# Ketchup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840 "2000-03-19T19:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![SilentKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SilentKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840/1 "2000-03-20T06:59:00Z")

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What are all of Heinz’s 57 varieties of ketchup?

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**Author:** ![Mazey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mazey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mazey)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840/2 "2000-03-19T19:00:00Z")

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The 57 in the label is supposed to denote 57 spices…not 57 varieties of catsup. 🙂

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840/3 "2000-03-19T19:02:00Z")

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The Master has [addressed this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_195.html) .

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**Author:** ![Mazey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mazey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mazey)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840/4 "2000-03-19T19:11:00Z")

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Thankew, manhattan. 😃

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**Author:** ![SilentKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SilentKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup/8840/5 "2000-03-20T14:28:00Z")

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Thanks everyone! 🙂