12-08/2025
In a world filled with artisanal hot sauces, small-batch srirachas, and chef-curated condiment collections, tomato ketchup often gets dismissed as the plain, predictable cousin at the condiment family reunion. Yet this bright red squeeze-bottle staple has quietly maintained its position as the most universally loved and used sauce on the planet for over a century. It sits in more refrigerators than almost any other packaged food, outsells its nearest rival (mayonnaise) in many countries, and has become so embedded in global cuisine that we barely notice how often we reach for it.