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Do not underestimate tomatoes. A book called “The Empire of the Red Gold” (“L’Empire de l’or rouge” in French) was strongly recommended to holidaymakers in France a few months ago. It’s about tomatoes. French journalist Jean-Baptiste Mallet pursued tomatoes for two-and-a-half-years, and traveled around the world from China to Italy, from California to Africa. Mallet

KANO, Nigeria – At a state-of-the-art plant in northern Nigeria, shiny machines stand next to a conveyor belt ready to crush tomatoes to satisfy the country’s insatiable demand for tomato paste. But a lonely cleaner mopping the floor is the only sign of activity in Nigeria’s biggest tomato factory, equipped with the latest Italian and

Del Monte Foods plans to close a northern Indiana tomato processing plant with about 100 workers and shift its production to a central California facility. The company announced Tuesday it would start layoffs in November as it ceases production at the Plymouth, Indiana, plant that makes ketchup, tomato-based sauces, and juice from concentrate. Warehouse and

Italy’s decision to impose mandatory labelling on pasta and rice packaging has triggered protests from the food industry, which has called on the European Commission to cancel the measure. The Italian ministry of agriculture declared its intention on September 4th, to include the origin of primary ingredients on the labels of tomato-based products, drawing criticism

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Univer Product Plc. has begun the 2017 tomato processing season in one of the largest, state-of-the-art plants of Central Europe. The investment project was started in 2016 and completed for the 2017 season, right on time for the first deliveries of tomatoes arriving for processing. Univer will be increasing the plant’s output continuously on a