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Ketchup

Also called tomato sauce, catsup, Sos Coch and Catchup

Ketchup is a condiment sauce made with tomato, sugar, and vinegar, sometimes with onion or spices. Cooks use it to season food.

  • May contain celery

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Europe, Africa
Top country
Belgium
Ketchup, in dish

Photo: Nenad Stojkovic from Srbija · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use ketchup

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Made from

Nutrition

What 100 g of ketchup holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 4%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 94%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ketchup
Energy117 kcal · 488 kJ
Protein1.1 g
Fat0.55 g
of which saturated0.01 g
Carbohydrate27 g
of which sugars22 g
Fibre0.3 g
Sodium949 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of ketchup: minerals and vitamins
Potassium249 mg
Calcium14 mg
Iron0.43 mg
Magnesium14 mg
Zinc0.16 mg
Vitamin C4.1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)26 µg
Folate9 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 168556, 747693), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where ketchup is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use ketchup. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list ketchup among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1800s · United States

    Cooks in the United States started adding sweetness to ketchup.

  2. 1812

    James Mease published the earliest known recipe for tomato ketchup.

  3. 1817

    A tomato ketchup recipe included anchovies and cochineal.

On the table

Dishes made with ketchup

2 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Martino

    Belgium

  • Czech-style hot dog

    Czechia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include ketchup.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: ketchup in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Sometimes celery (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Around the world

What ketchup is called

Names in 81 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    kétchup · catsup · cátsup · salsa cátsup

  • French

    ketchup · le ketchup

  • Italian

    ketchup

  • Portuguese

    ketchup · catchupe · catchup

  • German

    Ketchup · Ketschup · Tomatenketchup

  • Dutch

    tomatenketchup · ketchup

  • Greek

    κέτσαπ

  • Turkish

    ketçap

  • Russian

    кетчуп

  • Polish

    keczup · ketchup · keczap

  • Arabic

    كتشب · كيتشب · صلصة الطماطم · الكاتشاب

  • Persian

    کچاپ · سس کچاپ

Show all 81 languages

  • acm

    كچب · كچپ

  • Afrikaans

    tamatiesous · ketchup

  • Armenian

    կետչուպ · քեթչուպ · քեթչուփ · քեթչափ

  • Asturian

    kétchup · tomate kétchup

  • Azerbaijani

    ketçup

  • Bashkir

    Кетчуп

  • Basque

    ketchup

  • Bavarian

    Ketchup

  • Belarusian

    кетчуп

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    кетчуп · кэтчуп

  • Betawi

    Caos tomat

  • Bikol

    Ketsap

  • Bulgarian

    кетчуп

  • Cantonese

    番茄醬

  • Catalan

    quètxup · quetchup · kétchup · quetxup

  • Central Kurdish

    کەچەپ · کەچەب

  • Chinese

    番茄醬 · 茄醬 · 蕃茄醬 · 柑仔蜜醬

  • Cornish

    kechap

  • Croatian

    kečap

  • Czech

    kečup

  • Danish

    ketchup

  • Egyptian Arabic

    كتشپ

  • Esperanto

    keĉupo · Keĉapo

  • Estonian

    ketšup

  • Filipino

    ketsap

  • Finnish

    ketsuppi

  • Galician

    ketchup

  • Georgian

    კეტჩუპი

  • Hakka Chinese

    kié-jiab-pú

  • Hebrew

    קטשופ

  • Hindi

    केचप

  • Hungarian

    ketchup

  • Icelandic

    tómatsósa

  • Ido

    Kechupo

  • Indonesian

    saus tomat · saos tomat

  • Irish

    citseap

  • Japanese

    ケチャップ · トマトケチャップ

  • Javanese

    saos tomat

  • Kannada

    ಕೆಚಪ್

  • Kazakh

    кетчуп

  • Korean

    케첩 · 토마토 케첩 · 케챱 · 케찹

  • Kurdish

    ketçap

  • Kurdish (Arabic)

    کەتچاپ

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    ketçap

  • Latin

    liquamen lycopersici · lycopersici liquamen

  • Latvian

    kečups

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    cetxap

  • Lithuanian

    kečupas

  • Macedonian

    кечап

  • Malay

    sos tomato

  • Min Nan Chinese

    khe-chiap-pu · khê-chiap-pu · khe-chiap-puh · tho͘-má-toh-chiùⁿ

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    ketchup · bananketchup · tomatketsjup · ketsjup

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    ketsjup · ketchup

  • Romanian

    ketchup

  • Serbian

    кечап

  • Shan

    ၼမ်ႉမၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ်သူမ်ႈ · ၼမ်ႉၸိမ်ႉ

  • Simplified Chinese

    番茄酱

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    番茄酱

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    番茄酱

  • Sindhi

    ڪيچپ

  • Slovak

    kečup

  • Slovenian

    kečap · ketchup

  • Swedish

    ketchup · catsup · tomatketchup · päppup

  • Tamil

    கெச்சப்

  • Tatar

    Кетчуп

  • Thai

    ซอสมะเขือเทศ

  • Traditional Chinese

    番茄醬

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    番茄醬

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    番茄醬 · 柑仔蜜醬 · 柑仔得醬

  • Ukrainian

    кетчуп

  • Urdu

    کیچپ

  • Uzbek

    Ketchup

  • Vietnamese

    nước sốt cà chua · ketchup

  • Waray

    ketchup

  • Welsh

    sôs coch · sos coch · cetshyp · saws coch

  • Western Panjabi

    کیچپ

  • Wu Chinese

    番茄酱

  • Yiddish

    קעטשאפ

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q178143

Photos

Photo: Nenad Stojkovic from Srbija · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons