Tomato paste
Tomato paste , in Eastern Austria Paradeismark , in Switzerland tomato puree , is a paste made from tomatoes that is mainly used in the kitchen to make sauces .
| Nutritional value per 100 g of tomato paste | |
|---|---|
| Calorific value | 208 kJ (49.8 kcal) |
| water | 86.0 g |
| protein | 2.3 g |
| carbohydrates | 9.0 g |
| - fiber | 0.5 g |
| fat | 0.5 g |
| Vitamins and minerals | |
| Vitamin B 1 | 0.093 mg |
| Vitamin B 2 | 0.058 mg |
| Vitamin B 3 | 1.48 mg |
| Vitamin B 6 | 0.18 mg |
| vitamin C | 9 mg |
| Calcium | 60 mg |
| iron | 1 mg |
| sodium | 590 mg |
| phosphorus | 34 mg |
| potassium | 1160 mg |
Manufacturing
Tomato paste is made from ripe and sorted tomatoes. Since only the tomato flesh is used, these are first peeled and pitted. After that, the tomato pulp is happening under vacuum and heat thickened and to make it durable, pasteurized .
Tomatoes grown outdoors are mainly used to produce tomato paste . The most important European growing countries are Italy , Spain , Greece and Bulgaria .
The world's largest export nations of tomato paste are: China, Italy, Spain, USA, Portugal (in descending order, as of 2016/2017).
Most of the tomato paste imported into Germany comes from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and China (the 5 largest importing nations for 2-fold, 3-fold and higher concentrated tomato paste, as of 2017).
The tomato paste is already produced in the growing countries and, if necessary, further processed in the consumer countries. In addition to its use in the kitchen, tomato paste is also a basic ingredient in ketchup .
For the production of condiments and spices ketchup also is except tomato paste tomato pulp used. This usually consists of crushed fruit components , is not passed through and gives the corresponding preparations consistency .
to form
Tomato paste is traded in cans , tubes or screw-top jars .
- Single concentrated tomato paste contains 14 to 22% dry matter ,
- double concentrated tomato paste 28 to 30% dry matter and
- triple concentrated tomato paste 36 to 40% dry matter.
In Switzerland, the minimum shares are set at 12, 24 and 36%.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waldemar Ternes , Alfred Täufel, Lieselotte Tunger, Martin Zobel (eds.): Food Lexicon . 4th, comprehensively revised edition. Behr, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-89947-165-2 , pp. 1899 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Trade - Tomato News. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Import weight of tomato paste in Germany by country of origin in 2017 | Statistics. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Art. 24 Ordinance of the EDI on beverages