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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#Ketchup #KetchupShortage #Heinz #McDonalds #BugerKing #TacoBell #FoodTheory #Food #Recipe #Matpat #GameTheory #FilmTheory

[@lycieae8879]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ60e2Cuh7ODrLs.

[@aamni6585]

Taco Bell gives me 11 packets of sauce for 2 items

[@melnlmb649]

As a current employee I second that

[@chrisej5987]

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

[@PotatoCYO]

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.

[@saroneaimah8854]

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.

[@Grand_Chimera]

@Lou Lou rickroll?

[@CV-TNAA]

S T O N K S

[@namikkou]

Yeah same, my family has been getting those for years-

[@calvinscarvings.66]

Why?

[@gustavoruiz6907]

@nightmare king no he is self advertising

[@katastrophic182]

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]

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]

Neat

[@DrGooseDuckman]

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

[@BeingShari]

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]

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

[@danielgonzalez5787]

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

[@cartoonmaster2401]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k

[@47ratsinahoodie]

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

[@Someone-is4lx]

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

[@devod4000]

@@47ratsinahoodie Sadly true.

[@KaoDragon]

hehehehehe

[@klopse8858]

"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.

[@toenailmuncher0772]

Oh my god same

[@ksen1011]

Wheezing at the accuracy. We also have a drawer of sauce packets 😆😆

[@tonyacatlett3683]

SaMe

[@tonyacatlett3683]

Except I have an entire vault worth of ketchup and mustard

[@tonyacatlett3683]

One vault for each type

[@AdemirZX]

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]

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

[@notmedicine2220]

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!

[@haloizkwl]

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

[@teenyorphan4702]

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

[@BrownSofaGamer]

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]

Why tho :p

[@BrownSofaGamer]

@@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]

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

[@BrownSofaGamer]

@@SceurdiaStudios Exactly

[@thatdude2180]

i ordered 21 packets and they gave me 1

[@andrazprelec8263]

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

[@Egerit100]

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

[@sethgrubb926]

The two people above me are psychopaths

[@Egerit100]

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

[@Dreana77]

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]

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

[@M4t_P4tGT]

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

[@namelessbee603]

same

[@deedeen9987]

Bot

[@M4t_P4tGT]

@@deedeen9987 Nuh uh 😈

[@samloyd9287]

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]

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]

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

[@girhen]

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]

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]

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

[@AWildRaito]

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

[@zomazoma3609]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ60e2Cuh7ODrLs......

[@MatheusRAlves-lg5nd]

Like 69. nice.

[@wind_reader]

time to start selling them at a profit

[@kyfig4321]

Also me, who doesn't like ketchup :D

[@travistee368]

@@kyfig4321 me too

[@campbellhansen7533]

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.

[@SuperCringeGaming]

0:40 I love the intro...

[@kurei5349]

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

[@waterwolfdragon_VR]

Water water water water it all happened when WATER

[@bhmon6304]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5CriJd9fbWXh7s ,

[@neptunicdolphin2340]

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

[@MeggieMags]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@justarandomalt255]

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

[@asmasarwar9870]

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

[@Exlaax]

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]

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

[@ratdude747]

@@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]

@Lou Lou stfu ad

[@newquinken]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@jellybeamiswierd4154]

Congrats on first

[@rankemanke9154]

@@jellybeamiswierd4154 I’m third

[@CHarper19]

*matpat

[@indominusrex1652]

@@CHarper19 no its matpat's brother matpwt

[@indyfmw]

@@CHarper19 oooo weee... a corection.

[@zoura_3025]

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

[@bossboy2410]

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

[@BlueXnAaron7063]

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

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@hunde2430]

Get out

[@is.mayonnaise.an.instrument]

Got out right now

[@sophies26]

I can’t decide to laugh or be disappointed

[@marariegel4514]

something that isn’t illegal but feels illegal

[@smugod]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k

[@ghostiiezz7863]

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

[@applecidergang7730]

hahahahaha urs are all poor peasants I have tomato sauce hahahahaha

[@thighmeat6034]

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]

i also do that lol

[@screamingcat4365]

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

[@UnusualSandvichTF2]

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

[@Cheeseburger897]

4:56

[@Uberwenis]

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]

that’s insane

[@joshuamedina6807]

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

[@sansoon1234t]

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

[@bubbleblower634]

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

[@Uberwenis]

@@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.

