Heinz Ketchup plastic bottle

socks_uk

Just having a moan and thought this was the best place to do it!

Who else thinks the change of plastic used for the 'top-down' squeezy Heinz Ketchup bottles was a bad move? When you get more than half-way through the contents the vacuum crushes the thin plastic and it makes a horrible noise as you try and get the contents out.

OK, rant over... I only bought them because they were on an offer but I think I'll give them a miss next time.

geordieracer

socks_uk wrote: »

Just having a moan and thought this was the best place to do it!

Who else thinks the change of plastic used for the 'top-down' squeezy Heinz Ketchup bottles was a bad move? When you get more than half-way through the contents the vacuum crushes the thin plastic and it makes a horrible noise as you try and get the contents out.

OK, rant over... I only bought them because they were on an offer but I think I'll give them a miss next time.

Not had heinz for a while now. All about the reggae reggae tomotoe sauce for me :j

anna_conda

Turn it over (so it's not standing on the lid). Make sure lid is firmly closed. Give it a bit of a bang on something hard, so that the sauce runs down to the bottom. Then open the lid and squeeze the bottle on the sides - that is the 'short' sides where you don't normally squeeze. That will let some air in and break the vacuum. Turn it back onto its lid...... next time you use it it should be OK... hope that makes sense!

socks_uk

I don't think I'm moaning about too much about it not squeezing out as much as the way the bottle crushes and makes a noise as it's squeezed.

I'll turn it over and give it a go although I thought the whole point of these bottles was to stand them on their lids.

Dave101t

i always squeeze them the other way once used in order to 'reset' the equilibrium. works well

frivolous_fay

If you lie them on their side they leak orange goo all over your fridge.
Or did they fix that problem?

chopperharris

I cat stand any sauce not in glass bottles , they quite frankly taste all different.

I can stomach heinz tom at a push , but definately not hp sauce.

preciousillusions

Ugh yes i hate that noise too! Sounds similar to fingers down a black-board imo.

headspace_2

Heinz have had a problem with their plastic when they went 100% Biodegradable. This really annoyed me as you waste about 1/6th of the Ketchup in the bottle. You end up scraping it out with a knife.

The plastic performs a little like it's been left out in the sun for a while.

Apparantly (careline) they have changed the plastic on the 700g pack, but are still producing this on the other packs. Imagine how many packs of Squeezy Tomato Ketchup are out there in the UK with this underperforming plastic. Do you think maybe they might have tested it?

Someone will have had a hard time about this.

dampdaveski

I've noticed the Salad cream bottles are a lot sturdier, not sure about HP sauce
though TBH not sure if I care either

pinkshoes

An even worse design is Sainsbury's SO Organic squeezable honey.

It worked well at first, but I only use it now and then, so it's now crystallised and gone solid, so not only can I not squeeze it out, the shape of the bottle makes it near impossible to use a knife to get it out either. Best before Feb 2011... Pah! Back to jars for me!!