CHENNAI: Ketchup is not made from tomatoes, but from blood — or so says this video that has been doing rounds on social media. The video even claims that no tomatoes were used to make tomato ketchup. Ketchup is a popular condiment that’s used with everything from French fries to meat loaf.
The video explains that tomato ketchup is made from coagulated blood, urine, cocaine, nutmeg and rubbing alcohol. The video conspires that massive quantities of coagulated blood, which is a side product of the meat industry, is brought to the factories that make ketchup.
In the next step, the video says that the blood is mixed with a narcotic drug cocaine and urine, where its is supplied directly from the sewer line itself. The video even bears the insignia of ‘Science’ channel. The creator of the fake video has used the original video of making ketchup and has dubbed a voice-over that changes the description and the name of the ingredients.
In reality, tomato ketchup is prepared from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, salt, selected spices, onion powder, and natural flavoring.