Product check · Heinz
Is Heinz Ketchup low FODMAP?
FODMAP score
48
Moderate
Mostly yes, with a serving cap — a single squeeze of Heinz is usually manageable, but this is not a condiment to be generous with. The current US label reads: tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring. Two things drive the score. First, high fructose corn syrup supplies fructose in excess of glucose — the classic form a low FODMAP approach restricts — and it sits third on the label. Second, onion powder, a concentrated fructan source, appears near the end of the list, so each tablespoon carries only a trace, but it is real and it stacks. The tomato concentrate itself also packs more fructose per spoon than fresh tomato does. On the safe side, the distilled vinegar and the plain corn syrup (mostly glucose) are non-issues. Practical read: one packet or one level tablespoon on a burger sits within most people's comfort zone; using ketchup as a cooking base — meatloaf glaze, homemade BBQ sauce, sloppy joes — multiplies the HFCS and the onion powder several times over.
What's inside
📏 One packet or a level tablespoon on a burger is a reasonable bet; ketchup as a cooking base — glazes, BBQ sauce, sloppy joes — stacks the HFCS and onion powder fast.
Gentler alternatives
↳Fody Tomato Ketchup — Certified low FODMAP; made without HFCS, onion, or garlic.
↳Homemade tomato-paste ketchup — Simmer tomato paste with distilled vinegar, a little pure maple syrup, and salt — five minutes, no onion powder.
↳Plain yellow mustard — If you just need tang on a burger, yellow mustard skips the sweeteners entirely.
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