Food Theory: We Are RUNNING OUT of Ketchup! (McDonalds)

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    Did you know we are running out of ketchup? Well, ketchup packets. You see the past year has really changed the face of the restaurant industry and one of the main ways is portable condiments. Except there is a little more nuance to this situation left out of that. The truth is Heinz, the king of ketchup, is running out of it's famous condiment. What does this mean for the future? Well, I have a theory...
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  • @lycieae8879
    @lycieae8879 Před 3 lety +6250

    As an ex Taco Bell employee, we "supposed to give 1 sauce packet per item", but the stores order like 50 pounds of each sauce and some people need more than 1 packet sooo.. Enjoy having a quarter pound of sauce

    • @sekoseko365
      @sekoseko365 Před 3 lety +5

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    • @aamni6585
      @aamni6585 Před 3 lety +361

      Taco Bell gives me 11 packets of sauce for 2 items

    • @melnlmb649
      @melnlmb649 Před 3 lety +200

      As a current employee I second that

    • @chrisej5987
      @chrisej5987 Před 3 lety +97

      I once said naw I'm good cause we had a bagful from a previous visit and got a fistful of diablo 🤣

    • @PotatoCYO
      @PotatoCYO Před 3 lety +107

      As a taco bell worker, I do get yelled at if I follow this rule since it's either too much sauce or not enough. I even had one person's order a taco. 1 taco. And got mad when we put only 3 sauce in their bag.

  • @AWildRaito
    @AWildRaito Před 3 lety +829

    "We are running out of ketchup."
    The poor college students who have their pockets filled with packets: *Oh no! Anyways.*

  • @katastrophic182
    @katastrophic182 Před 2 lety +1339

    I went to Wendy's a couple weeks ago and instead of giving me packets they gave me a little cup with a lid filled with ketchup, so much better than packets imo.

    • @xitizzz
      @xitizzz Před 2 lety +54

      True, I don’t even bother to get packets for takeouts. Just use the bottle I have at home. I do like to enjoy my food and not having to open 10 ketchup packets while eating helps with that.

    • @Daniel-jk6ve
      @Daniel-jk6ve Před 2 lety +1

      Neat

    • @DrGooseDuckman
      @DrGooseDuckman Před 2 lety +6

      Straw?.... Or... No?....

    • @BeingShari
      @BeingShari Před 2 lety +11

      They use to offer the same at Burger King the the 90s and I really liked it so I didn’t have to struggle with stupid packets. So much more ketchup and easy to dip my fries

    • @joshuabrown3361
      @joshuabrown3361 Před 2 lety +1

      At my location, which is inside of a truck stop, we have a stand for ketchup, salt and pepper, and cutlery.

  • @danielgonzalez5787
    @danielgonzalez5787 Před 2 lety +44

    I'm surprised that fast food places don't package their own condiment packs, especially since they are always so weird about bbq sauce

  • @klopse8858
    @klopse8858 Před 3 lety +1729

    "Ketchup packet demand is up 300%"
    The drawer that my mom has put all of her sauce packets in is finally going to be opened.

  • @haloizkwl
    @haloizkwl Před 3 lety +291

    "We need ketchup packets for take out!"
    Heinz: "You got it! Touchless ketchup dispenser!"

    • @teenyorphan4702
      @teenyorphan4702 Před 3 lety +2

      hey, if you run out of touchless hand sanitizer dispensers, there's a subistute

  • @AdemirZX
    @AdemirZX Před 2 lety +81

    I discovered this channel only a few weeks ago, and by watching the episodes in chronological order, it becomes really apparent how the amount of dad jokes have been increasing a lot over time :v

    • @Seynapizza
      @Seynapizza Před 2 lety +6

      Him having a kid and doing his best to learn asap those jokes:

  • @notmedicine2220
    @notmedicine2220 Před 2 lety +76

    Funny story about Taco Bell sauce packets:
    My dad is a regular at Taco Bell. He would always use tons of hot sauce on his food; he practically drank the stuff. The workers knew this, so James, the guy running the drive thru that day, gave us a mound of sauce. It was so much that it filled a gallon ice cream bucket and then some!
    It lasted us months!

  • @saroneaimah8854
    @saroneaimah8854 Před 3 lety +3689

    I’ve been hoarding ketchup packets for years. This packet shortage will be the first thing I’ve ever been prepared for in my life.

  • @cartoonmaster2401
    @cartoonmaster2401 Před 3 lety +596

    MatPat: "Okay, admittedly I'm being a bit overdramatic about the whole 'demise' thing."
    Your major was musical theatre, we aren't gonna judge you.

    • @lfkkkfk862
      @lfkkkfk862 Před 3 lety

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    • @47ratsinahoodie
      @47ratsinahoodie Před 3 lety +43

      Unfortunately, people are very quick to attack MatPat whenever he does anything exaggerated.

    • @Someone-is4lx
      @Someone-is4lx Před 3 lety +46

      @@47ratsinahoodie and they keep taking his theories way too seriously and as facts, DESPITE HIS CATCHPHRASE

    • @devod4000
      @devod4000 Před 3 lety +13

      @@47ratsinahoodie Sadly true.

