Since Ketchup is important to this campaign I'll add the following -
Ketchup
To get the shakedown on ketchup, just take a look at what we eat.
"We are the number one consumer of ketchup because of the food - hot dogs, hamburgers and french fries. Seventy percent of all ketchup in the United States is used on those three foods," said Michael Mullen, spokesman for Heinz North America.
Poke around and you'll find that 99.2% of households in this country have the ubiquitous tomato-based condiment on hand.
Ketchup - a.k.a. catsup, catshup or ketshup - meandered its way from China to Europe via Dutch traders. Originally a fermented fish sauce, ingredients over the years have included mushrooms, oysters and nuts.
We inherited ketchup from the British. And in 1876 Heinz introduced its version, made predominantly from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt and spices.
Today, approximately 500 million bottles are sold here, with Heinz accounting for about 300 million of those.
Households with one or more teenagers consume an average of 190 ounces, or about eight 24-ounce bottles, per year.
Ketchup comes now in green as well as red. And according to Mullen, by the week of July 21, a new color - either hot pink, orange, purple or yellow - will be introduced by Heinz.
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