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Tomato ketchup pills were sold as medicine in 1830s. These days you won't find it in the pharmacies though.

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In 1834, ketchup was sold as a cure for indigestion by an Ohio physician named John Cook. Tomato ketchup was popularized as a condiment commercially in the late 1800's and today Americans purchases 10 billion ounces of ketchup annually.

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