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re: How do restaurants get away with not refrigerating ketchup?

Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
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Because the packets aren’t open?


I'm obviously talking fine dining like Chilis or Outback.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51943 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:36 pm to
Damn.

Brain farted that response.

The real reason is that you are told to refrigerate for quality purposes, not micro/food safety.

Restaurants go through so much ketchup it’s not an issue.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30321 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:05 pm to
I was always told that because it had such a high ph, it didn't spoil quickly at all.

They also just refill those bottles at the end of every night, so that ketchup at the bottom is probably old as dirt.

When it starts to spoil, it fumigates and if you open one under the right circumstances, it'll spray ketchup out like a shaken up soft drink.
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