[@khaledjerbi702]

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

[@lounsosos816]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5CriJd9fbWXh7s ^^

[@nayeemaakhter2798]

Ayy Edward Elric pfp

[@lounsosos816]

@@nayeemaakhter2798 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5CriJd9fbWXh7s :)

[@loganelizabeth5063]

Facts

[@gorgorothgirlll]

He is king, He is god, He is legend.

[@drigondii]

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

[@clarkusesyt]

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*

[@katd349]

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

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@cheeto9613]

Cheeto

[@z_xcv747]

@@cheeto9613 cheeto

[@AKaq-iv3nt]

@@z_xcv747 cheeto

[@hypernova2159]

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

[@mnoelis]

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?"

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@lovelylow69]

@@ggjk8419 Why do you guys spam random links

[@thatdude._.]

Lol

[@joshuabender7400]

@@lovelylow69 I would assume its a bot.

[@Merennulli]

@@lovelylow69 Those are bots. Report them.

[@ailsaide1680]

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

[@EricckkkMoneyyy]

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

[@CoolCat.Hazelll]

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]

Ketchup tho

[@dababy3374]

@Lou Lou dababy doesnt approve promoting yourself

[@hats2151]

@Lou Lou let me guess, a rick roll

[@kiwistudios9511]

@@dababy3374 omg it’s dababy!!!

[@lawjef]

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

[@sullyrane653]

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

[@maenad1231]

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

[@Guitartube25]

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.

[@priscillashaw8402]

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

[@emilianorios4761]

You wouldn’t?

[@sillicon8227]

@@emilianorios4761 bruh

[@ttry1152]

@@sillicon8227 bruh.

[@iconofthicc6086]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXnKZoaAjrd7d5I

[@PyroKuromi]

Yes

[@megladon6]

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]

holy sh*t u r a madlad

[@chrisstanger6650]

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]

@@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

[@smosque4432]

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.

[@_marshP]

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

[@alpaca4902]

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

[@zomazoma3609]

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[@youareveryannoying9179]

@@zomazoma3609 shut up

[@sarahvanrooyen7280]

Lol

[@alpaca4902]

@@zomazoma3609 ???

[@youareveryannoying9179]

@@riskyy2933 shut up

[@latioshunter]

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"

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

That goes with most things in life honestly

[@kaldo8907]

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.

[@probably-xenon]

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

[@SeaLevelTZ]

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

[@GuerkHD]

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 KZbinr 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)

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@dragonflame5282]

Interesting

[@theonlymr2]

What about soy sauce

[@NicholeParker]

This is so interesting! I’d watch this theory

[@GraceOfDiamonds]

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

[@star-crossedallies3667]

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

[@zacharywiggins9660]

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

[@FinestFantasyVI]

I love how Edd Crouse actually became a thing. In this theory and the last and hopefully all the more to come. (Note: Is like lagging behind on sub videos)

[@AdelineManlangit-ld8zo]

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

[@adnanchowdhury4050]

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.

[@thenamescow5466]

Let me do that right now

[@mistyvex5552]

Same 😋😁

[@vikinggamer7727]

The sandwich and fries don't have ketchup

[@sekoseko365]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ60e2Cuh7ODrLs.

[@adnanchowdhury4050]

@Deborah Ajao same here to man

[@emmam4223]

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.

[@bhmon6304]

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[@godz3717]

@@bhmon6304 Frick you , bot !

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@@chaoticoofhead9543 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5CriJd9fbWXh7s :)

[@Quixoria]

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

[@kolleenhanetho1865]

They have the dip and squash packets at covers to

[@CHEFPKR]

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

[@ramenpanda1204]

No likes? What?

