Supermarket shoppers have become embroiled in a heated debate over a store cupboard essential found in every single Aldi store.
The debate was started on the Aldi Shoppers UK Facebook group this week, where one shopper claimed to be asking the divisive question 'for a friend' - on whether tomato sauce should go in the fridge.
Within hours, over 400 people had descended furiously on the post to offer some very strong opinions on the subject.
The first commenter thought they had put the matter to rest, writing: "If you think about where it was in the supermarket that’s where you store it," they said, before adding a self-satisfied: "Was it in a fridge or not, problem solved x."
But within minutes, others had descended on this comment like angry vultures, exasperatedly explaining how: "that's before it's opened though" and "in the supermarket it was not open yet !"
"Can your friend not read the back of the bottle that clearly says once open store in the fridge, I don’t even know why this is a debate, the instructions are clear enough," replied one impatient shopper.
"Unopened cupboard, opened fridge," advised one straight-to-the-point shopper, and several others agreed "all condiments go in the fridge."
But this sparked a whole new sub-genre of the ketchup argument, which essentially came down to a matter of taste - according to My London.
"I hate it in the fridge, I keep it in the cupboard, it doesn't last long enough to go off in my house," replied one person.
"Well I've always kept mine in the cupboard and not had food poisoning yet so guess I'll keep it that way as I have done for 20yrs," said another.
According to an official Heinz statement on the matter, 'because of its natural acidity, Heinz Ketchup is shelf-stable'.
However, they do recommend customers refrigerate after opening 'to maintain product quality'.
