Verified Company
Great Vision International Inc.
Click to enlarge
Tomato Ketchup Tomato Paste Chalkis/COFCO
Tomato paste is a thick paste that is made by cooking tomatoes for several hours to reduce moisture, straining them to remove the seeds and skin, and cooking them again to reduce them to a thick, rich concentrate.
Depending on its manufacturing conditions, tomato paste can be the basis for making ketchup or reconstituted tomato juice.
- Hot break: heated to about 100 °C; pectin is preserved -> thicker -> ketchup
- Warm break: heated to about 79 °C; colour is not preserved, but flavour is
- Cold break: heated to about 66 °C; colour and flavour is preserved -> juice
Tomato Ketchup Tomato Paste Analysis
| Items | Specifications | Results | ||
| Brix | 30%~32% | 31.1% | ||
| Bostwick(cm/30sec) | 3.5-5.0 | 4.0 | ||
| pH value | 4.0-4.4 | 4.32 | ||
| HMC(%) | 50 Max. | 40 | ||
| Lycopene(mg/100g) | 50 Min. | 63.69 | ||
| A/B | 2.0 Min. | 2.18 | ||
| Standard Plate Count | 1000/g | Conform | ||
| Total Coliforms | 10/10g Max. | Conform | ||
| Yeast | 1/g Max. | Conform | ||
| Mold | 1/g Max. | Conform | ||
| Copper(Cu) | 10mg/kg Max. | Conform | ||
| Arsenic(As) | 0.5mg/kg Max. | Conform | ||
| Tin(Sn) | 200mg/kg Max. | Conform | ||
| Lead(Pb) | 0.3mg/kg Max. | Conform | ||
| Cadmium(Cd) | 0.05mg/kg Max. | Conform | ||
We can provide different types: 36-38 CB
30-32 HB
28-30 HB