[@lval7778]

He made the comment too late

[@LegalOof]

Syrup gang

[@sleep.starvedd]

Hello fellow Canadians! :D🇨🇦

[@bomberfish77]

@@sleep.starvedd hello! :D

[@Jermeister06]

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

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@JohnPikeman]

@@ggjk8419 what is that link to

[@boltogen5416]

@@JohnPikeman idk but don’t click it, it’s probably a scam bot

[@boltogen5416]

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

[@JohnPikeman]

@@boltogen5416 ya probably a virus

[@xyeB]

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

[@Melvin-bq2eq]

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

[@emmalocknane9359]

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.

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@NUFIGHTER]

@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]

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

[@foxgaming76yt24]

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]

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.

[@dhruvjaiswal8197]

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]

The science needed for the average youtuber

[@lfkkkfk862]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k

[@monstersociety3360]

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]

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]

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

[@flatulenttater]

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

[@sixtieralone]

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

[@TorstenAdair]

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.

[@nathangiles7900]

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

[@goober814]

GOOD IDEA

[@bhmon6304]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHRoYSgeslqi8k :)

[@diamondkid2226]

@@bhmon6304 can someone tell me what this video is

[@Ashheartmeow]

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

[@BayAreaPolice]

@@bhmon6304 get lost

[@crazy_adventures6326]

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

[@meowdasia]

I am from the future in the past,Taco Bell sells mini guns now

[@potato8910]

@@meowdasia wait what

[@meowdasia]

@@potato8910 Taco Bell is now called mini gun bell

[@asherthepoopsieslimesurpri5835]

makes sense

[@hadilol]

@@meowdasia what else has happened 😕

[@patrickruocco1815]

That was the best beginning to one of these videos yet

[@allietip]

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.

[@SM-xd2xv]

Absolute madlad

[@adlirez]

You incredible madlad XD Hope your professor checks it out and gives you an A

[@nachotrashG]

absolute madlad- you better get an A now

[@ihearthiguchiichiyo]

Madlad

[@thethrashingsloth8154]

Lad

[@hudsongaiser4851]

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

[@riskyy2933]

*Omg I discovered food theorist OLD CHANNEL, here it is:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2HLaad6ZtmWocU

[@tonkinspoce6949]

@@riskyy2933 shut up

[@JohnPikeman]

@@riskyy2933 not true

[@-OneMoreGhost-]

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

[@JohnPikeman]

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

[@thevoiceofchance]

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

[@soulplexis]

0:07 is that a reference to OwnagePranks

[@pancakeproductions1493]

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

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

First of all gross second not necessarily.

[@exceptionallyriso]

@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 They don't mean it literally lmao

[@JSideFx]

Well if he married her instead of your grandmother then you wouldn't exist 😐

[@sandychen1381]

Ki

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

@@exceptionallyriso I know

[@AuroraTheNeko]

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.

[@deviantartguy0]

You read like a Halo fan.

[@Kas_Styles-Akuma]

Lol.

[@rmadara]

fascinating

[@jacobott3382]

my niqqa

[@boredianz]

@@jacobott3382 Uh Ok

[@Demarcussykeshwh]

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

[@FairyPhantasia]

The beginning skit actually got me this time 🤣

[@crimson3532]

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]

Buffalo sauce is WAYYYY BETTER with fries than ketchup tbh🤭

[@dbone3356]

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]

@Okapi Lizard you mean tomatos

[@partycrasher1569]

@Okapi Lizard true

[@partycrasher1569]

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

[@KetchupCantCatchUpFromU]

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.

[@thelostorchid767]

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.

[@realkingofantarctica]

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

[@patricksarama4963]

I lowkey cried during that scene

[@chriskwee6798]

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

[@Squidbush8563]

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

[@notsad0096]

Lmao i remember that scene

[@chunky_kit-kat1343]

@@chriskwee6798 what was it?

[@servivo4247]

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

[@danielkirienko1701]

Oh, that WAS fun!

