Tomato paste is a thick paste made from ripened tomatos with skin and seeds removed. Depending on its manufacturing conditions, it can be used to make either ketchup or reconstituted tomato juice. Its most common culinary usage is as a pizza base. Tomato - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Organic Ketchup, a 21st century condiment Ketchup (or catsup) is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ... Tomato juice is a juice made from squeezed tomatoes. ... Pepperoni is one of the most popular toppings on American pizzas. ...
Hot break: heated to about 100°C; pectin is preserved -> thicker -> ketchup.
Cold break: heated to about 66°C; color and flavor is preserved -> juice.
Pectin is a heterosaccharide in the cell wall of plants. ...
External links
Influence of Tomato Paste Processing on the Linear Viscoelasticity ... (http://fst.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/10/2/95)
History of the Tomato (http://www.morningstarco.com/industry/tomhx.html)
Tomatoes are one of the most common garden vegetables in the United States, and, along with zucchini, have a reputation for outproducing the needs of the grower.
"Slicing" or "globe" tomatoes are the usual tomatoes of commerce; beefsteak tomatoes are large tomatoes often used for sandwiches and similar applications; plum tomatoes or pastetomatoes are bred with a higher solid content for use in tomato sauce and paste; and cherry tomatoes are small, often sweet tomatoes generally eaten whole in salads.
Tomatoes are often grown in greenhouses in cooler climates, and indeed there are cultivars such as the British 'Moneymaker' and a number of cultivars grown in Siberia that are specifically bred for indoor growing.
For example, tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C and vitamin A, the latter notably through its concentration of carotenoids including beta-carotene.
Tomatoes are a very good source of vitamin K. The 13.5% of the daily value for vitamin K that is found in one cup of raw tomato is important for maintaining bone health.
Tomato products, such as tomatopaste, have been recommended over whole fresh tomatoes because they concentrate tomatoes and thus deliver more of their protective carotenoids, despite the fact that tomato peels are usually eliminated during processing.