Turkish Sun Dried Tomatoes
The roles of sun dried tomatoes are expanding in today’s cuisine. We always provide the highest quality sun dried tomato products to our customers according to their requests. Our product range is Salted or Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) treated tomatoes, in the shape of Halves, Strips (Julienne Cut), Diced and Ready-to-Eat (RTE).
Turkish Sun Dried tomatoes are produced from Roma variety sound, fresh, ripe tomatoes. The tomatoes are dried in the sun to develop their full, rich flavour, characteristic of sun dried tomatoes. They are now recognized as a basic ingredient for a multitude of applications, including baking, condiments, salads and salad dressings and preparation of entrees and appetizers.
Sulphured Sun Dried Tomatoes
Sulphured Regular Dried Tomatoes: Moisture 18-23%, SO2: 2500-3000 ppm, The fresh tomatoes need a drying process which takes between 5-7 days with salt. And then they are washed, cleaned and selected in our factory.
Shapes: halves, julienne cut, diced 10×10 mm, Packing: bulk 10 kg boxes, 1 / 2 / 2,5 / 5 kg vacuum bags.
Sulphured Regular Dry Halves
Sulphured RTE Halves
Sulphured RTE (Ready To Eat) Dried Tomatoes: Moisture 35-40%, SO2 2500-3000 ppm
Regular dried tomatoes are taken into the process in our factory and they become R(ready) T(to) E(eat). These tomatoes are mainly used in restaurants, hotels etc. No need to cook. They are served with salads, pizzas, pastas (with sauce) or can be sub-product for the other industrial processes.
Shapes: halves, julienne cut, diced 10×10 mm, Packing: bulk 10 kg boxes, 1 / 2 / 2,5 / 5 kg vacuum bags.
Sulphured Jullienne Cut
Sulphured Diced, 10×10 / 8x8mm /6x6mm
Salted Sun Dried Tomatoes
Regular Dried Tomatoes: Moisture 18-23%, Salt 6-8%. The fresh tomatoes need a drying process which takes between 5-7 days with salt. And then they are washed, cleaned and selected in our factory. Shapes: halves, julienne cut, diced 10×10 mm. Packing: bulk 10 kg boxes, 1 / 2 / 2,5 / 5 kg vacuum bags
Production of Sun Dried Tomatoes
Sun drying of Tomatoes :
July-August is the period for sun drying. Tomatoes suitable for drying are harvested and delivered to the drying facility in plastic cases.
The tomatoes are inspected under the supervision of quality control experts. Tomatoes meeting required standards are passed to the hand inspection.
After being placed on carefully cleaned nets and tarpaulin, and inspected to ensure all are upright, the tomatoes are left to dry in the hot sun. All workers are required to disinfect their hands every 15 minutes to keep microbial levels at a minimum.
To ensure even drying, the tomato halves are neatly laid in 2.5 m wide rows with walkways in between to allow for regular inspection of the drying. They are left in the field for 3-5 days, within 1 meter high barriers to prevent foreign wind-borne bodies from blowing on to them.
After being tested for optimum moisture levels, they are collected into small mounds and left for a few hours. They are then passed through a rotating sieve to remove any foreign bodies that may have deposited on the fruit whilst drying, and packed into jute bags. Finally the tomatoes are fumigated under plastic sheeting, weighed, and moved into cold-storage to await packaging and delivery.
Processing in the factory:
After sun dried tomatoes reach to the factory. Firstly foreign materials are removed by rolling drum machine. For RTE type, product is blanched in special solution. Then they are selected on belts meticulously by hand, then packed and metal detected.
Packing options
10 kg bulk cartons, Vacuum packs 1 x 5 lbs, 4 x 5 lbs, 10 x 1 kg, 2 x 5 kg, 4 x 2.5 kg
Packing options: Vacuum pack , 1 x 5 LBS, 4 x 5 LBS, 10 x 1 KG, 4 x 2.5 KG, 2 x 5 KG
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