Tomato Paste

Property:

Tomato Paste is a thick paste made by adding sugar to ripened tomatoes with skin and seeds removed. Tomato Paste is most commonly available in tin cans and squeeze tubes.

Tomato Paste was traditionally made in parts of Sicily, Southern Italy and Malta by spreading out a much reduced tomato sauce on wooden boards. The boards are set outdoors under the hot August sun to dry the paste until it is thick enough, when scraped up, to hold together in a richly colored dark ball. Today this artisan product is harder to find than the industrial (much thinner) version.

Depending on its manufacturing conditions, Tomato Paste can be the basis for making ketchup or reconstituted tomato juice. Hot Break: heated to about 100°C; pectin is preserved -> thicker -> ketchup. Cold Break: heated to about 66°C; colour and flavour is preserved -> juice

Specification:

BRIX: 28-30% or 37% Cold Break

Item	Index
Howard Mould Count	50%max.
Lycopene	50mg/100g min.
Bostwick	4-9cm/30 Sec.
PH	4.2 +/- 0.2
Color A/B(Gardner A/B,20°C at Brix of 12.5%)	2.1min.
Tin	200mg/kg max.
Copper	10mg/kg max.
Lead	1mg/kg max.
Arsenic	0.5mg/kg max.
Mancozeb	Not found
Fenvalerate	Not found
Dimethoate	Not found
Chlorothaonil	Not found
Phorate	Not found
Omethoate	Not found

BRIX:30-32% Hot Break

Item	Index
Lycopene	58mg/100g min.
Bostwick	5-10cm/30 Sec.
PH	4.2 +/- 0.2
Color A/B(Gardner A/B,20°C at Brix of 12.5%)	2.1min.
Tin	200mg/kg max.
Copper	10mg/kg max.
Lead	1mg/kg max.
Arsenic	0.5mg/kg max.
Mancozeb	Not found
Fenvalerate	Not found
Dimethoate	Not found
Chlorothaonil	Not found
Phorate	Not found
Omethoate	Not found

Usage:

Tomato Paste is to enrich the flavor of sauces, particularly Tomato sauce.

Package and Storage:

Tomato Paste is packed in 220l aseptic bag in steel conical drum, palletized, four drums on a wooden pallet.

Shelf Life:

2 years in original packages under the described conditions.

Key words:

Tomato Paste