Based on Heinz ketchup (it may vary slightly depending on the brand), the ingredients are: tomato concentrate, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, s…pice, onion powder, and natural flavors. (MORE)
Yes, there are, but it is unintentional. It is impossible to keep out all contaminants. Check out this article: http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/06/29/how_many_insect_p…arts_and_rodent_hairs_are_allowed_in_your_food.htm (MORE)
Catsup/ketchup .
cooked and strained tomato sauce, vinegar , sugar,salt , onion or garlic flavors, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, mace, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, and c…ayenne.
those are all the ingredients for catsup/ketchup!!! (MORE)
Yes, it is. Specifically it is a thixotropic fluid since it acts almost as a solid when quiet but becomes more fluid when stirred or shaken. Another Point of View: Toma…to ketchup is not a liquid but it contains liquids. It is a suspension of organic solids, primarily of pureed tomatoes in water, with other ingredients. It exhibits flow instability due, in part at least, to the physical characteristics of the suspended solids. (MORE)
If you put them in there it does, but otherwise no. Answer: Like all food products ketchup has health criteria which allow some bug parts (whole bugs, bug bits, bug eggs,… bug waste) as well as other materials ( fungus, dirt, rodent hair and waste) In the US the FDA has established s alist of these criteria which is available on line. (MORE)
Different ketchups have different ingredients. See a few below: .
Heinz: Tomato Concentrate Made From Red Ripe Tomatoes, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn …Syrup, Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavoring. .
Hunts: Tomato Concentrate Made From Vine Ripened Tomatoes, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Salt, Less than 2% of Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavors. .
Tomato Concentrate (Water And Tomato Paste), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Spices. .
Del Monte: Tomato Concentrate, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Corn Syrup, Salt, Natural Flavorings, Onion Powder, Spice, Garlic Powder. So, short list of chemicals: high fructose corn syrup and acetic acid (vinegar). (MORE)