    • @KaoDragon
      @KaoDragon Před 3 lety +2

      hehehehehe

  • @andrazprelec8263
    @andrazprelec8263 Před 3 lety +111

    A ketcup shortage
    Me a mayo fan: oh yeah its all coming together

    • @Egerit100
      @Egerit100 Před 2 lety +7

      My favorite is a mix of mayo and ketchup (for French fries at least) so I only need half the ketchup. Oh yeah

    • @sethgrubb926
      @sethgrubb926 Před 2 lety +9

      The two people above me are psychopaths

    • @Egerit100
      @Egerit100 Před 2 lety +6

      @@sethgrubb926 when there's too much mayo in the world: PHSYCOPATHS GO BRRRRRR

    • @Dreana77
      @Dreana77 Před 2 lety +4

      Well....guess I'm a psychopath....I am a big mayo user..😶...okay☺️🎶....no murders tho....just weirding people out.🙃 Now play "Helena" to my captures.(fictional) Hehehe

    • @lapisbuterfly
      @lapisbuterfly Před 2 lety +3

      @@Egerit100 why not add some vinegar and some spices in the mix?

  • @SuperCringeGaming
    @SuperCringeGaming Před rokem +6

    0:40 I love the intro...

  • @BlueXnAaron7063
    @BlueXnAaron7063 Před 3 lety +370

    "I accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes"
    "Really, Sir?"
    "I now have *Heinzsight"*

  • @samloyd9287
    @samloyd9287 Před 3 lety +772

    As a former taco bell employee, we are told to just straight up toss giant handfuls of sauce so customers never complain about not having enough

    • @corenlavolpe6143
      @corenlavolpe6143 Před 3 lety +77

      I used to work at one as well, we never got told that but it was like common knowledge to give a lot unless they asked for a specific amount.

    • @modernkennnern
      @modernkennnern Před 3 lety +27

      I noticed this happening whenever I visited BK a few months back. I got like 4 packets. 1 was already too much

    • @girhen
      @girhen Před 3 lety +10

      I think they tried limiting to 1 per item in the 90s. My standard is 2 per item, unless it's a crunchwrap supreme or quesadilla. Then I need 3 or 4.

    • @volcanicrose7158
      @volcanicrose7158 Před 3 lety +13

      When I started at Taco Bell, I was told to put one sauce packet per one food item in the bag. And if a customer asked for extra, I had to up it to three sauce packets per one food item. Then I noticed that other new workers wouldn't have that training, so it kind of became just put a handful in the bag and leave it as that. Unless the customer asked for a specific amount.

    • @CringeHunterJon1
      @CringeHunterJon1 Před 3 lety +18

      Lol I asked for "as much mild sauce as you can give me without getting in trouble" and there were 40 sauce packets in the bag

  • @justarandomalt255
    @justarandomalt255 Před rokem +8

    Heinz will always have the best ketchup whether to dip in your hash browns or drink when you're stuck in a grocery store

  • @M4t_P4tGT
    @M4t_P4tGT Před 9 měsíci +10

    As someone who doesn’t even eat ketchup I see this as an absolute win

  • @BrownSofaGamer
    @BrownSofaGamer Před 3 lety +4034

    As a Taco Bell worker, the sauce packet part is 100% accurate we don’t care how many sauces you want, we’ll give handfuls of sauce to people who order one taco if they ask. Even if people just ask for one we usually give a few.

    • @justazombie6273
      @justazombie6273 Před 3 lety +67

      Why tho :p

    • @BrownSofaGamer
      @BrownSofaGamer Před 3 lety +336

      @@justazombie6273 Because if people don’t complain and they get through the drive thru quickly then we’re fine, and if extra sauce makes them leave happy then that’s fine. We don’t give crazy amounts unless people ask, but we don’t ever give just one because there’s no point in giving just one when you could give like 3.

    • @SceurdiaStudios
      @SceurdiaStudios Před 3 lety +198

      @@BrownSofaGamer the key to happiness is simple, more ketchup

    • @BrownSofaGamer
      @BrownSofaGamer Před 3 lety +82

      @@SceurdiaStudios Exactly

    • @thatdude2180
      @thatdude2180 Před 3 lety +36

      i ordered 21 packets and they gave me 1

  • @smugod
    @smugod Před 3 lety +472

    Ok, funny story, my friend has been stealing ketchup packets from the school cafeteria and putting them in his back pack, he has around 100 packets of ketchup in his bag, I have no words.

    • @Sakura-if8it
      @Sakura-if8it Před 3 lety +1

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    • @ghostiiezz7863
      @ghostiiezz7863 Před 3 lety +27

      Tell then to sell it on eBay when the Heinz ketchup packets raise value, then split the money if it gets sold

    • @applecidergang7730
      @applecidergang7730 Před 3 lety +5

      hahahahaha urs are all poor peasants I have tomato sauce hahahahaha

    • @thighmeat6034
      @thighmeat6034 Před 3 lety +6

      i have no words as well. How he is not feeling on edge about the old ketchup packs? With any pressure, they might just explode in his bag someday

    • @einokei
      @einokei Před 3 lety +1

      i also do that lol

  • @campbellhansen7533
    @campbellhansen7533 Před 2 lety +11

    Man! As an objectively ketchup obsessed guy, I gotta tell ya… more accurately speaking, the history of ketchup is from Central Europe. The first time it was made, it was a type of sauce called “catch up” or “Catsup,” and the most historically known primary ingredient was assorted edible mushrooms. A simple way of making the sauce was taking a large quantity of mushrooms in a basket or bucket, covering in salt to extract the moisture, separating as much moisture as possible by squeezing through a cloth, seasoning by preference and taste, and using like that, the mostly dehydrated mushrooms would be usable in other dishes, or if prepared a certain way, could simply be a travel snack. To my knowledge, the Chinese fish pickling thing is more along the lines of a way to make a soup broth and preserving the fish.

