Our ketchup lives just changed...

[lspencer534]

It's the world's biggest non-problemic problem: getting the last bit of ketchup out of the jar. Ketchup is so viscous, and it seems so eager to stick to glass and plastic. But leave it to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to solve the greatest non-issues of our generation: A team of engineers have designed the perfect condiment bottle — one that ketchup simply cannot stick to.

The secret is in a futuristic substance known as "LiquiGlide," a non-toxic, FDA-approved coating that can be applied to the interior of bottles. According to MIT PhD candidate Dave Smith, it's "kind of a structured liquid — it's rigid like a solid, but it's lubricated like a liquid." Regardless of what the bottle is constructed of, liquid or plastic, ketchup will flow out of it nearly effortlessly.

It seems like ketchup sticking to the inside of bottles is a more compelling problem than many realize — a rival team at nearby Harvard University have been working on similar, plant-derived, ketchup bottle technology. And the idea of a friction-less ketchup bottle caught enough people's imaginations to win the audience choice award at the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.

MIT Team Create Ketchup Bottle That Pours Like Milk - YouTube

Ending bottle friction is a noble goal. Any technology to get ketchup out of bottles easier could make a serious dent in helping reduce food waste in a $33 billion condiment industry. Smith explains that the new bottles "could save one million tons of food from being thrown out every year."

Interestingly enough, LiquiGlide wasn't initially designed to be used for ketchup — the original idea had the coating being used as an anti-icing coating, or a pipe coating that might help reduce oil and gas clogs. But as Smith explains, "most of these other applications have a much longer time to market; we realized we could make this coating for bottles that is pretty much ready. I mean, it is ready."

[Yerf Dog]

Pretty damn cool! :seasix:

I'm kind of sick of the squeeze bottles anyway. :D

[Jeff '79]

:cool1:

[lspencer534]

Pretty damn cool! :seasix:

I'm kind of sick of the squeeze bottles anyway. :D

You mean you don't like the farting sound it makes when it's nearly empty? Or the aerosol spray of ketchup it spews on you?

[Sea Six]

Is the Ketchup Advisory Board endorsing this product?

[kingpin]

I bet there is a lot of tricks being played with coffee cups and food plates over at M.I.T. right now.

[Mike Mercury]

Is the Ketchup Advisory Board endorsing this product?

will there be a special tax on the product... ya know... just to be fair?

[Sea Six]

will there be a special tax on the product... ya know... just to be fair?

Redistribution of ketchup

[bradc6]

Sounds like something Clark Griswold would come up with.

[Poog]

Meh, I stopped eating ketchup when I found out how much sugar is in it. :ack:

[vtelvr]

Wonder if it could be applied to motor oil containers??

[NeedSpeed]

Great, next thing you know kids will be getting their peckers stuck in bottles now :leaving:

[Kerrmudgeon]

Something is just not right there? Like what chemical are we ingesting to have better flow? Don't trust it. :nono:

[NeedSpeed]

Something is just not right there? Like what chemical are we ingesting to have better flow? Don't trust it. :nono:

Do you avoid the linings on most canned goods?

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Meh, I stopped eating ketchup when I found out how much sugar is in it. :ack:

I stopped eating ketchup after I was over the age of 6. :leaving:

[Yerf Dog]

You mean you don't like the farting sound it makes when it's nearly empty? Or the aerosol spray of ketchup it spews on you?

No, I like the farting sound. I will indeed miss it.

The red mist, I can do without.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Do you avoid the linings on most canned goods?

I don't use canned food and that's one of the reasons. That white coating has cancer causing residues that leach into the food. I prefer fresh or frozen anyway.:seasix:

[lspencer534]

Something is just not right there? Like what chemical are we ingesting to have better flow? Don't trust it. :nono:

FWIW, this product has been FDA approved.

[mrvette]

I have a much better, cheaper way.....

but I not saying....had it with .gov and business....

I take my ideas with me.....

seriously.....3-4 of them, not going to do a damn thing to enrich China inc....

:shots::kimblair:

[lspencer534]

I have a much better, cheaper way.....

but I not saying....had it with .gov and business....

I take my ideas with me.....

seriously.....3-4 of them, not going to do a damn thing to enrich China inc....

:shots::kimblair:

Aw, hell! You can tell us. We're your friends.

[MrPeabody]

There would be no problem to begin with if they would just put ketchup in jars so you could get all of it out with a spoon. Since I make my own ketchup, this is what I do.

