Bottle, Condiment
Object number2024.48.1 a,b
Manufacturer
H. J. Heinz Company
(founded 1888)
Date2000-2008
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumPlastic
Credit LineGift of Suzan Hauptman
DescriptionWhite plastic ketchup bottle, 19-ounce. Body has multi-colored (pink, red, orange, yellow, and green) plastic label in tie-dye design with product and maker text on front and back. Bottle has rounded rectangular base and oval body that narrows at center, widens at shoulder, and narrows at neck leading to circular opening at top with threaded exterior sides. Underside has foot framing raised and printed text with seam line across center. Bottle is empty, but originally contained Passion Pink mystery ketchup color.
White plastic screw-on bottle cap. Circular base with threaded interior walls. Center is conical nozzle that twists to open and snaps closed. Base and nozzle's center section have ribbed sides. Two opposing sides of nozzle have maker information inside a keystone shape. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a-b): 8.25 x 3.438 x 2.375 in. (21 x 8.7 x 6 cm)Height x Width x Depth (a): 7.125 x 3.438 x 2.375 in. (18.1 x 8.7 x 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 1.75 x 1.625 in. (4.4 x 4.1 cm)
Marks(a)
Plastic label covers entire body of bottle with scattered "?".
Front of label has multi-colored and black text including "MYSTERY / COLOR / INSIDE / HEINZ / EZ / SQUIRT / MYSTERY / COLOR / A KID CONDIMENT MADE / WITH REAL HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP / PASSION / PINK / AWESOME / ORANGE / TOTALLY TEAL / NET WT 19 OZ (1 LB 3 OZ)-539g".
Back of label has multi-colored and black text including "YOU DON'T KNOW / UNTIL YOU / SQUIRT / PASSION / PINK? / AWESOME / ORANGE? / TOTALLY / TEAL? / ... / Nutrition / Facts... / INGREDIENTS:... / MADE IN U.S.A. BY / HEINZ NORTH AMERICA / DIVISION OF / H.J. Heinz Co., L.P. / PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 / Heinz / ??-601-D-1-02 / PATENT / PENDING / [barcode] / 01333406".
Underside has printed black text "EE0412VV1356" and raised text including "A", "7", "Y", and recycling symbol "7" with "OTHER" beneath.
(b)
Side of base has black printed text "M057203M".
Two opposing sides of the nozzle have raised text "HEINZ / 57" inside a keystone.
Interior underside has raised text, clockwise: "PATENTED / [symbol] / 4,967,941 / 27".
Historical NotesH.J. Heinz Company EZ Squirt Mystery Color ketchup bottle. This bottle originally contained the Passion Pink mystery color ketchup. Issued in wild colors to appeal to kids, the slimmer bottle fit smaller hands and the thin nozzle could be used to "draw." More than 25 million bottles sold, but the product eventually failed as consumers disliked the artificial colorsLabel TextIntroduced to North America in the 1700s, ketchup (sometimes spelled catsup) probably served as a variation on the fermented fish and soy sauces that the British found in Southeast Asia. Ketchup sometimes featured main ingredients other than tomatoes, such as walnuts, mushrooms, oysters, grapes, lemons, raspberries, and liver. Commercially prepared tomato ketchup replaced homemade ketchup in American kitchens in the 1800s. Hundreds of different brands existed at the turn of the last century. By 1900, Heinz made more ketchup than any other manufacturer in the world.
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Heinz North America, Division of H.J. Heinz Company, LP.
H. J. Heinz Company
