Editing Ketchup (section)

===Later innovations===

In fast food outlets, ketchup is often dispensed in small sachets or tubs. Diners tear the side or top of [[Condiment sachet|ketchup packets]] and squeeze ketchup out of them or peel the foil lid off tubs for dipping. In 2011, Heinz began offering a new measured-portion package, called the [[Dip & Squeeze|"Dip and Squeeze"]] packet, which can be opened in either way.<ref name="Nassauer">{{Cite web |last=Nassauer |first=Sarah |date=19 September 2011 |title=Old Ketchup Packet Heads for Trash |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904194604576578691502178606 |access-date=19 October 2012 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

Some fast food outlets previously dispensed ketchup from hand-operated pumps into paper cups. This method has made a comeback in the first decades of the 21st century, as cost and environmental concerns over the increasing use of individual plastic ketchup tubs were taken into account.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

In October 2000, Heinz introduced colored ketchup products called EZ Squirt, which eventually included green (2000), purple (2001), mystery (pink, orange, or [[teal (color)|teal]], 2002), and blue (2003).<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 April 2003 |title=Heinz Unveils New Blue Ketchup |work=USAToday.com |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2003-04-07-blue-ketchup_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417184639/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2003-04-07-blue-ketchup_x.htm |archive-date=2023-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> These products were made by adding [[food coloring]] to the traditional ketchup. By January 2006, these products were discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consumer FAQs |url=https://www.heinz.com/Consumer_faq.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120231953/http://www.heinz.com/Consumer_faq.aspx |archive-date=20 November 2008 |website=Heinz}}</ref>