Who puts ketchup in the fridge?

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And mayonnaise, mustard, Branston pickle.

We have a new fridge but I know my husband will fill it with 84 jars and bottles of crap.

Give me science!

Yes, I do. The storage instructions say to refrigerate after opening.

Always once open

Yes I do when opened

Yup

Weirdos. That's who.

Yes when open it says to on the tub/jar. War horrified to find put MIL didn't they have two fridges to. I now refuse ketuch at her imagine it sitting in the cupboard in this head.

I always do. It tastes horrible at room temperature.

I do. I assume the storage instructions that say refrigerate after opening have some basis in science otherwise why bother printing them at all?

It's got so much sugar, salt and vinegar I've never known a bottle to go rogue in my many years of ketchup-owning.

I do but a friend of mine doesn't, saw ketchup and even mayonnaise sitting on a shelf!

Yes, it belongs in the fridge!

Yes to ketchup, no to jam...although DH always puts jam in the fridge.

Mayonnaise, salad cream etc I do but ketchup and brown sauce I keep in the cupboard.

No, none of it! I hate cold ketchup on hot chips!

It's full of vinegar and preservatives, never seen a bottle of ketchup go off, ever.

I do, since a bottle EXPLODED in the cupboard

I put them all In the fridge. Once you've opened them, bacteria can enter the container so refrigerating them slows down the multiplication of the bacteria.

Yes here too

I also put red wine in the fridge for a while atm.

(Room temperature means 15-18C, not 25-30 )

Fridge www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/institute/household-advice/food-prep/sauces-shelf-life-storage

I keep them all in fridge.

I do every time, even before I opened it

I refrigerate all liquid condiments apart from vinegar

Mayo in fridge
Everything else in cupboard. Ketchup
Is a vinegar based condiment. Its fine unrefrigerated.

Also- putting fridge cold ketchup on bacon sandwiches is grim.

Yep we do. Why not? Keeps them fresh. I've a colleague at work who stashes in between uses a salad cream (opened) in a stationery cupboard. All kinds of wrong.

The taller bottles (eg ketchup, mayo, salad cream, salad dressing) go in one of the door shelves, & I have a storage box like this for all the small jars like mustard - it holds a lot anyway, & you can fit more on top if necessary (in my house people are always opening a new jar because they “couldn’t find” the open one 🙄)