Ketchup is a basic condiment product which involves adding sugar and thickeners to water and a tomato base. Vinegar is also added to give it the acidic flavour.
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Recipe Procedure
The tomato base and vinegar are added to the water and mixed. The salts, sugar, spices and thickeners are then added and mixed well to give a unifrom mixture. The mixture is then heated to 85°C for 15 minutes. It is then cooled and filled into containers.
Recipe Formulation
Ingredient | % |
Water | 61 |
Tomato base (28%) | 15.6 |
Sugar | 11 |
Vinegar | 6.2 |
Salt | 1.2 |
Spices | 1 |
Thickeners | 4 |
Total | 100 |