Mayochup? You mean fry sauce

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SALT LAKE CITY — Heinz is touting a product where they mixed their ketchup and mayonnaise together in a bottle…and the internet is letting them know, that’s really fry sauce.

Heinz calls it Mayochup. They released it in the Middle East, and are considering bringing it to the U.S.

Want #mayochup in stores? 500,000 votes for “yes” and we’ll release it to you saucy Americans.
— Heinz Ketchup (@HeinzKetchup_US) April 11, 2018

People came alive on social media and comment boards, saying you can’t fight 60 plus years of history.

Uhm, hi, that's called fry sauce. We've been eating it in Utah for forever. Don't pretend like you invented that. Bye. https://t.co/7V9PhBTwXN
— Morgan Pratt (@M0Pratt) April 11, 2018

Seriously, Heinz? It's called Fry Sauce! We've been eating it in Utah for decades! "Mayochup?!" - what kind of name is that?! 🤦#SMH https://t.co/IgaExeZgu0
— Shara Park (@KSLSharaPark) April 12, 2018

back off heinz this is fry sauce territory get all the way outta here with this mayochup nonsense https://t.co/OwytbNt2Ot
— Layton Shumway (@theshums) April 11, 2018

Utah literally invented this. You’re welcome. #FrySauce
— Ashley Hansen (@Mrsbananagrabbr) April 12, 2018

Just call it fry sauce already https://t.co/S8XZXAQfIm
— BCC (@ByCommonConsent) April 11, 2018

First, they came for our funeral potatoes and then they came for our fry sauce... pic.twitter.com/V8GnEnpsz5
— Cindi B. (@UtahMomsLife) April 12, 2018

This is the cultural appropriation of fry sauce. https://t.co/STWLOp0C4r
— Carina (@jet_set) April 11, 2018

THEY DID NOT INVENT IT, UTAH HAS BEEN EATING FRY SAUCE FOR YEARS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES pic.twitter.com/JPF578sqQO
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) April 12, 2018

According to reports, Fry Sauce was invented in Utah by the founder of Arctic Circle in the 1940s or 1950s. But Argentina and Chile have their own versions they call salsa golf or golf sauce.