FORGET supplements, there are apparently enough vitamins in tomato sauce to nourish the human body.
That's according to a man who has survived almost a month at sea by subsisting on a single bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup.
Elvis Francois was rescued by the Colombian military earlier this year, after he developed issues on his boat, was carried out to sea and was then unable to navigate his way home.
The story prompted Heinz to issue a social media call to #FindtheKetchupBoatGuy so they could provide him with a new vessel in thanks for all the free publicity he'd given them.
Last week the search was successful, with Francois found alive and well on the Caribbean island of Dominica where he was happy to share the secrets of his survival.
"All I could do was sit down and wait," he said, living off just the items on board which as well as the sauce included a sachet of garlic powder.
"I spent 24 days out at sea, I didn't have so much to make it.
"I tried eating seaweed, but it was too strong," Francois said.
"Everything happens for a reason. The ketchup has vitamins, my body was still OK."
Heinz hailed the thousands of social media fans who had shared the post, saying they had played a key role in helping find the sauce-slurping survivor.
The post reached almost five million people and was "liked" over 4,000 times.
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