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The Santorini’s Tomato Industrial Museum is set inside the stone shell of one of the Greek island’s former tomato-processing plants. Santorini’s famous cherry tomato (also called Tomataki Santorini) is ­thicker-skinned, sweeter, deeper red and larger than garden-variety cherry tomatoes, looking a little like a flattened heirloom tomato. It’s said that its taste comes from the

ConAgra Foods Inc. will close its Hunt-Wesson tomato paste plant in the western Fresno County community of Helm, laying off 102 workers in mid-March. The plant occupies 29 acres near Kamm and Del Norte avenues east of Highway 145. About 70 seasonal employees are included in the layoff total, said Daniel Hare, a ConAgra spokesman.

Chinese companies have agreed to invest $1.74 billion in Kazakhstan’s organic foods industry for products earmarked for export to China, Kazakh Deputy Agriculture Minister Gulmira Isayeva announced Monday. Isayeva said the contracts centered on the production of crushed tomatoes, among other products. “Today we start 19 agricultural projects with a total investment of $1.74 billion.

The company, which is mostly known for its mustard, plans to make tomato paste at Highbury Canco in Leamington before shipping it off to other processing facilities that turn it into ketchup. Kim Cooper, the municipality economic development officer for agriculture, called it a positive development for local producers. “They’re going to be using Chatham-Kent

Manufacturers of tomato paste products in Nigeria have decried the shortage of the triple concentrate tomato paste a major ingredient in the production of tomato paste in the Nigerian market. The manufacturers blamed the shortage of the triple concentrate used in the production of packed tomato paste, on the listing of triple concentrate among the

Orkla has entered into an agreement to acquire Hamé, a leading branded consumer goods company within food in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Hamé holds strong market positions in numerous categories that represent a good fit with Orkla’s existing portfolio. By joining forces with Hamé, Orkla will double its turnover in Central Europe. In the

The private food group Amor Benamor organized this Monday a national meeting in Guelma devoted exclusively to the tomato sector. « The meeting with the participation of research institutions and producers will be an opportunity to debate the issues of the tomato industry and prospects of its development », said the CEO of the group, Mohamed Laïd

Investigation finds evidence of mistreatment of farm workers in Italy, which supplies 60% of the processed tomatoes sold in the UK Food retailers are being urged to investigate the way they source tinned tomatoes and passata after an investigation found evidence of widespread mistreatment of farm workers in Italy. About 60% of processed tomatoes sold