02/01/2013
Contrary to what you can think of, the ketchup wasn't been invented in the United States, but in China. It was a sauce made based on vinegar and fish, nicknamed Ké-Tsiap (brine of fish). It was brought back by the Englishmen in XVIIIth century and its name and its composition was adapted later....
In 1875 Henry John Heinz got the idea to add some tomato sauce and sugar to the Ke-tsiap sauce and in 1876 his first bottles named Tomato Catsup got a lot of success. It's after the second world war it really gets an international notorious thanks to the american soldiers... who bring them all over the world....
Like if u didn't know that.... ;-)