Having never, to the best of my knowledge, eaten Canadian-brewed ketchup of any brand, I cannot speak to the central issue of this thread. But, then again, when has total ignorance ever stopped anyone from posting to the Mudcat?

If Canadian ketchup is to US ketchup as Canadian beer is to US beer then it's doubtlessly a far superior product. But, the question that immediately comes to mind is "How good would ketchup have to be before anyone would put the stuff on food that is palatable without it?" Ketchup is meant to cover up the taste of substandard food items like fast-food French fries, catfish from muddy environs, and toilet paper. Why anyone would ever put ketchup on decent sausage, good home-made French fries, or anything else that doesn't merit a biohazard label is a mystery.

Anyway, even the thickest ketchup is to thin to be spread with a spatula and anything that leads to spatula unemployment is bad for the economy.