Post by blushingheinz on Sept 10, 2020 22:08:22 GMT
It's maybe hard to believe it, but Heinz turned the ripe old age of 150 in 2019. And while the majority of us are probably most familiar with Heinz ketchup, introduced in 1876 before the invention of the lightbulb or the completion of the Eiffel Tower, the company produces thousands of products across more than 80 percent of the world's countries. Pretty wild!
And yes, there's a real Heinz behind the operation. Henry J. Heinz started selling produce from his mother's garden when he was just eight years old. In 1869, Heinz started selling sauces in clear bottles around Pittsburgh. Nope, not ketchup. Horseradish! Heinz launched the operation using his mother's recipe. Other early sauces included pickles, vinegar and chili.
When the tomato sauce you know and love finally hit the scene, it was called catsup. The bottles also used to look quite different — take a look at the different shapes throughout the years! By 1906, they settled on a shape that remains pretty similar to the glass bottles you'd find in stores today.
www.delish.com/
And yes, there's a real Heinz behind the operation. Henry J. Heinz started selling produce from his mother's garden when he was just eight years old. In 1869, Heinz started selling sauces in clear bottles around Pittsburgh. Nope, not ketchup. Horseradish! Heinz launched the operation using his mother's recipe. Other early sauces included pickles, vinegar and chili.
When the tomato sauce you know and love finally hit the scene, it was called catsup. The bottles also used to look quite different — take a look at the different shapes throughout the years! By 1906, they settled on a shape that remains pretty similar to the glass bottles you'd find in stores today.
www.delish.com/
