A Brief History of Ketchup

We all love and use ketchup – this miracle made of tomatoes presents itself in different flavours, from soft and smooth to sharp and hot. Ketchup can successfully transform the taste of any type of food which becomes tastier and more flavourable.

The history of ketchup dates way back in 17th century China where the first ketchups began being produced. Initially, ketchup was made out of fish, beans and nuts and had little to do with the ketchup we all use today. The first Europeans who liked the sauce were the british which started using it. Later, in the 18th century but italians and the portuguese adopted took ketchup, invented the famous tomato mix and that’s all there was left of the initial ketchup – the name.

American Henry Heinz was the first entrepreneur who embraced the idea of mass producing ketchup, in 1876. Leaving the indredient formula.

unchanged, he began pouring ketchup into bottles. With time, it grew so much in popularity that it began being known worldwide. Today, the popularity of Ketchup has not dropped but it has increased and it continues to increase constantly. Ketchup is not just a great taste for foods but also a great benefit to our health, containing vitamins such as vitamin C or vitamins from groups B, P and K.

Ketchup is an always useful universal sauce that we all love so it’s no wonder ketchup has earned the title of “king of sauces”.