Ketchup as a vegetable - WikipediaKetchup and French fries – two products derived from plant materials, both in the genus Solanum The ketchup as a vegetable controversy stemmed from proposed regulations of school lunches by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in 1981, early in the presidency of Ronald Reagan. The regulations were intended to provide meal planning flexibility to local school lunch administrators coping with
