Ketchup facts

April – There’s no need to worry about April showers when there are food holidays to be celebrated!

May – May is verdant, May is exciting, May is filled with fun food holidays

June – Although we’re not quite sure why National Turkey Lover’s Month is in June, we’re not complaining, we love turkey anytime.

July – When you celebrate Independence Day, be thankful for this great country that welcomes people from every land on earth – who come bringing their culinary heritage.

January – A whole new year of food holidays means more than 365 days of different food festivities.

February – We tend to think of Valentine’s Day as “owning” February, but this list says otherwise.

March –If St. Patrick’s Day Isn’t Enough Of A Celebration, Here Are 30+ Other Occasions

So click the name of the month you want to investigate and enjoy the information contained each and every day. Some days even have links to our “Did You Know” section to give you even more information as well as some tasty recipes to serve your customers on particular food holidays.

Over the years there have been enough petitions and proclamations to have a designated food holiday for every day of the year, and some foods are actually observed more than once.

Through numerous resources we have been able to compile these interesting and fun food facts revolving around food holidays that range from asparagus to zatar.

Food holidays, as well as other special observance days, are actually designated by our government.

Ketchup is only made from ripe tomatoes in summer.
You can use Ketchup to restore the glow to your pots and pans since the acid in ketchup removes the tarnish.
Ketchup is one of the few packaged foods that does not use preservatives.

Each person eats about 3 bottles of ketchup a year.
By eating just 4 tablespoons of ketchup you will receive the same nutritional value of an entire medium sized tomato.
Ketchup is similar to wine in that there are good and bad ketchup years depending on the tomato harvest.

The main ingredients in Ketchup used to be anchovies, walnuts, mushrooms and kidney beans
Ketchup was first for sale to the public by F. & J. Heinz Company back in 1876.

Ketchup Fun Facts: The original Ketchup, known as Catsup did not contain tomatoes

97% of American homes keep ketchup in their kitchen.
June 5th is National Ketchup day.

The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

Ketchup facts updated their website address.