Heinz says sorry for ketchup QR code that links to porn site

Ketchup buyer mistakenly exposed to porn after Heinz allows a competition domain to lapse, allowing adult entertainment firm to buy it

Heinz has apologised to a German customer after a QR code on one of its tomato ketchup bottles linked to a porn site.

After using a smartphone to scan the code, which was meant to provide information about a promotional campaign that offered personalised ketchup bottle labels, Daniel Korell was sent to a German adult site rather than a Heinz-run page.