According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), California’s contracted processing tomato production is forecast at 11.3 million tons, a 12 percent decrease from last year and two percent ...
Tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is valuable as raw material for industry, being transformed in several intermediate products (concentrated pulps and cubes), and final products (extracts, sauces ...
How big can a tomato get from a seed? Well ... EDITOR’S NOTE: This gardening column is authored by Eric Larson. Processing tomatoes into a spaghetti sauce can be a lot of work beyond raising the ...
Tomatoes are one of the richest sources of lycopene, and its concentration is higher in smaller, darker varieties. Cooking or processing tomatoes, such as in sauces or canned tomatoes, breaks down ...