The cultivated tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum)
came from south America and arrived in Europe in the
15th century and during the 16th century arrived to Asia.
It’s versatility and adaptability to use became very
popular and nowadays it has strong role in the
food business and in culinary around the world.
Portugal is known as one of the best places in the world to
grow tomato due to a special combination of soils,
temperature and geographic location.
This gives to portuguese processed tomato some
unique characteristics, such as: high brix, low
acidity, high content of lycopene, intense
colour and strong aroma.
