Heinz debuts ‘Marz Edition’ tomato ketchup grown in Mars-like conditions, may go to ISS

In a breakthrough for humanity, Heinz on Monday, v. 8 revealed its first-ever bottle of "Marz Edition" ketchup prepared on Earth in conditions equivalent to that on Red planet. rare ketchup was me with some premium-quality tomatoes grown on Earth but in challenging conditions such as that on Mars. For first time, company partnered with astrobiologists to manufacture premium quality ketchup in a harsh environment that resembled Martian soil, temperature, and water. It took 14 astrobiologists and some nine months to produce new out-of-this-world sauce at Aldrin Institute at Florida Tech, US. Heinz on v. 8, took to its official Twitter handle to anunce news. “Attention saucetronauts, Heinz Marz Edition has landed! Grown under Mars soil conditions, feast your eyes on mankind’s first out-of-this-world ketchup,” company wrote in a post. 

Cristina Kenz, growth manr for Kraft Heinz International Zone said in a statement, “We are so excited that our team of experts has been able to grow tomatoes under conditions found on ar planet and share our creation with world.” Furr, she continued, “From analyzing soil from Mars’ conditions two years ago to harvesting w, it’s been a journey that has proven matter where we end up, Heinz Tomato Ketchup will still be enjoyable for generations to come.”

Heinz Martian edition may be launched to ISS

Heinz’s mars edition ketchup which is t on sale yet and took two years in making demonstrates long-term food production possibility in . For this reason, martian ketchup is in line to be launched to International Station (ISS), reports have confirmed. "Before w, most efforts around discovering ways to grow in Martian-simulated conditions were short-term plant growth studies. What this project has done is look at long-term food harvesting. Achieving a crop that is of a quality to become Heinz Tomato Ketchup was dream result and we achieved it," Andrew Palmer, who heed team at Aldrin Institute at Florida Tech told CNN.

While NASA has successfully done some plant harvesting in , ketchup opens possibility of a long-term food production in . Discussions have been ongoing to send into “tomato-growing experiment” after product is tasted on 10 vember in an event that will be hosted at 10 am ET, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough told CNN. Aldrin Institute’s Dr Andrew Palmer said in a statement.