Tomato Puree

You can buy the tomato puree at the departmental store at your locality. But knowing the procedure of tomato puree, you will learn a valuable experience which may motivate you about starting a new business of vegetable processing industries including the tomato. Then you can be the boss of many employees and owner of your own business.

The business can transmit to your children too which will be another long term benefit. But it is not necessary that the persons who are used to making tomato puree at home should start tomato processing industry. But it is good to learn to make tomato puree at home too.

Your children might be very interested to see the tomato puree making procedure. They will eagerly watch the process of making tomato puree. Take the participation of your children too while you are making tomato puree. Motivate your children to work together. Then admire their participation.

If you are growing tomatoes, you can also make tomato puree at your home. Even if you are not growing tomatoes, you can buy tomato at grocery or departmental store and then make tomato puree at your home in the main season of tomato harvest.

In the time of abundant harvest of tomato in the main season, the price of the fresh tomato fruits may be cheap at your locality. You can buy such tomato fruits and then make tomato puree.

If you explore information that you can buy tomato fruits in large bulk at low price in tomato growing vegetable garden, or in large grocery or large departmental store; you can buy the tomato fruits and make tomato puree at your home.

Ingredients for making tomato puree at your home:

:: Fresh tomato fruits 1kg

:: Water 2 liters

:: Vinegar 100-150 ml

:: Salt 2 grams

:: Sugar 100 grams

Tomato puree through processing plants

Tomato puree is prepared from the well-ripened tomato fruits and from the residue after the extraction of tomato juice. The residue contains skin, seeds and some tomato juice too. The tomato liquid is separated from the tomato fruits and or residue. The liquid is passed to a tank with rotary steam coils or to vacuum pans.

The liquid is heated for evaporation. The heating is done to make the volume of the liquid less than the half. Then the thick dense tomato liquid is tomato puree. The tomato puree is ready for canning. The tomato puree is filled into the cans at 880C. The cans are sealed and cooled carefully in order to maintain the nutrition and real flavor of the tomato fruits.

      

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