BOTTLES of Heinz tomato ketchup are to be produced in Britain for the first time this century.
The tea-time favourite will soon be made at Europe’s biggest food processing plant at Kitt Green, Wigan.
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It follows US food giant Kraft Heinz’s decision to pump £140million into upgrading equipment at the site over the next four years.
The investment — said to be one of the biggest in UK manufacturing since Brexit — will create about 50 full-time jobs.
Kitt Green site director Luis Spinardi said: “We’re excited to be expanding our product mix by bringing sauces back to the UK.”
Only sachets of the ketchup, a 19th-century US invention, have been made in Britain since mass production was moved from Kitt Green in 1999.
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Most bottles now sold in the UK comes from the Netherlands.
The Kitt Green factory produces millions of tins of beans and soups a week but will get new equipment to produce ketchup as well as salad cream and mayonnaise.
UK investment minister Gerry Grimstone said: “This investment is a vote of confidence in the UK economy.”
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