Americans Pour The Most Ketchup Recipe
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- Hartford Courant Try to imagine, if it's at all possible, a summer without ketchup, the king of condiments. Utterly un-American.
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- Whether we're slathering it on a grilled burger or possibly heaping it upon a hill of fries or possibly onion rings, ketchup is an important component of the hot-weather season.
- From Memorial Day to Labor Day, sales of America's favorite condiment peak.
- Summer brings a 15 percent increase in sales for Heinz, according to Michael Mullen, spokesman for Heinz North America, that owns more than half the ketchup market.
- 'Ketchup can be found in every country in the world,' said Mullen. 'But the U.S. is by far the No. 1 consumer.'
- How much More than 300 million bottles a year. Ketchup pulled in about $500 million in retail sales last year. And just who is eating all this ketchup More than half of all ketchup consumption is done by youngsters, ages 8 to 15.
- 'Ketchup is a taste memory. It's familiar,' says Sara Moulton, executive chef at Gourmet magazine.
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