Hunt's Tomato Ketchup

Name: Hunt's Tomato Ketchup
Brand: Hunt's

Conagra's ketchup in the red bottle, a plain tomato, vinegar and salt recipe sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupHigh fructose corn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
High fructose corn syrup	Corn syrup	HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

Tomato Concentrate made from Vine Ripened Tomatoes, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Less than 2% of: Onion Powder, Natural Flavors.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2740040). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More ketchup and mustard first, then the rest of the condiments, dressings and sauces aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Hunt's Tomato Ketchup

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

Same aisle, fewer flags

Annie's Organic Honey Mustard

Annie's Organic Ketchup

Annie's Organic Yellow Mustard

Duke's Spicy Ground Mustard

Gulden's Spicy Brown Mustard

Heinz Yellow Mustard