Tomato
paste processing 

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Nominal 240kg Aseptic 36.0-38.0° Brix Cold Break and 28.0-30.0° Brix Hot Break Tomato Paste packed in an Aseptic Bag placed in a mild steel drum

 

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The fresh tomatoes are received at the factory from the contract growers.

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Each truckload is checked for pH, Brix, and percentage defects before unloading into flotation tanks.

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The tomatoes are washed, color-sorted, and sieved to remove extraneous vegetable matter and green fruit.

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The tomatoes are hand-selected before cold breaking at >65°C and/or hot breaking at >95°C

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The broken tomatoes pass through a 2-stage sieving process – 1.2mm and 0.8mm mesh sieves to remove seeds and skin.

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The sieved fruit is evaporated to achieve 36.0-38.0° Brix in the final product.

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The Tomato Paste passes through an in-line metal detector.

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The Tomato Paste is sterilized in a continuous pipe-in-pipe steriliser to achieve commercial sterility.

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The product is cooled aseptically and filled into Goglio bags or equivalent before closing.

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The bag is placed into a mild steel drum that is individually weighed and numbered. The drum is closed with a polypropylene lid.

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The drum is placed onto a wooden pallet, four drums per pallet, and shrouded with polyethylene film.