Mcdonald's ketchup packets' numbers

[blissfulguro]

DId you know that the numbers on the upper leftmost portion on Mcdonald's ketchup packets represent something?



http://blissfulguro.blogspot.com/201...s-ketchup.html

[skippy20]

[blissfulguro]

thanks for reading the blog..try it skippy!

[Light_Yagami]

From 1-8, the higher the number the more sour the ketchup gets.

[CoolCucumber]

^Totoo ba talaga 'yan? Nasabi rin sa 'kin 'to ng kapatid ko dati.

[marianpatricia]

yun din ang sabi sa kin ng friend ko before.. worst sa kin ang #2 and fave ko is #6.. i think the rumor is true..

[gooseberry]

LOL.

Sure thing!

Those who believe are lamer than a homeless wh0re.

[BeerhandBop]

Taking a break from my Penang series, I would like to share a nice discovery. Okai, so this is not an original idea but I heard urban legends about it before. I chanced upon this blog post regarding Mcdonald's ketchup. The blogger, Aileen Dreyfus, by the way is the wife of the 90's "That's Entertainment" star Chuckie Dreyfus.

So here's the thing, those little packets of Mcdonald's ketchup have this little numbers on the upper left side portion (front). It is numbered from 1 to 8 and those numbers represent something. The number ranges from "1" being the sweetest and "8" being the sourest. So the balanced taste would be on numbers "4" and "5". That's the rumor.

see the numbers?
There were some comments on the blog post which confirmed this rumor but I wanted to try it out. I raided our fridge and saw some packets hoarded by my mom from different establishments. I was so glad to see Mcdonald's ketchup packets with numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. We don't have number "1" but I went on with my little experiment.

I missed the number 1
I opened each pack and tasted it. I did cleanse my palate with some water after every packet (I dunno if it helped). It went on with my eyes closed for whatever reason. And you know what? Each ketchup packet is really different from each other. I mean it is true! I dunno if it's psychological or something but I was so happy with the results.

paint palette-inspired ketchup
I liked numbers "6" and "7" 'coz I'm not really a fan of sweet ketchups. I remembered how Mcdonald's served banana ketchup before and how it tasted - bleh. And how can I forget the green ketchup of Burger King way back 2001-2002, not my thing too. Too much ketchup stories going on here.

I think the reason for this is; that people won't be stuck with the same ketchup taste everytime they dine at Mcdonald's. I notice how people usually combine packets of ketchup in a small container (some in tissue napkins). And if you tend to combine it, the taste will be different everytime. Or if you don't then the chances of getting the same taste (number) everytime you go to Mcdonald's is 1:8. Nice one.

Go try it yourself!

[im_a_chick]

i heard about this too from my sister....

[chowtime]

the same thing my college friend told me, that the higher the number the sour the ketchup gets. I don't know if this is true Bec. I don't like ketchups

[BeerhandBop]

i tried a 1 and an 8. they tasted the same to me. Buncha lies, imo.

[freedertjosh]

What ever Happened to their CATSUP from MCdo USA?

[gooseberry]

So bottomline, this is still complete utter bull$H|+.

[Panda_Beer]

ngayon ko lang to narinig ah. Napapansin ko na rin dati yung number, pero nung nakita ko na may numbers din yung sa sachet ng shampoo, inisip ko na sa number ng sachet lang talaga yun, kung ilang dozen na magkakadikit...

meron ako dito dalawang pack ( 2 at 6 ) pero ayoko na itry.

[BeerhandBop]

i find it funny how heinz would make 8 batches of ketchup for mcdonald's.

doesn't make much sense now would it?

[dyango]

Notice ko lang sa mga fast food outlets iba ang ketcup ng nasa packets and ng nasa burgers nila. Mas gusto ko yung nakapahid dun sa burgers kaya humihingi pa ako sa counter ng naka cup.
Ganun din yung gravy ng kfc and jolibee iba yung nasa unang serving kaysa sa refill.

[mondee]

ganun, mapansin nga pag kumain ako

[castrogelogs]

Thanks... Di ko talaga pinapansin dati yung numbers na yun : )

[BeerhandBop]

it seems that people just read the original post and not read the replies.

it's all buncha lies people.

[dyango]

kumain kami kanina sa mcdo dito sa medical city they have the complete numbers of ketchup 1 to 8. tasted 1&8 wala naman pinagkaiba, ganun din sabi ng sis and bros ko. Yung nasa loob ng kitchen yun iba talaga kulay palang iba na.