Reader’s Digest: June 2026

In June 2026, we published the following articles:

• Apart from paper-based packaging, Tetra Recart offers market insights, recipe co-creation as well as pack design and production support.
• AMITOM crop update as of 27 May 2026.
• The European Commission has launched its new Fertiliser Action Plan in order to counter volatile input costs and supply vulnerabilities.
• Euromonitor: The European Market for Tomato Products, Part 1 & 2.
• Interview with Antonio Casana, CEO of Solana SpA and President of AMITOM.
• Mutti Group closes 2025 with a total revenue of 777 million euros, up 10.6% compared to 2024.
• Argentina concluded the 2026 season with a complex mix of exceptional field performance and acute macroeconomic pressures.
• El Niño conditions are developing, due to unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific. This increases the risk of extreme weather over the coming months, potentially until November.
• Morning Star Tomato Bites: June 2026 Release.
• California welcomes the 16^th World Processing Tomato Congress and the 18^th ISHS Symposium on Processing Tomato.
• Crop Results and Forecasts were presenting during Day 1 of the WPTC Congress. It is estimated that 40.1 million tonnes should be processed, a 1% decrease compared to 2025.
• Tomato Paste Prices, June 2026: Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile and USA.
• Interview with Nick Kastle, VP of Marketing of J.G. Boswell.
• It was announced during the closing ceremony that the 17th World Processing Tomato Congress and 19th International Symposium on Processing Tomato would return to its birthplace, the legendary Popes Palace in Avignon, France.
• A new study from Ohio State University revealed that a specially formulated tomato-soy juice could significantly reduce systemic inflammation in adults with obesity in just four weeks.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated June 16, 2026.
• The spring of 2026 has seen the birth of a few innovations in the sauces, pasta and condiment sectors, in France, Italy and the USA.
• Euromonitor: The French Tomato Products Market.
• Portuguese Researchers working in the Agriloop Project on plant polyesters demonstrated that cutin could be deconstructed into different properties with significant antibacterial properties, opening new avenues to valorise tomato waste.
• ANICAV and the POs of South-Central Italy signed an agreement for the tomato campaign, with an average price of 140 euros/ton for the round tomato, €150/ton for the long tomato and €210/ton for the cherry tomato.
• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, June 2026: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• Summary from the presentation of Martin Stilwell during the WPTC Congress: Euphoria or Despair.
• US Inventories on June 1, 2026 (Report)
• The European Commission introduced a draft amendment to the 2026 EU budget, proposing to inject an additional funding of 300 million euros into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reserve.
• Euromonitor: Global Processed Tomato Market Value Trends.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated June 30, 2026.
• La Doria announced it entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Solana Group.

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