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Heinz may mean ketchup in America, but in Israel, it’s now mere « tomato seasoning. » The nation’s health ministry has decreed that Heinz’s version doesn’t have enough « tomato solids » (only 21%) to qualify as ketchup and has downgraded it accordingly, reports the Times of Israel. The ruling still allows « ketchup » to remain on the bottle in

According Ecobank, the tomato production is promised to a bright future in Nigeria. The pan-African bank said in a research note that the time was right to invest in this sector. Indeed, although Nigeria is the first tomato producer in sub-Saharan Africa, it fails to satisfy all its needs and is forced to compensate its

The beverage company Huangtai Liquor principally engaged in the production and distribution of liquor products, announced recently its intention to buy the tomato manufacturer based in Tianjin – Provence Tomato. Provence Tomato Products (Tianjin) Limited Company was established in 2009, owns 16,500 acres for tomato planting and has annual exports of around 130,000 tons. Huangtai

Tianjin is a major port and industrial area to the south-east of the Chinese capital, Beijing and is the world’s 10th-busiest container port. The port become a major gateway to northern China for shipments of tomato paste. Late Wednesday night explosions rocked a hazardous-chemicals storage site in the northern city, killing people and disrupting operations

Conserveria Africana Ghana Limited, importers of GINO and POMO tomato paste, has set up a $1,2 million (GH¢50 million) tomato processing factory at Tema to add value to the product. The state-of-the-art factory with the capacity to produce 25,000 metric tonnes of tomato paste annually would create about 300 direct jobs. President of the CAL,

Arda board chairman Basil Nyabadza told businessdigest on Wednesday in the capital that they were finalising agreements with Schweppes and the project is expected to begin soon. The project is owned by Arda and the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) with each owning a 50% equity stake. The project is the brainchild of the late

With deep regret we inform you that Duncan Blake, President and founder of MERKO Turkey and a one of the most influential professional in the processing tomato industry, has passed away yesterday morning. We send our most sincere condolences and sympathy to his family and friends; our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

66% of the tomato consumption exists of processed tomatoes, tomato juice, and puree or dried form and at about 16.4 kilograms per person per year. Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable in Germany. According to the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), Germans consumed 24.9 kilograms of fresh and processed tomatoes in the commercial