Reader’s Digest: August 2025

In August 2025, we published the following articles:

• Three innovations in beverages were spotted this summer: AperiMutti, Campbell’s V8 Group and AlterFood’ Bloody Tomato cocktail.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 3 August 2025
• Researchers in Italy studied 10 tomato varieties and concluded that improving yield is often at the expense of flavor and nutritional quality.
• In Spain, the NIRCROP project developed a new tool and predictive models for Brix, lycopene and texture, using non-invasive Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) based technology.
• WPTC Crop update as of 8 August 2025.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 10 August 2025
• Italian researchers studied the Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) method and discovered that it made tomato farming more resilient to drought.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated August 13, 2025.
• Genetically Modified Purple tomatoes, already approved in the USA, are under review for introduction in New Zealand.
• Scientists from UC Davis used Artificial Intelligence to help plants recognize bacterial threats by editing the immune receptors.
• In Algeria, fresh and processing tomato production is steadily increasing.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 17 August 2025
• Review of the weather during the last months, reporting on temperature anomalies, varied precipitation conditions.
• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, August 2025: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• ISHS organizes a free webinar on “Opportunities and Challenges in integrating AI technologies into horticultural research and production” on 25 September 2025.
• Some recent innovations around the ketchup include the Heinz Tomato Ketchup Smoothie, the French Ketchup with grape sugar, the French Spicy Ketch’Up, the American Upcycled Ketchup, the 100% British tomato ketchup, the Canadian ketchup flavored chips and the ketchup ice cream.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 24 August 2025
• WPTC Crop update as of 8 August 2025.
• The European Commission and the United States published joint statement on their trade framework agreement on August 21^st. Bilateral negotiations continue.
• Morning Star Tomato Bites – August 2025.
• The Swedish company Incipientus offers ultrasound-based sensors for a non-invasive, in-line process monitoring tracking viscosity, consistency and flow of fluids such as tomato paste and ketchup.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated 28 August 2025.
• Portrait of a new tomato, the H2590 and its breeder, Kelsey MacLillan, Heinz Seed.
• California revised forecast rises to 11 million short tons (just under 10 million metric tonnes)

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