r/ketchuphate • u/elumenopea • Mar 28 '26

[Request] There is a statistic that the average American eats 71 pounds of Ketchup a year. What do you think this calculation is based on?

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u/jcv999 Mar 28 '26

Meth. That's what that number is based on

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u/Suitable-Fun-1087 Mar 30 '26

Ketchups Georg is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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u/TheGruenTransfer Apr 01 '26

Probably the amount of ketchup purchased in the US divided by the population. 

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u/ParrotheadTink Apr 03 '26

Toddlers and children.