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by thsksbd 857 days ago
The activity of water (a function of the chemical potential) in ketchup is very low. If the water activity of a food is low enough it'll keep without refrigeration.

I don't know if ketchup's low enough to stay indefinitely, but it'll keep long enough.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_activity