Reader’s Digest : August 2022

In August 2022, we published the following articles:

• In California, Trudi Hughes succeeds Rob Neenan as President and CEO of CLFP.
• Red Gold launched two plant-based pasta sauces to food service operators. Those sauces contain plant-based proteins as meat alternative.
• In California, the adoption of trucking telematics has grown since the first system was introduced in 1988. Nowadays, there are about 3 million trucks equipped with e-log systems in the United States and it is expected to grow steadily. The Morning Star developed their own driver navigation system using GPS data and mapping.
• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, August 2022: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• For the 3^rd year in a row, California's processing capacity will be around 12.7 million mT for the 2022 season.
• California Crop Situation as of 30 July 2022.
• WPTC Crop Update as of 5 August 2022.
• Researchers at Wageningen University & Research developed a method to extract the high-value RuBisCo protein from tomato leaves, removing the toxins from the plant. This protein contains all the essential amino-acids and is a potentially interesting food.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated 8 August 2022.
• California Crop Situation as of 6 August 2022.
• The French ingredients firm Solina acquired a majority stake in the UK based sauces and condiments manufacturer Zafron Foods.
• Mintec Commodity Price Movements August 2022 Report.
• In California, the tomato crop is threatened by the worst drought in 1,200 years, as well as soaring costs. This season costs more and delivers less.
• California Crop Situation as of 13 August 2022.
• Paste Prices, August 2022: USA, Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile.
• Farewell to Retiring President & CEO of CLFP, Rob Neenan.
• The co-founders of the company AWSM (which stands for Avoid Waste and Season Meaningfully) launched a line of powder sauces.
• A new study showed a new way of predicting lycopene content in tomato fruits, based on reflectance and non-destructive.
• The EU carbon price hits a new record on August 19 at more than 99 Euros.
• In Italy, ANICAV is asking for an intervention by the institutions, as the production costs are out of control and hundreds of businesses are on their knees.
• WPTC Crop Update as of 19 August 2022.
• In Northern Italy, 50% of the crop has already been processed, with good quality and yield, but with a negative impact of climatic anomalies.
• California Crop Situation as of 20 August 2022.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated August 24 2022.
• In Kenya, a new tomato processing plant was built on Kisumu, founded by the County government, and is now awaiting commissioning.
• In California, the organic share of the processing-tomato crop has been growing in the past decade, but could be down this year due to crop disease.
• California Crop Situation as of 27 August 2022.
• In Italy, the ANICAV association requested immediate government intervention to protect the processing-tomato sector's companies, in order not to lose jobs nor export shares.
• Prices of canned tomatoes, August 2022 (2): Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.

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