First came the world largest ketchup bottle and then a largest ketchup packet. The gaint World’s Largest Catsup Bottle sits proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois.

It was built in 1949 by Caldwell Tanks of Louisville, Kentucky. The Catsup Bottle Preservation Group began fundraising efforts in 1993. The restoration was completed in June of 1995. In August of 2002 the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower was named to the National Register of Historic Places. (source)

And now the southern Illinois community is after the record for the world’s largest ketchup packet.

Collinsville has partnered with the H.J. Heinz Co. to fill an 8-foot-tall, 4-foot-wide plastic pouch with 1,500 pounds of the tomato goop for a school fundraiser.

The company donated 4,000 glass bottles of the condiment for people to buy for $1 and pour into the packet. Proceeds will go to the Collinsville Christian Academy, which was damaged by a fire this week.

The giant packet will be sealed and kept in Collinsville, once home to a ketchup factory, for a few days before being taken to the Pittsburgh-based company’s headquarters. News source cnn