Heinz Tomato Ketchup
Heinz Tomato Ketchup is a brand of ketchup manufactured by the H. J. Heinz Company, a division of the Kraft Heinz Company.
"Mayochup" redirects here. For the untrademarked blend of mayonnaise and ketchup, see Fry sauce.Product type
United States
1876
Worldwide
It has to be Heinz
History[edit]
It was first marketed as "catsup" in 1876.[1] In 1907, manufacturing reached 12 million bottles and it was exported internationally including Australia, South America, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK. In January 2009, the label was changed by replacing the picture of a gherkin pickle (used from December 1890) with a picture of a tomato.[2] In 2012, there were more than 650 million bottles sold worldwide.[3]
Counterfeiting scheme[edit]
In 2012, an alleged scheme to repackage regular Heinz ketchup (which contains high-fructose corn syrup) into bottles with counterfeit labels for "Simply Heinz" (which contains sugar) was discovered when the site was left unattended, after which the ketchup apparently began to ferment and the bottles exploded. At the time, according to a Heinz spokesman, they were working with the US Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigation.[36]
