Heinz Is Now Making Safer Ketchup-Colored Tattoo Ink

This is a weird thing for a condiment company to branch out into: Heinz just announced they're going to start making TATTOO INK. 

It's a marketing stunt, but they really are doing it. They partnered with an ink company to make tattoo ink in their signature ketchup color, "Heinz 57 Red."

They'll start making it available at certain tattoo parlors in Brazil soon. It's not clear if and when they're bringing it to the U.S.  (Here's an ad they posted.)

They say the point of the new ink is it's healthier than regular tattoo ink. Europe recently banned certain chemicals that can cause bad reactions. And red colors are supposedly the worst.


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