Fun Facts About Heinz Ketchup

Throughout the world, Heinz is synonymous with ketchup. We sell 650 million bottles of Heinz^® Ketchup every year and approximately two single-serve packets of Ketchup for every man, woman and child on the planet. For millions of families the world over, "if it isn't Heinz, it isn't Ketchup."

• Heinz Tomato Ketchup was first produced in 1876.
• Only the very best can be called a Heinz tomato. Heinz produces its own hybrid tomato seeds through traditional breeding techniques, ensuring superior quality taste and nutrition. We supply six billion hybrid tomato seeds to farmers that grow our crops, which produce firm tomatoes that remain ripe longer, are disease-resistant and help give our Ketchup its thick, rich taste.
• More than 650 million bottles of Heinz Ketchup are sold around the world in more than 140 countries, with annual sales of more than $1.5 billion.
• Heinz sells 11 billion single-serve packets of Ketchup per year around the world. That's two packets for every person on earth.
• Ketchup is present in 96 percent of U.S. households; this is more than salt and pepper.
• An average American eats enough Ketchup each year to fill three bottles.
• Available in Reduced Sugar, No Salt Added and Organic varieties.