By 1941, the plant shipped a hundred million cans of soup, fruits, vegetables, and juices annually.

[1] In 1943, Hunt's was taken over by Norton Simon's Val Vita Food Products - a competing firm founded in the early 1930s and based in Fullerton, California.

Hunt-Wesson, the company which included the Hunt's brands, was sold in 1990 to agribusiness giant ConAgra Foods.

[4] In May 2010, Hunt's ketchup temporarily removed high fructose corn syrup from its ingredients.

Mahomes is well-known for his love of ketchup, even putting it on unconventional items such as steak and macaroni and cheese.