  • @asmasarwar9870
    @asmasarwar9870 Před 2 lety +2

    mat pat: don't you see history repeating itself
    techno blade: don't you see history repeating itself

  • @kurei5349
    @kurei5349 Před 3 lety +294

    “But then everything changed cause Heinz wasn’t prepared for...” when the fire nation attacked?

  • @sullyrane653
    @sullyrane653 Před 3 lety +160

    As someone who works at sonic, weve already moved to non-Heinz ketchup. I didnt know it was because of this until now lol

  • @EricckkkMoneyyy
    @EricckkkMoneyyy Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just noticed the Intro has the Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man in it!!! MattPat is and always been so funny and cool!

  • @screamingcat4365
    @screamingcat4365 Před 2 lety +2

    2:55
    The 'oh my god!' guy has a fly on his forehead

  • @MeggieMags
    @MeggieMags Před 3 lety +444

    Canadian here. We turned out back on heniz several years ago because they left a bunch of our tomato farmers high and dry after not buying the crop they promised too. We all switched to frenchs because they stepped up and bought those tomatoes.

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou Před 3 lety +31

      Apparently they also bought a sauce factory that heinz sold and left for cheaper labour according to one of the comments here in Ontario too.

    • @HITMANPegas
      @HITMANPegas Před 3 lety +32

      Frenchs is making Ketchup in Canada. I didn't know that and here I am buying Heinz like a sucker. Thanks for the update I guess no more Heinz for me, I have to support local food sources.

    • @borisdragosani7584
      @borisdragosani7584 Před 3 lety +18

      Another Canadian here, this is absolutely correct. French's started making Ketchup with Canadian Tomatoes, so a lot of us made the switch. Support businesses that support you, that's the mentality!

    • @PaendaTube
      @PaendaTube Před 3 lety +4

      @@WayStedYou if this was America and you were American the left would brand you all right wingers for caring about your countries industries and the jobs that they offer.
      Hopefully people start to grow some sense and realize that outsourcing is a means to exploit the poor. Deny the citizens, exploit the foreigners.

    • @brianisme6498
      @brianisme6498 Před 3 lety +4

      Heinz never caught on in Australia. So, we don’t even refer to it as ketchup. It’s most commonly referred to as tomato sauce. I was a weird change when I first moved here. But I eventually got used to it.

  • @mnoelis
    @mnoelis Před 3 lety +352

    The opening gag reminded me of this time in high school. I was car pooling with a few other kids to play practice after school and we stopped at Taco Bell to get drinks and nothing else. After making the order of drinks the drive thru guy asked "would you like hot sauce with that?"

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      @ggjk8419 Před 3 lety +1

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    • @lovelylow69
      @lovelylow69 Před 3 lety +14

      @@ggjk8419 Why do you guys spam random links

    • @thatdude._.
      @thatdude._. Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

    • @joshuabender7400
      @joshuabender7400 Před 3 lety +9

      @@lovelylow69 I would assume its a bot.

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli Před 3 lety

      @@lovelylow69 Those are bots. Report them.

  • @AdelineManlangit-ld8zo
    @AdelineManlangit-ld8zo Před 7 měsíci +1

    Other countries :We don't have any ketchup
    Philippines :Chill while enjoying banana ketchup

  • @bossboy2410
    @bossboy2410 Před 2 lety +2

    2:18 miss a good pun right there pat you should have said "ket-chup"

  • @Exlaax
    @Exlaax Před 3 lety +300

    As an ex dairy queen employee I can say the entire staffs jobs were threatened by giving more than two dip and squeeze ketchups "if they want more after that give them regular packets" I had to tell someone that once in the drive thru

    • @newquinken
      @newquinken Před 3 lety +8

      Demand must be REALLY high for them if they have to limit them like that

    • @ratdude747
      @ratdude747 Před 3 lety +14

      @@newquinken Or they cost way more than regular packets. Pretty sure that packaging is patented and somebody is collecting a lot of royalties on it.

    • @IndominusGLP1
      @IndominusGLP1 Před 3 lety

      @Lou Lou stfu ad

    • @newquinken
      @newquinken Před 3 lety +2

      @@ratdude747 I mean, if it was JUST cost then Dairy Queen could straight up stop using them, if they're seen as no better then the cheaper regular packets, then a company would just stick to the regular packets. There HAS to be a demand for them for them to be used at all, otherwise the company wouldn't bother spending that higher price on them XD

    • @kathrynlarsen3683
      @kathrynlarsen3683 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ratdude747 You are right about the cost. From the year I helped a friend's bar set up ordering contracts. The regular packets are were $0.01-$0.03 a packet. The Dip n Squeeze were $0.10 a packet.

  • @rankemanke9154
    @rankemanke9154 Před 3 lety +757

    I think matpat is going insane just by looking at the intro

  • @zoura_3025
    @zoura_3025 Před 2 lety +2

    7:15
    Guess you could say it just didn't tickle their fancy.

  • @drigondii
    @drigondii Před 2 lety +3

    Those dip n squeeze packs are truly the ultimate fast food sauce delivery method

  • @Uberwenis
    @Uberwenis Před 3 lety +234

    I'm surprised you didn't do one on the whole chicken wings shortage tbh. After that crazy snowstorm in Texas, 50,000 chickens died and now lots of stores can't even get wings to sell to restaurants.