[@kimura_b4mv]

@@danielkirienko1701 hahahahahahahahahahaha

[@popstel2286]

Nice

[@kingzach74]

Most of the time when I go to Wendy's I receive the glorious Heinz dip n squeeze pods(infinitely better than packets) you mentioned in the video. The last time I went was a couple months ago. I go to Wendy's once every other month so perhaps the shortage of packets is over.

[@thomasslone1964]

I can't wait to see this guy's next series after this

[@theholisticpilotwife5642]

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]

Good to know!

[@yesstephen1854]

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

[@bhmon6304]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5CriJd9fbWXh7s '

[@6thwilbury2331]

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]

@@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.

[@tarderis2933]

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

[@maxcrazy7]

He has to with "that" Mortgage.

[@oltoz7003]

He probably has a team and manager

[@bruv_kekw8550]

He does

[@ollyfry3560]

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

[@buchebanks7254]

4 if you count live gt

[@Solairzz]

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

[@jeffbudd7678]

The other issue Hienz faces is that they are under contract to other companies to produce "branded" ketchup for other companies - ie Sysco branded ketchup packets, bottles, vol-paks etc further straining their supply. But as the video says, the market is wide open and there are already multiple other producers such as French's, ED Smith and so on.

[@notchristiankunze]

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!

[@thatonegreenshot7464]

Heinz is best🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫

[@kinnan931]

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

[@rayman4976]

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

[@HelloThere553-]

@@rayman4976 THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU

[@hamnchkn]

Nice but you may be a bot

[@DerpyPossum]

the first 3 replies are bots smh.

[@these90svibez97]

@@rayman4976 NO

[@sheenakinman8506]

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

[@skyzophrenyk]

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

[@_thethinker5557]

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

[@zomazoma3609]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ60e2Cuh7ODrLs......

[@mayaparamita2254]

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

[@graceoartyo]

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

[@LovableLeafeon]

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

[@ZeroSpeaks]

As someone who works at McDonalds: we are in fact NOT running out of ketchup. Just workers.

[@rodrigomateodelgadodelacru8154]

Golden Arch Propaganda

[@over-pronouncedmayonaise3464]

we got a short staff too.

[@nicoforlife7385]

It's not mcdonald's if it's not short staffed!

[@FriedMonkey362]

We have sauce dispensers for the burgers anyways dont need packets for that

[@BrandonWheelr]

They should pay their workers a fair wage

[@marcuspeterkin8370]

As someone who hasn't eaten ketchup since childhood this just makes me happy

[@thedementedferrets]

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

[@Arid909]

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

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k .

[@randomusermaximuss]

I've been doing this too; BBQ is just better ketchup.

[@OctavianVca]

@@ggjk8419 every single comment

[@crowwwwwwwww]

Same-

[@D3m0nX-01]

I see you are a man of culture.

[@EsEN101]

Who knew I was so passionate about food? No same to film or game theory but this channel always seems to deliver exactly what I didn’t know I needed.

[@zomazoma3609]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ60e2Cuh7ODrLs......

[@isitamoguel]

Same

[@graceoartyo]

i feel the same, i feel like it’s cause you don’t need to watch or play something to understand the context for the video

[@ethansou]

No shame? Is that what you mean?

[@SwagMonztr]

lol that intro was sublime xD

[@luraltua7143]

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

[@breakthecode4634]

Dude the taco bell sauce bit fricken killed me. They are legit the only place that I appreciate the sauce amount given.

[@lfkkkfk862]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX-5daCXg6h_a9k

[@satoukazuma4837]

Matpat: "-but that year everything changed when-- Me: " THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED??!!" Matpat: -- when Heinz- Me: ...

[@omegabet3912]

--WHEN THE HEINZ NATION ATTACKED!

[@satoukazuma4837]

@@omegabet3912 lmao good one

[@xavier_lim24]

za warudo

[@haticecetin6118]

haha antscanada easter egg :D

[@cyanorturquoise5989]

,:(