That also seems to be a US experience. In the EU tomatoes can also be sour which is one of the reasons we put a little bit sugar into tomato sauces.
Ketchup has corn syrup in the US, also its generally way too sweet. Im not sure about where you are but imo tomatoes (an already sweet vegetable) doesn’t need additional sweetening.
tja@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 days ago
Tomatoes are sweet?
I grew up gardening, tomatoes aren’t sweet… Unless you specifically get a sweet variety.
As for ketchup, stop buying shitty brands of ketchup. If you think ketchup is crap, I suggest you read some history of the stuff, and maybe make your own.