1. Product overview

1.1 Product description

Tomato Ketchup is a homogeneous suspension-type condiment sauce obtained from clean, healthy, ripe tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum), from which the skin and seeds have been removed, and from tomato by-products, including concentrate with added vinegar, sugar, salt and aromatic ingredients and extracts such as onions, spices and authorized additives. The minimum dry extract content of tomatoes is only 5-6%, which requires considerable prior concentration.

Tomatoes are the main ingredient in ketchup, and the world's major industrial groups dominate this market, with the USA leading the way, followed by Italy and China (a modest consumer of tomatoes, but a major producer and exporter worldwide). To produce ketchup, among other things,...