Indonesian and Asian culture invented what we know today as ketchup.

During the 17th century the condiment arrived in England with the name of catsup.

Kids eat 50 percent more ketchup than adults.

Ketchup was first for sale to the public by F. & J. Heinz Company back in 1876.

The ingredients in a typical modern ketchup are tomato concentrate, spirit vinegar, corn syrup or other sugar, salt, spice and herb extracts (including celery), spice and garlic powder.

25% of ketchup is sugar!

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

The world’s largest ketchup bottle is proudly displayed in Collinsville, Illinois. Built atop a water tower in 1949, it stands 170 feet tall.

Four tablespoons of ketchup, the average amount eaten with an order of fries,
has the same nutritional value as an entire ripe tomato.

Squeeze bottle were introduced in the 1980’s to solve the problem of ketchup not flowing out of glass containers.