Heinz Ketchup

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H.J. Heinz Company touted its ketchup as "The People's Choice" during an ad campaign in the 1950s. Heinz began selling tomato ketchup in 1876, and as of 2012 sold about 650 million bottles worldwide. The company processes 2 million tons of tomatoes each year. Heinz claims its ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 0.28 miles per hour.

Though ketchup is Heinz's best seller, it wasn't the company's first product. That was horseradish, introduced in 1869, the year the company began. The famous "57 varieties" slogan was chosen in part because the company's founder thought 57 was a lucky number. Today, Heinz sells more than 5,700 products.