    • @maravillas
      @maravillas Před 3 lety +8

      that’s insane

    • @joshuamedina6807
      @joshuamedina6807 Před 3 lety +8

      As a Texan I didn't know this...
      neat

    • @sansoon1234t
      @sansoon1234t Před 3 lety +2

      Yup, at Zaxbys we have a wing shortage and we can’t do “all flats” and people are going crazy about it.

    • @bubbleblower634
      @bubbleblower634 Před 3 lety +5

      are those 50,000 chickens still edible?? 👀👀👀

    • @Uberwenis
      @Uberwenis Před 3 lety +3

      @@joshuamedina6807 Yep. It's funny, cause I live in Ohio, but know people in the business who are sick to death of restaurant owners yelling at them for not having any to buy.

  • @priscillashaw8402
    @priscillashaw8402 Před 3 lety +660

    The Taco Bell guy was so enthusiastic to give MatPat sauce that he grew a whole new hand just to pull a lever

  • @SeaLevelTZ
    @SeaLevelTZ Před rokem +2

    Interestingly, people were selling ketchup packets on ebay for absolutely absurd prices during the storage.

  • @UnusualSandvichTF2
    @UnusualSandvichTF2 Před 2 lety +4

    4:51 wait Wait WAIT!!! WHAT IS CATSUP!

  • @katd349
    @katd349 Před 3 lety +185

    "ketchup packets are in high demand"
    *Local restaurant called sidelines when making my takeout order:* mm yes 2 handfuls

    • @ggjk8419
      @ggjk8419 Před 3 lety +1

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    • @cheeto9613
      @cheeto9613 Před 3 lety +5

      Cheeto

    • @z_xcv747
      @z_xcv747 Před 3 lety +4

      @@cheeto9613 cheeto

    • @AKaq-iv3nt
      @AKaq-iv3nt Před 3 lety +1

      @@z_xcv747 cheeto

    • @hypernova2159
      @hypernova2159 Před 3 lety +1

      The one in pensacola? If so i go there all the time its soo good

  • @GuerkHD
    @GuerkHD Před 3 lety +627

    Hey Matt, I have a suggestion for a Food Theorie Episode. In modern cooking there are five basic sauces that are considered as so called mothersauces. Every other sauce there is can be created by altering these five. The mothersauces, as considered today are: Béchamel Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Espagnole Sauce, Velouté Sauce and Hollandaise Sauce. But among those is an imposter. The french author Auguste Escoffier first mentioned this definition in his book "Le guide culinaire", and he described the sauced as stated above with the one little difference, that he did not consider hollandaise a mothersauße, because there is a simpler more basic sauce, that is made the same way (a cold emulsion of egg(water) and oil), and this sauce is … mayonnaise. But because he did not list mayonnaise in the same paragraph as the other mothersauces, and only described his discovery in the introduction sentence above mayonnaise, that got lost in the official English translation, this information got lost and even disappeared from later publications. The cooking CZcamsr Alex (He is a frech guy that does food oriented videos) had doubt about the legitimacy of hollandaise and went to the Paris library to requested to read in the original version to proof that. But to this day almost every article on the internet published the wrong mothersauce status of hollandaise, denying mayo his rightful place in the Olymp of sauces. (He did try to contact Wikipedia to "fix" the article and after half a year he managed to secure a side note on the English entry of "Frech Mother Sauces" about mayonnaise be the OG mothersauce.) I highly recommend watching Alex's original video, because this was his discovery and not mine. I just thought it would make for a nice Food Theorie Episode. (Man did I write a lot. I should probably got to sleep now xD)

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      @ggjk8419 Před 3 lety +3

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    • @dragonflame5282
      @dragonflame5282 Před 3 lety +14

      Interesting

    • @theonlymr2
      @theonlymr2 Před 3 lety +13

      What about soy sauce

    • @NicholeParker
      @NicholeParker Před 3 lety +8

      This is so interesting! I’d watch this theory

    • @GraceOfDiamonds
      @GraceOfDiamonds Před 3 lety +15

      ngl didn't read all of it but you seem pretty passionate about this so I gave you a like to help matpat see it

  • @smosque4432
    @smosque4432 Před 29 dny

    I have to say I love the original editing style and the current one a ton the animated images just gives it a nice aesthetic I now mostly associate with these great channels and my childhood.

  • @alpaca4902
    @alpaca4902 Před 3 lety +162

    Scientists: *trying to stop a pandemic*
    The internet: we're running out of ketchup

  • @CoolCat.Hazelll
    @CoolCat.Hazelll Před 3 lety +535

    Can we just appreciate how many channels this guy has but he is able to post on I think all his channels about 1 time a week

    • @nobodyakacat-girlmario3707
      @nobodyakacat-girlmario3707 Před 3 lety +1

      Ketchup tho

    • @dababy3374
      @dababy3374 Před 3 lety +33

      @Lou Lou dababy doesnt approve promoting yourself

    • @hats2151
      @hats2151 Před 3 lety +2

      @Lou Lou let me guess, a rick roll

    • @kiwistudios9511
      @kiwistudios9511 Před 3 lety +3

      @@dababy3374 omg it’s dababy!!!

    • @lawjef
      @lawjef Před 3 lety +3

      How many employees work for those channels? If you don't even have a clue maybe you shouldn't be....