[Bucwheat]

Spend all that money to save 2 cents worth of Ketchup.:slap:

[mrvette]

Aw, hell! You can tell us. We're your friends.

NOT happening, totally don't trust the legal system, much less the .gov and the conniving bastards that run it....

maybe 50 years ago, before the slickster era much less the .comm era where this goes SO fast to China, that I can't even wake up next morning....

:issues: dead assed serious...:cert:

[Jeff '79]

I have a much better, cheaper way.....

but I not saying....had it with .gov and business....

I take my ideas with me.....

seriously.....3-4 of them, not going to do a damn thing to enrich China inc....

:shots::kimblair:

I call Bull Shit !!....:stfupic:

[NeedSpeed]

Spend all that money to save 2 cents worth of Ketchup.:slap:


Over 650 million bottles of Heinz Ketchup are sold around the world in more than 140 countries, with annual sales of more than $1.5 billion


That's just Heinz, it adds up.


At what speed does ketchup exit the iconic glass bottle?

Ketchup exits the iconic glass bottle at .028 miles per hour. If the viscosity of the ketchup is greater than this speed, the ketchup is rejected for sale.


They're going to have problems :willy:

[lspencer534]

That's just Heinz, it adds up.



They're going to have problems :willy:

MIT invented the product to save food, but the ketchup companies will sell it as more of a convenience, get-every-drop-you-paid-for thing. I assume this invention is patented. Wonder what the rights to it are worth?

I don't think it effects the viscosity of the ketchup itself, does it?

[mrvette]

I call Bull Shit !!....:stfupic:

MAY you might, and honestly, I don't GIVE a shit.....

think for a nanosecond I as having NO money to finance some multi billion buck lawsuit while China Inc. cleans up....

no way.....it's not all that much, or high tech, just works....

so instead of getting pissed off, and having more kill targets....I limit my targets to the doable and get outta the modern business life....

:sadangel::leaving:

[NeedSpeed]

MIT invented the product to save food, but the ketchup companies will sell it as more of a convenience, get-every-drop-you-paid-for thing. I assume this invention is patented. Wonder what the rights to it are worth?

I don't think it effects the viscosity of the ketchup itself, does it?

No, but if they use bottle speed to measure it, they'll need to keep some old bottles around :D

[MrPeabody]

MIT invented the product to save food, but the ketchup companies will sell it as more of a convenience, get-every-drop-you-paid-for thing. I assume this invention is patented. Wonder what the rights to it are worth?

I don't think it effects the viscosity of the ketchup itself, does it?

Now they will make the bottles smaller and raise the price.

[lspencer534]

Now they will make the bottles smaller and raise the price.

Yep, just like coffee. You know, someone had to point out to me that a "pound of coffee" isn't a pound any more.

[Bingo Fuel]

Pretty damn cool! :seasix:

I'm kind of sick of the squeeze bottles anyway. :D

:iagree:

Welch's Grape Jelly is the absolute worst offender.
Can't get the last 1/3rd - 1/4 out of the dang bottle.

[mrvette]

:iagree:

Welch's Grape Jelly is the absolute worst offender.
Can't get the last 1/3rd - 1/4 out of the dang bottle.

Bet I can enable that,......

my invention works.....guaranfreekingteed......

:seasix:

[Bill]

Meh, I stopped eating ketchup when I found out how much high fructose corn syrup is in it. :ack:

Fixed.

[Bill]

Yep, just like coffee. You know, someone had to point out to me that a "pound of coffee" isn't a pound any more.

Try the French Market (made in New Orleans) brand. They still sell in 1 lb cans. I'm particularly fond of the chicory infused version. Of course, when I run out, I just drink a regular cup of coffee, then chase it by licking a tree......

[Bill]

Something is just not right there? Like what chemical are we ingesting to have better flow? Don't trust it. :nono:

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[Chris Fowler]

So this product would cost the ketchup companies more money to bottle and result in you buying ketchup less often.

And they're going to do this why?

[Bill]

Because they'll sell you a smaller bottle at the same price...and make more money.

They can and are already doing that, all without the added expense of reformulating their bottles with an expensive, proprietary coating.

[JRD77VET]

So this product would cost the ketchup companies more money to bottle and result in you buying ketchup less often.

And they're going to do this why?

So Heinz uses this fancy bottle so the ketchup comes out easier.

I can see it now, somebody that's used to old style bottle is going to use the same motion they've used for decades and put half the bottle on their food. :madwoman:

The next purchase will be some other brand without the fancy coating. :lol: