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Mars ketchup announced by Heinz?

Heinz, a food company, announced its flagship tomato ketchup Marz Edition on November 8. The raw material for ketchup for the Mars plate is the same tomato as the Earth plate, but it is said that it was grown under the same soil conditions as Mars.

This product has a space-like appearance with a silver vacuum pack and a simple label. The raw material for tomato ketchup for the Hwaseong version is the same tomato as before, but those grown in a harsh environment like Hwaseong are used.

This Martian version of tomato ketchup started with the research of Dr. Andrew Palmer at the Aldrin Space Research Institute at Florida Tech. The subject of this study is whether plants can grow for a long time in an environment mimicking Mars, and an experiment was conducted to prepare soil chemically suitable for Mars soil and then grow it under the same temperature conditions and moisture as Mars.

Heinz, who has know-how in tomato cultivation, worked with Dr. Farmer to analyze the soil condition, select seeds, introduce the latest agricultural technology, and eventually succeeded in making ketchup comparable to existing tomato ketchup.

“Efforts to discover how to grow in simulated Martian environments so far have focused on short-term plant growth studies,” said Dr Palmer.

Heinz said that it is pleased that its research team is able to grow tomatoes in a Martian environment and publish the results to the world. said it was

Heinz tomato ketchup itself is also used on the International Space Station. Mike Masimino, a former NASA astronaut who also served as the product ambassador for this product, said that there is a saying that sauce is important, not food in space. Related information can be found here.

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