Jerusalem – Israeli Health Ministry Rules Heinz Can’t Use The Term ‘Ketchup’; Must Label Product ‘Tomato Seasoning’

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    Jerusalem – Based on a petition from Israeli food manufacturer and ketchup competitor, Osem, the Health Ministry has ruled that the American-based H. J. Heinz Company must change its labeling to “Tomato Seasoning” for products sold in Israel.

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    HAARETZ.com (http://bit.ly/1EfpLDZ) reports that Osem’s challenge stated that Heniz’s product does not sufficiently meet the Standards Institute of Israel’s guidelines for how much tomato paste a product must contain in order to qualify as ‘ketchup.’

    The Ministry agreed and ruled that Heinz must now change its Hebrew labeling to read ‘Tomato Seasoning.’

    However, Diplomat, the importer which handles Heinz products in Israel, will be filing its own petition asking that the Israeli definition of ketchup be changed to accommodate Heinz’s product.

    According to sources, Diplomat’s petition has the backing of the Health Ministry’s food division to reduce the standard for tamato paste from 10% to 6%.


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    8 years ago

    It doesn’t matter whether its 10 percent or 99 percent tomato paste. The Heinz ketchup doesn’t have Chassideshe hashgacha and without that gold standard of kashruth, the 99 percent of shomrei torah umitzos in EY will not use this product with the chulent and hot dogs.

    HankM
    HankM
    8 years ago

    Heniz’s? Tamato? Who checks these things, don’t you use a spell checker?

    OyGevald
    OyGevald
    8 years ago

    They’ll have to shmear him.

    cyrano
    cyrano
    8 years ago

    Hah, John Kerry, Israel gets its last licks in. Put that on your spaghetti and eat it.

    cookookajew
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    cookookajew
    8 years ago

    seriously? wow thats bold..

    MyThreeCents
    MyThreeCents
    8 years ago

    Heinz is synonymous with ketchup. everything thing else is just imitation!

    8 years ago

    Call the Heinz ketchup what you want. There ain’t no Ketchup like it and Osem better figure out their formula.

    chicagomaven
    chicagomaven
    8 years ago

    At least they don’t consider it a vegetable like the school systems here in the US did.

    sissel613
    sissel613
    8 years ago

    They have nothing better to do than worry about the percentage of tomato there is in Heinz ketchup? I”m sorry, but Heinz means ketchup and it’s the only one I will buy (except on Pesach). Let Osem, Gefen, Lieber’s and those other companies come up with something that remotely tastes like Heinz.

    8 years ago

    That’s pretty comical. It is kind of disturbing to know the there is so little actual tomato in ketchup, but that’s the way it tastes best so u can’t say it’s not ketchup.

    8 years ago

    What a laugh. Looks like someone in Israel is bored in his office.