Commercial Tomato Processing Plants

Processing tomatoes are primarily canned, dehydrated, as well as turned into paste, puree, pulp, ketchup, tomato sauce and tomato juice. To preserve the most flavor, processing tomatoes are machine harvested ripe and red.There are two types of tomatoes commonly grown. Most commercial varieties are determinate. These “bushy” types have a defined period of flowering and fruit development. Most heirloom garden varieties and greenhouse tomatoes are indeterminate, which means they produce flowers and fruit throughout the life of the plant.