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juicy and delicious flavor and rich nutrition, tomatoes have quickly gained the favor of
humankind and have been widely cultivated all over the world. Ripe tomatoes are rich in
vitamins, lycopene and minerals such as magnesium, iron, and phosphorus. In addition, they
also contain carotene, potassium, calcium and cellulose and other nutrients needed by the
human body. Regular consumption of tomato products can achieve the effects of beautifying
the skin, protecting blood vessels, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, and promoting
gastrointestinal absorption.
Fresh tomatoes can be eaten raw and fresh or fried with other vegetables. The most common
method is to process fresh tomatoes into tomato paste or tomato sauce as a seasoning for
cooking. When we proceed with tomato products, there are several different end products like
tomato paste, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup, tomato puree and tomato juice. Today we will give
Tomato Paste
Fresh tomatoes after washing, crushing, pulping, concentrating and sterilizing, we will get the
tomato paste. Tomato paste solid level is between 28%-38%. The end products are pure tomato
products without any ingredients. The shelf life can reach to 2 years in ambient temperature
filled into 220kg aseptic bags in drums, and they are often used as raw materials to make tomato
Commercial tomato puree are defined as tomato pulp with peels and seeds and also no other
additives. It also uses fresh tomatoes as raw materials to make it into non-concentrated products
and filled into tin cans or other small packages. Tomato puree solid level is about 8%-12%, the
thickness is much thinner than concentrated tomato paste, Other technical parameters are the
same with tomato paste. The tomato puree can be used in cooking ingredients in some Africa
countries.
Tomato Juice
We can use fresh tomatoes or concentrated tomato paste as raw materials to make tomato juice.
After we obtain tomato puree from fresh tomatoes, then we will add water, sugar and some
other flavor agents into tomato puree, we will get the tomato juice. Then the tomato juice will
be pasteurized and at last filled into PET or glass bottles. Tomato juice is the lowest viscosity
among all the tomato products, it is drinkable like other fruit juice, the soluble solids is about
4.5%.
Tomato Ketchup/Sauce
The processing method of tomato ketchup and sauce is basically the same. Both products use
tomato paste as raw material, then dilute with water, nutritive sweeteners, salt, vinegar, spices
and condiments and any other ingredient suitable to the product and heating to the required
consistency, then pasteurizing and filling into a small sachet, tin cans, bottles or pouches. In
some European and American countries, they treat tomato ketchup and sauce are the same
products but different names; But in India and some Africa countries, they think tomato sauce
has a thinner consistency, more sweet and hot, brighter color than ketchup. The end products of