Ketchup Plants

Ketchup is a popular condiment used along with other edibles like French fries, toasts, burgers, pizzas etc. They are prepare out of ripened tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt, etc. Tomato ketchup is prepared after long processing of tomatoes. For preparing ketchup, ripened tomato is chosen. The tomato is dried, pulp is removed, seed and covering is separated from the main fruit through sieves and then juice is extracted through extractor machine. The juice is pasteurized in a pasteurizing machine and then packed in a sterile bottle. For crushing tomatoes, crusher of different sizes can be used. The crushed tomatoes are boiled using kettle usually of larger size.

Boiling of tomatoes and addition of sugar concentrates the juice. The juice is also mixed with spices like cloves, acetic acid, salt, acetic acid etc. The concentrated ketchup is mixed with preservative like sodium benzoate and then finally packed in the bottles to be transported in the market.