  • @ailsaide1680
    @ailsaide1680 Před 2 lety +1

    That Troll 2 reference was the best thing I've seen all day

  • @Solairzz
    @Solairzz Před 2 lety +1

    That’s why at school they started handing out “fancy ketchup” packets over Heinz ketchup

  • @megladon6
    @megladon6 Před 3 lety +221

    Former Taco Bell employee, can confirm. We use to get into packet fights and a manger tried to put a stop to it by saying we had to pay for them. I handed them $20 and we took the box of a thousand.

    • @karpholmes6942
      @karpholmes6942 Před 3 lety +12

      holy sh*t u r a madlad

    • @chrisstanger6650
      @chrisstanger6650 Před 3 lety +5

      You lucky son of a gun I’d do anything to buy a months supply of Taco Bell Hot packets there the best even better than Walmart brand Bottles they are nasty compared to the packets .

    • @Yorelz
      @Yorelz Před 3 lety +7

      @@chrisstanger6650 the packets are actually pretty good haha I always keep some packets around in case I make tacos and don’t have a good salsa

  • @latioshunter
    @latioshunter Před 3 lety +148

    The problem with being the number one supplier is that if you go down, you take everyone down with you...and everyone else is even quicker to seek out alternatives rather than hear "we'll be fine next week"

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      @ggjk8419 Před 3 lety

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      .

    • @jimbothegymbro7086
      @jimbothegymbro7086 Před 3 lety +1

      That goes with most things in life honestly

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 3 lety +1

      Imagine a bus company with a tire shortage. People aren't getting to their jobs, you aren't making any money, you need tires no matter who you bought tires from yesterday. 1 day without tires is far too long. A week is an eternity.

  • @KetchupCantCatchUpFromU
    @KetchupCantCatchUpFromU Před 9 měsíci +1

    oh no... BUT IF ANYBODY TRIES TO USE ME AS A KETCHUP BOTTLE. i will escape and run away until they stop looking for me.

  • @_marshP
    @_marshP Před 2 lety

    Can we get that tapping-the-57 mini food theory?
    Maybe you can package it with some other "food theories for another day",
    call it "Food Theory: Leftovers", or something else to do with Takeout lol

  • @emmalocknane9359
    @emmalocknane9359 Před 3 lety +423

    The opening Taco Bell gag makes me think of TWO instances now where my dad ordered, like...3 things from Taco Bell, and they gave him-I kid you not-48 PACKETS OF HOT SAUCE!!!!!!!! Each time. So now my family has a bowl of hot sauce packets sitting on the table.

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      @ggjk8419 Před 3 lety

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    • @NUFIGHTER
      @NUFIGHTER Před 3 lety +2

      @Emma Locknane Are you related to the GOTY Blue Lick Road's occupants? They had a similar bowl of sauce packets in their kitchen!

    • @auhsojacosta1672
      @auhsojacosta1672 Před 3 lety +6

      Whenever that happened I would drink the packets like some sort of psychopath in 3am

    • @foxgaming76yt24
      @foxgaming76yt24 Před 3 lety +2

      I don't think there's a taco bell in where I live, so I don't think I can ever experience something like this

    • @domomitsune5920
      @domomitsune5920 Před 3 lety +3

      My parents used Taco Bell sauce packets whenever they made anything like burritos or tacos. To this day I put Taco Bell sauce on all my Mexican food. I wouldn't say I'm a cheapskate, but I refill my bottles with their packets.

  • @crazy_adventures6326
    @crazy_adventures6326 Před 3 lety +489

    Honestly, I think the reason why Taco Bell gives out so many sauce packets is so you could make a machine gun that shoots sauce packets in the event of a zombie or robot apocalypse

  • @clarkusesyt
    @clarkusesyt Před 2 lety +2

    Sans in Undertale Genocide Route: *angry* and *being brave*
    Sans seeing this video: This is BAD!!! *panics*
    Sans when he watches 2:48: Oh. Phew. *calms*

  • @Guitartube25
    @Guitartube25 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Some late news from Germany. We had McD brand ketchup packages FOREVER by now. There is no such thing as "squeezy bottles of ketchup" not even if you stay inside for a meal. You want ketchup? You get a little bag! And McD has been selling their bottled up Ketchup and other sauces for years in super markets by now. Started as the usual McD brand, but for some reason had to change to Develey. Still, same same.

  • @Jermeister06
    @Jermeister06 Před 3 lety +184

    the dip n squeeze ketchup is like one of the best inventions ever and i still dont understand why other fast food chains havent been getting them

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      @JohnPikeman Před 3 lety

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      @boltogen5416 Před 3 lety +5

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    • @boltogen5416
      @boltogen5416 Před 3 lety +9

      @@JohnPikeman just never click links from no pfp accounts in general

    • @JohnPikeman
      @JohnPikeman Před 3 lety

      @@boltogen5416 ya probably a virus

  • @emmam4223
    @emmam4223 Před 3 lety +355

    I think at this point I'm just waiting for MatPat's Scooby-Doo moment where he dramatically reveals "Food Theory was Business Theory all along!" And I'm here for it.

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      @chaoticoofhead9543 Před 3 lety +1

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      @godz3717 Před 3 lety

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      @lounsosos816 Před 3 lety

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  • @QueenAstrowaffles
    @QueenAstrowaffles Před 6 měsíci

    MatPat yelling 'Curse you Taco Bell' is the most relatable thing he's ever said.

  • @flatulenttater
    @flatulenttater Před 2 lety

    I completely agree with you on the dip n' squeeze packets, Matpat. Those things are awesome

  • @pancakeproductions1493
    @pancakeproductions1493 Před 3 lety +316

    My grandfather dated the heiress of the Heinz family in college, if he had married her I might be swimming in a pool of condiments right now

  • @dhruvjaiswal8197
    @dhruvjaiswal8197 Před 3 lety +228

    Food theory idea - Can we have an episode where you try to find the best hangover cure? Like you did with spice but...maybe a little more theory and less actual hangover-ness

    • @mexgirlmindy
      @mexgirlmindy Před 3 lety +7

      The science needed for the average youtuber

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      @lfkkkfk862 Před 3 lety

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    • @monstersociety3360
      @monstersociety3360 Před 3 lety +18

      I like this theory idea a lot actually - trouble is, Matt & Steph aren't heavy drinkers, and nobody anywhere wants to be known as an alcoholic, so they'd have to do a best hangover cure episode over a LONG period of time, like months in development. Also, exactly what would work best as a hangover cure would vary wildly from person to person... but it could be done! Make it happen Matpat!
      My understanding is that what we call "hangovers" are actually caused by severe dehydration caused by alcohol consumption - the chemical causes you to lose water, and you'd feel the same way if you were trapped in a desert for several days - so the best hangover cures are often those that hydrate you quickly, like lots of water, or some smoothie recipes. I've heard that smoothies with lots of watermelon, cucumber, coconut, etc. can really help, largely due to their electrolytes & stuff. Also, some over-the-counter drugs could help, like Alka-Seltzer. All of which could make for a good test on Food Theory.

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Před 3 lety +5

      Easy: water. The characteristic hangover symptoms are caused by dehydration.
      Drink as much as you pee. If you still get a headache, drink a couple full glasses and you can take some "Excedren" (asprin with caffeine)

    • @NUFIGHTER
      @NUFIGHTER Před 3 lety +3

      @@monstersociety3360 I used to get those coconut water cartons and drink half at night and the rest in the morning. Worked like a charm!

  • @probably-xenon
    @probably-xenon Před 2 lety +2

    5:42 just gotta say arbys curly fries, UNDERATED.

  • @maenad1231
    @maenad1231 Před rokem +1

    1:59
    I’ve never NOT had ketchup in my fridge, Bro

  • @khaledjerbi702
    @khaledjerbi702 Před 3 lety +574

    Who spends days, researching about ketchup, just to entertain us, deserves a medal 🥇... Well done 👏

  • @crimson3532
    @crimson3532 Před 3 lety +420

    I went to McDonald’s yesterday and got a large thing of fries when I asked for ketchup they gave me three packets, this is truly dark times 😭

    • @Name-if1ix
      @Name-if1ix Před 3 lety +13

      Buffalo sauce is WAYYYY BETTER with fries than ketchup tbh🤭

    • @dbone3356
      @dbone3356 Před 3 lety +4

      That's standard procedure though. If they don't specify how manu they want. 1 ketchup for small, 2 for medium, 3 for large. Same with napkins. 1 per item. Meal (burger, fries, drink) is 3 napkins.

    • @izawa9211
      @izawa9211 Před 3 lety

      @Okapi Lizard you mean tomatos

    • @partycrasher1569
      @partycrasher1569 Před 3 lety

      @Okapi Lizard true

    • @partycrasher1569
      @partycrasher1569 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Name-if1ix i add buffalo sauce in my hamburger

  • @xyeB
    @xyeB Před rokem

    Man can’t relate more it’s not only shortage in franchises but in regular homes I went to store the other day and found no ketchup

  • @micwclar
    @micwclar Před 2 lety +1

    "Curse you Taco Bell" a phrase many a bathroom has heard.

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica Před 3 lety +262

    This is like that scene in The Martian where he runs out of ketchup and immediately becomes depressed.

    • @patricksarama4963
      @patricksarama4963 Před 3 lety +10

      I lowkey cried during that scene

    • @chriskwee6798
      @chriskwee6798 Před 3 lety +5

      @@riskyy2933 I thought it was a rickroll but it was something much worse

    • @Squidbush8563
      @Squidbush8563 Před 3 lety +2

      So he dipped his potato in crushed vicodin. I think his substitute was acceptable.

    • @notsad0096
      @notsad0096 Před 3 lety

      Lmao i remember that scene

    • @chunky_kit-kat1343
      @chunky_kit-kat1343 Před 3 lety

      @@chriskwee6798 what was it?

  • @nathangiles7900
    @nathangiles7900 Před 3 lety +622

    Theory Idea: How long can dairy queen blizzards stay upside down and how

    • @goober814
      @goober814 Před 3 lety +4

      GOOD IDEA

    • @bhmon6304
      @bhmon6304 Před 3 lety +2

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    • @diamondkid2226
      @diamondkid2226 Před 3 lety

      @@bhmon6304 can someone tell me what this video is

    • @Ashheartmeow
      @Ashheartmeow Před 3 lety +1

      @@diamondkid2226 it's just a to be continued meme of subnautica lol

    • @BayAreaPolice
      @BayAreaPolice Před 3 lety +2

      @@bhmon6304 get lost

  • @furiousvictor6531
    @furiousvictor6531 Před 2 lety +3

    I bet you there’s lore in the food theory intro

  • @FutureFoxyOfficial
    @FutureFoxyOfficial Před 11 měsíci +1

    "Oh I know what'll cheer you up!" *grabs rope*
    ooooooooooooooooof that looks bad

  • @CHEFPKR
    @CHEFPKR Před 3 lety +3174

    No more ketchup?
    My Canadian brothers and sisters, rise up.

  • @AuroraTheNeko
    @AuroraTheNeko Před 3 lety +285

    So they made the gag at the beginning where taco bell is weirdly eager to give away sauce packets. And it reminded of the time I ordered a 12 pack of tacos and when they asked me what type of sauce I wanted I said "Just give me all of em, im the sauce boss" and they responded with "I got you fam." and when i got home and opened the box half of it was filled with sauce packets.

  • @Melvin-bq2eq
    @Melvin-bq2eq Před rokem

    I can't stop watching the intro it's just too funny 😂

  • @luraltua7143
    @luraltua7143 Před 2 lety +1

    In Britan, and I assume other European counties, McDonalds' Ketchup is produced by Heinz and in little, plastic, box-like packages.

  • @adnanchowdhury4050
    @adnanchowdhury4050 Před 3 lety +259

    I love the Food theory gang. I could just chow down on a sandwich and eat some fries while hearing good ol MatPat just explain a theory he came up with.

  • @abyssal_dreams
    @abyssal_dreams Před 3 lety +356

    In the uk, McDonalds has tubs with a peel lid which is perfect for dipping :)

    • @lolerskates876
      @lolerskates876 Před 3 lety +1

      Carls Jr has almost every sauce in tubs

    • @greyswallow7076
      @greyswallow7076 Před 3 lety +5

      That's convenient

    • @brenchadpicks3
      @brenchadpicks3 Před 3 lety +10

      In the U.S. too, at least where I live

    • @skyforthewin
      @skyforthewin Před 3 lety

      @@lolerskates876 Except for ketchup

    • @serenabrowne4517
      @serenabrowne4517 Před 3 lety +1

      It does in the country i live in too but burger king has packets :c and my country is on lockdown so only essential places are open which means no burger king

  • @kritsadventures
    @kritsadventures Před 2 lety +1

    They could squeeze it from the pump into a small lidded cup like other restaurants do.

  • @patrickruocco1815
    @patrickruocco1815 Před 2 lety

    That was the best beginning to one of these videos yet

  • @_thethinker5557
    @_thethinker5557 Před 3 lety +184

    I wonder how he looked like IRL in his closet saying :
    "Curse you taco bell"🤣🤣

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      @zomazoma3609 Před 3 lety +1

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    • @mayaparamita2254
      @mayaparamita2254 Před 3 lety +2

      and what his neighbour thought when he's saying that 😄

    • @graceoartyo
      @graceoartyo Před 3 lety +1

      i imagine he was looking at the ceiling and shaking his fist

    • @LovableLeafeon
      @LovableLeafeon Před 3 lety +2

      I just immediately imagined "curse you Perry the Platypus!!!!!" When he said thet

  • @theholisticpilotwife5642
    @theholisticpilotwife5642 Před 3 lety +190

    Hitting the ketchup bottle in the 57 definitely works better than just shacking it. I worked at a Johnny Rockets in high school where we had to make smiley faces out of the ketchup coming out of the glass bottles. As you can imagine this was difficult. We actually found out that instead of your hand hitting the 57 the best way to do it was to keep your hand in the same place and moving the bottle to let the 57 hit your palm.

    • @crazy_pyromaniac
      @crazy_pyromaniac Před 3 lety +4

      Good to know!

    • @yesstephen1854
      @yesstephen1854 Před 3 lety +12

      The ancient arts of ketchup bottle shaking has been passed down to me.

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    • @6thwilbury2331
      @6thwilbury2331 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, weird that Matt doesn't know that one. I haven't had ketchup in about 30 years, and even I know to do that.

    • @tylarjackson7928
      @tylarjackson7928 Před 3 lety +1

      @@6thwilbury2331 Most places don't use glass bottles anymore. I'm 26, and I've only experienced them maybe 10 times in my entire life.

  • @Demarcussykeshwh
    @Demarcussykeshwh Před 2 lety

    I remember my first time watching robot chicken lol The edits are giving me nostalgia

  • @thelostorchid767
    @thelostorchid767 Před 2 lety

    We also had catch-up shortages in schools I was wondering why they only were giving out one ketchup packet to each student, I originally thought it was because of Covid and they didn’t want people touching the packets but now I know why sadly I’m not on food theory as much as I am the other two channels so this took me quite a while to find.

  • @hudsongaiser4851
    @hudsongaiser4851 Před 3 lety +274

    I like how the intros aren’t funny sometimes but how much they make me laugh.

    • @riskyy2933
      @riskyy2933 Před 3 lety +1

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    • @tonkinspoce6949
      @tonkinspoce6949 Před 3 lety +9

      @@riskyy2933 shut up

    • @JohnPikeman
      @JohnPikeman Před 3 lety +1

      @@riskyy2933 not true

    • @-OneMoreGhost-
      @-OneMoreGhost- Před 3 lety +1

      @@JohnPikeman this guy posted the same comment at least 3 times on this one video

    • @JohnPikeman
      @JohnPikeman Před 3 lety +1

      @@-OneMoreGhost- ok I know but it’s still not true

  • @Arid909
    @Arid909 Před 3 lety +263

    Me who has been using BBQ sauce my whole life: *_"My goals are beyond your understanding."_*

  • @Quixoria
    @Quixoria Před rokem

    The intro skit is so relatable, I asked for a couple packets of mild and they gave me a pile of Diablo sauce.

