Heinz ketchup nearly dethroned by one supermarket brand in blind taste test

It's the sweet-tasting condiment that many of us love to pop on everything we eat, but is there a better brand than Heinz?

If you pop round to any house across the country, you'd be hard pressed to find a cupboard that does not contain a bottle of the iconic red sauce.

Whether we are popping it on bacon sandwiches or dipping in our chips, tomato ketchup continues to remain one of our favourite sauces that we have enjoyed since childhood.

Heinz ketchup nearly dethroned by one supermarket brand in blind taste test (Getty Images)

Of course, for a lot of us, Heinz is the way to go.

But, can a supermarket's own-branded bottle of red sauce give the popular British food companies version a run for its own money?

Well, that's exactly what a blind taste test from Which? set out to find out.

Heinz managed to just retain its title (Which?)

The consumer expert website had more than 100 ketchup fanatics blind taste test nine different own-branded ketchups from supermarket's, including Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury's.

And it turns out that, while Heinz is still the reigning champion, one supermarket is good enough to almost dethrone the food giant - Waitrose.

The tasters were asked to rate the tastes based on appearance, aroma, flavour and texture of each bottle of sauce and they found that the premium-branded supermarket is a close contender for the throne.

Heinz took the top spot with a solid 80 percent, while Waitrose came in a close second with a score of 78 percent from the blind panel.

Waitrose came in a close second (Which?)

What's even better, is that the supermarket's own -branded ketchup is more than three times cheaper than Heinz at just 15p per 100g.

It will come as welcome news following the cost of living crisis that has left consumers across the country grappling with higher prices.

Waitrose Essential Tomato Ketchup secured the 'best buy' in the challenge, with the panel finding that the bottle has the ‘right combination of sweet and tangy’.

Sainsbury's and Morrisons both ranked third place (Which?)

The high-end supermarket were not the only top rated own-branded ketchup, as both Sainsbury's and Morrisons both tied for third place with their budget friendly options.

Sainsbury's Tomato Ketchup (13p per 100g) and Morrisons Tomato Ketchup (18p per 100g) both were rated high on the panel for their taste, price and appearance.

Here's how the other supermarkets fared:

• Aldi Bramwells Tomato Ketchup – 75%

• Tesco Tomato ketchup - 74%

• Lidl Batt's Tomato ketchup - 73%

• Asda Classic Tomato Ketchup - 69%

• M&S Tomato Ketchup - 65%

• Co-op Tomato Ketchup - 65%

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