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What about the Organic Larder brand of ketchup at OF&C?

Hi ,

I love that you have shared this bottle of ketchup. Let’s turn this into a discussion! A lot depends on how often you use these products and what you try to avoid in foods.

What is for you important besides that the ingredients are of organic origin? Do you like to avoid salt for example? Are you avoiding grains? Sugars? Additives?

I do see on the ketchup bottle the word ‘spices’ which could mean so many things. The FDA has a complete list of what can be called spices. Just click here – and search “182.10” in the Title21 Part.Section field:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm

They define ‘spices’ as:

Any aromatic vegetable substance in the whole, broken or ground form.
The significant function of food is seasoning rather than nutritional.
Material is true to its name and no portion of any volatile oil or other flavoring principle has been removed.

Exceptions to this rule include, salt and any ingredients traditionally thought of as food.

I hope that this can help you make your choice.

Personally from the labels you posted, I would have bought them both 😉

Hi  – so I Iike the mustard. All whole food ingredients which is my first priority when looking at labels.

I personally wouldn’t buy the ketchup because it’s made with agave syrup which is high in fructose and only metabolized in the liver. Now, is this a big deal if you’re healthy and rarely consume ketchup? No, not at all. But I personally prefer cane sugar over agave. And I personally like to avoid corn starch – but the good thing is that it’s organic so it won’t be from a genetically modified source.

So as Daniel mentioned in his reply, they’re both good options, and it really depends on your dietary preferences.