For consumers, eating is not only about taking in enough, or the right kinds of nutrients; food also has to taste good. Adding ketchup to French fries is all about the flavor. A variety of condiments are used to add or enhance certain flavors in food. Some dishes require certain condiments to be complete, whether added during or after cooking. In the
is about 28 billion U.S. dollars. The
is about 7.5 billion U.S. dollars in size. One could also count butter and margarine as condiments.
Condiments for the dinner table
Focusing on the sauces one might find in a regular American home, ketchup reigns supreme and overshadows other products in this segment. The
annual per capita consumption volume of ketchup in the U.S. is approximately 5.1 kilograms, while all other sauces combined have a per capita consumption of 7.1 kilograms. These sauces include BBQ sauce, mayonnaise, and mustard. The favorite ketchup brand of Americans is
Heinz ketchup. Close to
200 million Americans consume Heinz ketchup each year.
Edible oils and salad dressings
Edible oils are an essential part of food preparation. Preparing salads, deep-frying, baking, and pan-frying are the
most common uses for these oils in the United States.
Approximately
8.4 kilograms of edible oils are consumed per capita in the United States.
While the sauces segment sees branded products at the top of U.S. consumers' shopping lists,
private labels dominate the salad and cooking oils market.
U.S. consumers
prefer olive oil over other types of oils.
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