Knorr will rename a sauce that uses a derogatory term for Roma people
Knorr, the German food company best known in the U.S. for its dehydrated pasta mixes, announced that it is changing the name of one of its products, a popular sauce in Germany, due to its racist connotations.
Knorr will rename the sauce, currently called “Zigeunersauce” (translation: “gypsy sauce”), “Paprika Sauce Hungarian Style,” the Associated Press reports. “Since ‘gypsy sauce’ can be interpreted in a negative way, we