Recently, our company officially launched a new batch of 36-38% high-concentration tomato paste for the global market. This product requires no less than 6 tons of fresh ripe tomatoes to produce just 1 ton of finished paste, far exceeding the average raw material input level of ordinary products on the international market. Behind this ultra-high concentration standard, it is not a simple concentration operation, but a systematic strength that runs through the whole chain from raw material planting, precise harvesting to low-temperature processing. This news will uncover how Chinese tomato processing enterprises break the conventional cognition of the industry and deliver stable and excellent raw material quality to global food factories and catering customers.
Strict Raw Material Planting: The First Threshold for High Concentration
All raw material tomatoes for this batch of high-concentration products come from the core planting areas located in the golden processing tomato belt. The local annual sunshine duration exceeds 3000 hours, the temperature difference between day and night is more than 15 degrees Celsius, and the precipitation is low during the fruit ripening period, which naturally reduces the risk of diseases and pests. We have established a traceable planting management system, which uniformly controls the application period and dosage of water, fertilizer and pesticides in the whole growth cycle of tomatoes in accordance with the green food production standards. Only tomatoes with a natural solid content of more than 5% and a lycopene content far higher than the industry average can enter the subsequent processing link. Unqualified raw materials will be eliminated on the spot before entering the factory, which lays a solid foundation for the final high concentration and strong flavor of the finished product.
Precision Harvesting & Screening: No Immature Fruit Enters the Production Line
High-concentration tomato paste cannot be made from mixed raw materials of different maturity levels. We adopt the mode of segmented mechanized harvesting combined with manual fine screening. After the tomatoes are picked, they are transported to the processing workshop within 2 hours. Through multi-stage cleaning, online color sorting and manual re-inspection, green fruits, rotten fruits and fruits with insufficient sugar content are completely removed. The whole process does not use any unqualified raw materials that cannot be traced back to the origin, which avoids the hidden danger of unstable flavor of the finished product caused by uneven raw materials. This strict screening standard makes the raw material loss rate of our high-concentration product line far higher than that of ordinary products, but it also ensures that every ton of raw material entering the concentration link has stable and excellent quality.
Low-Temperature Vacuum Concentration: Lock Fresh Flavor While Improving Consistency
Different from the traditional high-temperature and long-time concentration process, our high-concentration tomato paste adopts multi-effect low-temperature vacuum concentration technology. The evaporation temperature of the first effect is controlled below 70 degrees Celsius, and the material stays in the concentration equipment for a very short time. While quickly evaporating excess water, it maximizes the retention of natural lycopene, B vitamins and unique fresh tomato flavor. The whole concentration process is dynamically monitored by the full-automatic PLC system, and the concentration value is corrected in real time through online detection equipment, which finally controls the finished product concentration stably in the 36-38% standard range. There is no need to add any thickeners, pigments or artificial flavors, and the natural strong taste of raw tomatoes is completely locked in the thick paste body.
Strict Quality Control System: Meet the Double Standards of Domestic and Foreign Markets
All high-concentration tomato paste products have passed the strict quality inspection before leaving the factory, and the production process fully complies with the national green food processing specifications and international food safety certification requirements. We have established a dual quality control procedure of factory inspection and type inspection, and every batch of products can provide a complete trace report covering raw material origin, processing parameters, microbial indicators and concentration data. Whether it is used for industrial production of tomato sauce, hot pot base, western food seasoning or other scenarios, it can provide customers with a highly consistent flavor base, greatly reducing the difficulty of subsequent formula deployment.
FQA
- Q: Why does high-concentration tomato paste require 6 tons of fresh tomatoes to make 1 ton of finished product?A: Because our 36-38% high-concentration standard is based on the natural solid content of high-quality ripe tomatoes. After removing skin, seeds and excess water, 6 tons of high-quality fresh tomatoes can only be concentrated into 1 ton of thick paste with stable flavor, which is far higher than the raw material input ratio of ordinary low-concentration products.
- Q: What is the difference between your high-concentration products and ordinary concentrated tomato paste on the market?A: Our products do not add any thickeners. All the concentration comes from natural low-temperature evaporation. The lycopene retention rate is higher, the flavor is more mellow, and there will be no thin and tasteless situation after dilution. The batch concentration error is controlled within ±1%, and the stability is stronger.
- Q: What scenarios are 36-38% high-concentration tomato paste mainly suitable for?A: It is very suitable for large-scale industrial food production scenarios, such as the production of tomato sauce, tomato seasoning, canned food, tomato hot pot base, etc. It can also be used for catering customers to prepare concentrated tomato base materials, which can reduce storage and transportation costs.
- Q: Can you provide high-concentration products of different concentration specifications?A: Yes, on the premise of ensuring the natural flavor of raw materials, we can provide customers with customized products of different concentration grades such as 28-30% and 30-32% according to the actual production needs of customers.
- Q: What packaging forms can high-concentration tomato paste support?A: Our products support a variety of packaging forms such as sterile large bags, tin cans, and box-in-bag, which can meet the packaging and transportation needs of different customers from industrial large barrels to small retail packages.
- Q: Is your production process in line with international food safety standards?A: All our production links have been strictly controlled in accordance with international food safety specifications. The materials in contact with the materials are all made of food-grade stainless steel, and the products have passed the relevant safety certifications required for export, which can be directly connected to the production lines of customers in various countries.
Post time: Sep-14-2026
