Tomato Paste

Tomato Paste

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Tomato paste is a thick paste made by cooking tomatoes for several hours to reduce the water content, straining out the seeds and skins, and cooking the liquid again to reduce the base to a thick, rich concentrate. Tomato Paste is used to impart an intense tomato flavor to a variety of dishes, such as pasta, soups and braised meat.

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Tomato paste or eggplant paste is a thick paste that is used in cooking. To make tomato paste, after taking the seeds and skin of the tomatoes, they are cooked under vacuum for several hours. Then reduce its concentration and cook the product again to get a rich concentrate. On the other hand, tomato puree contains cooked tomatoes, whose shelf life is between tomato paste and chopped tomatoes.

Two types of local and greenhouse tomatoes are available in the market; that both types of local and greenhouse tomatoes can be used, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. Local tomatoes give less paste, but it prevents the paste from getting moldy and spoiling later. Greenhouse tomatoes are more expensive but produce more paste. Usually, for every 100 kg of fleshy and juicy tomatoes, between 10 and 15 kg of paste are obtained.

Product contents: concentrated tomato juice, refined salt
Brix: no salt, minimum 25 - Maximum 29
( Net weight of can paste: 20 +- 800 grams )
( Net weight of can paste: 20 +- 400 grams )
( Net weight of glass paste: 20 +- 700 grams )
( Net weight of glass paste: 20 +- 1500 grams )