what is tomato ketchup made of?

Answer 1

Heinz tomato ketchup is 130 years old

Ketchup (or less commonly catsup) is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. The basic ingredients in modern ketchup are tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt, allspice, cloves, and cinnamon. Onions, celery, and other vegetables are frequent additions

Answer 2

I guess some people are under the impression that ketchup was originally an American invention, and has always been made out of tomatoes. It's companies like Heinz that have made ketchup fans think tomato tomato tomato!!! Just take a look at the recipes on Planet Ketchup (use menu bars) to see the different variations of ketchup that can be made.

Looking back to the eighteenth century, ketchup started out as a sauce made of anchovies, walnuts, mushrooms and kidney beans. Doesn't sound very tomato like, does it? One popular theory is that the word ketchup is derived from the koechiap or ke-tsiap which is from the Amoy dialect of China. Roughly translated means the brine of pickled fish or shellfish. Around the late seventeenth century the name and samples arrived in England where it appeared in print as catchup and then finally as ketchup. It seems the name has stuck and has been made popular throughout the world! The British took in the idea and were soon using ketchup for pickling anchovies and oysters.

So what about Heinz? Sources claim that Henry J Heinz began making ketchup in 1876. The recipe has remained the same to this day. Heinz was neither the inventor of ketchup nor the first to bottle it commercially. The tomato is a native of the Andes, and early in the 1500's, while living in Mexico a group of Spanish conquistadores discovered it and the tomato followed them back to Europe.

Another source states that ketchup is a term derived from Asian cookery, where it is known to be a sweet sauce made from tomatoes.

Answer 3

ketchup recipe (Like a Heinz)

One 6 onz. can tomato paste
1/2 cup ligth corn syrup
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1.- Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Whisk until smooth.
2.- When mixture comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring often.
3.- Remove pan from heat and cover until cool. Chill and store in a covered container.
Makes 1 1/2 cups.

Answer 4

tomato ketchup

1 peck tomatoes (approximately 8 quarts)
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons dry mustard
1 tablespoon ground allspice
2 cups cider vinegar
3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cloves
PREPARATION:
Select good, ripe tomatoes. Scald and strain through a coarse sieve to remove seed and skin. Measure 1 gallon. When the tomatoes become cold add the remaining ingredients. Let simmer slowly for 3 hours. there you go... beautiful tomato ketchup

Answer 5

Chemicals red dye #5 and plenty of vinager. Almost forgot, plus the tomato pic. on the label.

Answer 6

well HEINZ ketchup is made of:
tomato concentrate made from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, more corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring.

Answer 7

read the back off a ketchup bottle you'll find most recipes under the ingredients section

Answer 8

Tomatoes maybe?

Answer 9

1% tomatos 99% e-numbers and additives.

Answer 10

I prefer sausage roll and HP sauce myself > not really a great ketchup fan