chipotle Tomato Ketchup
The first and most mild ketchup I received was the Chipotle Tomato Ketchup. This one tastes mostly sweet with a very small hint of heat. I don’t usually prefer extremely spicy foods and condiments; this one lived up to its mild rating. I was disappointed to see that one of the ingredients is high fructose corn syrup which seems so unnecessary considering Heinz produces wonderful ketchup without it.
Jalapeño Tomato Ketchup
The Jalapeño Tomato Ketchup is labeled as a bit more spicy than its Chipotle counterpart. It is also incredibly sweet and its heat did seem to linger but it wasn’t too hot. This ketchup also contains high fructose corn syrup which I found to be disappointing.
Habanero Tomato Ketchup
The Habanero Tomato Ketchup is labeled as the spiciest of the Heinz Hot ketchups. This ketchup had a smoky flavor and wasn’t intensely spicy. In fact, all of the flavors seem to have the same level of spiciness. I’m assuming the spice scale fluctuated between the Heinz Hot ketchups based on the peppers that were used in each sauce. This one too contains high fructose corn syrup. Even so, this flavor was my husband’s favorite and he likened it to the spicy ketchup served at Whataburger.
While it was fun to test out these new ketchup flavors, I don’t see these condiments making a regular appearance in our refrigerator as we are pleased with the current version of Heinz that we use.
