In 1812, the first recipe for tomato-based ketchup debuted. James Mease, a Philadelphia scientist, is credited with developing the recipe. He wrote that the choicest ketchup came from ‘love ...

And in 1812, scientist and horticulturist James Mease published the first known tomato ketchup recipe. He wrote that the choicest ketchup came from "love apples," as tomatoes were then called.

This recipe was published in 1727 and it would be quite some time until ketchup as we know it today was created. A ...

So what happened to all those varieties of ketchup? Tomatoes. The 1812 recipe from James Mease is the first appearance of tomatoes in ketchup. But wait, what about Heinz, the ketchup we know and love?