Pasta with ketchup, mashed potatoes with ketchup, fries with ketchup… all the dishes are compatible with the famous slightly sweet tomato sauce! The famous ketchup, in addition to being good in the mouth, is good for your health. And he comes from afar. It was often believed, wrongly, that he was American, but no. For the historical parenthesis, it comes from China and was brought back by British sailors in the 18th century. “Ké tsiap” went very well with fish, but the English found it too bitter so they added sugar. The “ketchup” was born.
Ketchup is the lightest of industrial “fast food” type sauces. For 100 g, it provides about 110 kcal, which means that it is close to perfection with almost one calorie per gram. Obviously, this differs according to the brands (but it's up to us to check that when buying!) In addition to containing vitamin C, it contains the magic ingredient:lycopene. It is an antioxidant naturally present in the cooked tomato (also what gives it its red color). Lycopene fights against cell aging, prevents certain cancers such as breast, lung or prostate cancer (for these gentlemen) and also certain cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, yes it contains sugar, after all depends on the brand and the quantity of ketchup consumed.
In summary:we favor ketchups with the highest tomato content or else… we can also make it ourselves!
