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By Jim ZografosI remember as part of the Saturday morningcartoon line-up there was a commercialfeaturing Louis the Lifeguard that told usnot to “drown your food,” in sauces, gravies,and other toppings…I’m kind of thinkingthat his message has long been lost! We area Condiment Nation! As a matter of fact, thesales of condiments in the US grew some 15%from 2007 through 2012. When taking a lookat the numbers, there were some significantjumps in sales at the on-set of the recession– in 2008, the category showe d 5.6% growthand in 2009, there was an additional 6.2%increase in sales. The category now boastssome $9.7B in sales and all categories areshowing growth, or just very slight declines.82 OnTREND May/August 2013