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Heinz Tomato Ketchup

Heinz Tomato Ketchup is a brand of ketchup manufactured by Heinz, a division of Kraft Heinz.

It was first marketed as "catsup" in 1876. 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. In 2012, there were more than 650 million bottles sold worldwide.

Heinz manufactures all of its tomato ketchup for the American market at two plants: one in Fremont, Ohio, and the other in Muscatine, Iowa. They closed their Canadian plant in Leamington, Ontario in 2014. That plant is now owned by Highbury Canco and processes the tomatoes used in French's Tomato Ketchup for the Canadian market. Globally, Heinz manufactures ketchup in factories across the world, with their factory in the Netherlands the largest in Europe. Although there is one basic recipe for their ketchup, there are variations tailored to regional regulations, and usually depend on the country where it is manufactured.

In addition to manufacturing their regular tomato ketchup, they manufacture a variety made with sugar.

In 2000, they manufactured coloured ketchup in squeezable containers appreciated by young children. The colours were red, green, purple, pink, orange, teal, and blue. These varieties were discontinued in 2006.

In 2011 they also started manufacturing a variety with balsamic vinegar. This variety was discontinued in 2018.

On June 5, 2019 (which is National Ketchup Day), Heinz and Ed Sheeran released a limited-edition ketchup officially known as Ed Sheeran × Heinz ketchup, popularly known as "Edchup".

In April 2018, Heinz announced the release of "Mayochup", a portmanteau of mayonnaise + ketchup that is a mixture of the two sauces, because more than 500,000 users voted "yes" in a Twitter poll asking Americans if they wanted to see it in stores. A number of Twitter users responded that such a mixture already existed as "fry sauce" and "fancy sauce". The sauce arrived on US retailers' shelves in September 2018. It attracted some media attention in May 2019 when the phrase was revealed to mean "shit-face" in the Cree language. Mixtures containing mayonnaise and ketchup predate the release.

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