  • @star-crossedallies3667
    @star-crossedallies3667 Před 3 lety +161

    Never thought I’d be enjoying learning about the history of ketchup this much.

    • @zacharywiggins9660
      @zacharywiggins9660 Před 3 lety +2

      but seriously, why aren't there more dip and squeeze packet thingies? those things are clearly superior.
      even if you run out of what is in it, you can open it up and dip what is left

  • @allietip
    @allietip Před 3 lety +177

    Dear food theory: thanks for helping me to write a couple papers for my MBA. Yes, I did reference you and hoping my professor doesn’t judge me. Maybe he’s a subscriber too.

  • @MilkyGamesOfficial
    @MilkyGamesOfficial Před 2 lety +1

    As my grandmas wise words are, “Cats up is the best”

  • @sheenakinman8506
    @sheenakinman8506 Před 2 měsíci

    I know this is 2 years later but lately the McDonald's Ketchup at 3 different local stores has tasted like cleaning supplies

  • @Alitari
    @Alitari Před 3 lety +43

    Heinz also took a BIT of a hit recently when they decided to stop using Canadian tomatoes and yet continue to sell their product in Canada ... a good chunk of folk around here switched to French's which proudly played up their Canadian tomato content.

    • @roxorz007
      @roxorz007 Před 3 lety +2

      French's actually has a better taste, I just wish they had a glass bottle version.

  • @Soulz_Samurai
    @Soulz_Samurai Před 3 lety +296

    Me eating fries with ketchup right now: "Oh no, anyway!"

  • @FairyPhantasia
    @FairyPhantasia Před rokem

    The beginning skit actually got me this time 🤣

  • @thedementedferrets
    @thedementedferrets Před rokem

    I love that this is about ketchup, and I have a ketchup advertisement on the pre-roll ad.

  • @notchristiankunze
    @notchristiankunze Před 3 lety +83

    Heinz may be the market leader and all, but when you go to some hole-in-the-wall local restaurant and they give you Red Gold ketchup packets, you KNOW you're in for some amazing food!

  • @servivo4247
    @servivo4247 Před 3 lety +102

    Funfact: The Ketchup in McDonalds Portugal is made in Portugal and it is exported to some McDonalds locations in Spain and France.

  • @rulahnalexander4655
    @rulahnalexander4655 Před rokem +2

    You should do Book Theory.

  • @astridmaack4516
    @astridmaack4516 Před rokem +1

    Did McDonald’s ever go back to Heinz? Coz if McDonald’s world-wide stopped selling Heinz ketchup, then the ones in Denmark must’ve decided to change that. I am pretty sure you get Heinz ketchup in Denmark. I do recall a time where it wasn’t Heinz, but that was years ago and didn’t last for more than maybe a year.

  • @SmolGothic
    @SmolGothic Před 3 lety +151

    "I guess you could say this is a golden opportunity for Heinz's competitors to ketch-up"
    me: *forgets that I'm not on a voice chat and drums on the desk* badum-tsh
    *realization*
    ...I mean, I'm sure he would've appreciated it if he could hear me

  • @LostTexanTwitch
    @LostTexanTwitch Před 2 lety +1

    May be a little late to the game here, but hitting 57 does in fact work for those stubborn bottles.

  • @thevoiceofchance
    @thevoiceofchance Před 2 lety

    I've been making the catch up joke for years and I'm honestly happy to hear it here on food theory

  • @tarderis2933
    @tarderis2933 Před 3 lety +161

    Respect's to MattPat. He run's 3 channels and makes amazing content out of them.

    • @maxcrazy7
      @maxcrazy7 Před 3 lety +1

      He has to with "that" Mortgage.

    • @oltoz7003
      @oltoz7003 Před 3 lety +6

      He probably has a team and manager

    • @bruv_kekw8550
      @bruv_kekw8550 Před 3 lety

      He does

    • @ollyfry3560
      @ollyfry3560 Před 3 lety +5

      @@oltoz7003 still incredibally hard, just cause minecraft has alot of team members and a manager dosent mean its any easier

    • @buchebanks7254
      @buchebanks7254 Před 3 lety +3

      4 if you count live gt

  • @kinnan931
    @kinnan931 Před 3 lety +377

    Evan is the guy we need in the horror movies, meaning someone actually smart and quick minded.

    • @rayman4976
      @rayman4976 Před 3 lety +4

      *THE FOOD THEORiSTS, ! CZcams, GARBAGE! MY QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER.*

    • @HelloThere553-
      @HelloThere553- Před 3 lety +10

      @@rayman4976 THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU

    • @hamnchkn
      @hamnchkn Před 3 lety +2

      Nice but you may be a bot

    • @DerpyPossum
      @DerpyPossum Před 3 lety +3

      the first 3 replies are bots smh.

    • @these90svibez97
      @these90svibez97 Před 3 lety +3

      @@rayman4976 NO

  • @sixtieralone
    @sixtieralone Před 2 lety +4

    I love how he's acting like prioritising customers and supermarkets is a bad thing since dominance on the shelves is very important.

    • @TorstenAdair
      @TorstenAdair Před 2 lety +1

      They can buy the real estate and shelf placement. Maybe short term consumers buy another brand, but they’ll return for their favorite when the shortage ends.
      In 1973, McDonald’s was still growing, and each new store is an exclusive client; no competition unlike grocery stores. That’s a given demand, with stable profits for Heinz.