News
In October 2026, we published the following articles:
- CTAEX presented the documentary “Cooperating to innovate”, retracing 75 years of the sector’s development and showing how Extremadura now accounts for around 70% of the Spanish processing tomato’s production.
- In Extremadura, farmers threaten to boycott the 2027 season after a “disastrous” campaign, due to intense heatwaves causing sharp yield reductions, financial penalties, pest outbreaks, as well as rising input costs and insufficient contract pricing.
- From market insights and recipe co-creation to pack design and production support, Tetra Recart® packages, paper-based solution for shelf -stable foods, has a lot to offer.
- An analysis of the German domestic market using Euromonitor data reveals the dominance of home consumption and growth mainly driven by ready-to-eat products.
- Morning Star’s new APEX pilot plant, built at one of their processing facilities, allows for small and replicated field trials moving through the processing steps in a highly controlled environment.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 3 October 2026.
- Thanks to a California Climate Action Grant, the Collaboratory for Equity in Water Allocation (COEQWAL) has introduced an online platform designed to make state water data accessible to the public and industry decisionmakers.
- GPS Group launched YOU ASK. WE UNPACK., a new monthly series designed to create a direct dialogue between industry professionals and the Group’s experts.
- Researchers from University of Georgia were able to trace genetic roots of tomato flavor loss, analysing the chemistry and genetics of flavor in 558 distinct tomato varieties and uncovering the good-taste gene SI-LIP100.
- Aran Group will showcase their packaging innovations at Pack Expo and Cibus Tec 2026.
- Tomato Paste Prices, October 2026: Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile and USA.
- Canada’s processed tomato industry confirms its dependance on foreign supplies across all three main categories.
- WPTC crop update as of 9 October 2026.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 10 October 2026.
- Summer 2026 innovations were centered around the spreads and sauces categories with savory protein spreads, vegetarian rillettes, protein-enriched passata, chili bite ketchup, and an innovative bottle cap for ketchup.
- A World Vegetable Center initiative with six seed companies is trying to explore and solve the Bacterial Wilt disease at multiple locations across Africa.
- Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated October 15, 2026.
- The global tomato paste trade has experience remarkable expansion over the past two decades, accompanied by profound shifts and the slow emergence of secondary origins.
- In Northern Italy, 3.2 million tonnes of tomatoes were delivered to the industry. Yields were among the lowest in recent years, due to heatwaves, drought and hailstorms.
- Heritable Agriculture, an AI-driven agricultural technology company, and Kagome launched a joint research and development program focused on accelerating the discovery and breeding of disease-resistant vegetable crop varieties.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 17 October 2026.
- The New “Field to Sealed” campaign by the Tomato Products Wellness Council helps foodservice professionals recognize premium tomato products and the story behind the ingredients and their quality they serve.
- Researchers from the Indian Institute of Vegetable Research explored the disconnect between fresh and processing tomatoes, as India is the second tomato producer but only processes less than one percent of its production.
- Prices of Canned Tomatoes, October 2026: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
- Despite being a tomato producer, Australia shows a high demand for foreign supply in all three categories.
- GPS reports positive results from the 2026 tomato season in Portugal and Spain.
- Chinese scientists created a graph-based pangenome to be able to capture all tweaks and structural changes found when crossing a wild tomato with a modern cultivated tomato.
- California: Final tonnage for 2026.
- A comprehensive review of the mechanized production of processing tomatoes analyzes the complex interactions between crop traits, agronomic practices and machinery and how they affect operational performance and sustainability.
- Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated October 29, 2026.
- The Japanese tomato market shows a heavy reliance on imports, mainly shaped by paste and canned tomatoes, for which Japan in the fourth-largest buyer globally.
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