Reader’s Digest: October 2025

In October 2025, we published the following articles:

• AINPO, the Italian Producers’ Organization specialized in the processing tomato sector and based in Parma, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment.
• New research from Penn State offers insights into how a plant’s natural microbiome could be harnessed to combat bacterial speck.
• Heinz commissioned a Ketchup couture dress unveiled on the French haute couture runways.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 5 October 2025
• Tomato Paste Prices, October 2025: Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile and USA.
• Windoria, the recently formed global entity resulting from the merger of Italy’s La Doria and U.S.-based Winland Foods, announced the acquisition of Al-Fursan Al-Maghawear, a prominent Saudi Arabian manufacturer and distributor of sauces, condiments, and other long-life food products. 
• AMITOM Crop update as of 5 October 2025.
• In Brazil, Kraft Heinz bets on local production and reaches self-sufficiency in terms of paste production.
• WPTC Crop update as of 5 October 2025.
• CFT celebrates 80 years of innovation and success.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 12 October 2025
• The trade agreement with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) was signed on December 6, 2024. It still requires approval by the Twenty-Seven and the European Parliament before entering into force.
• Lark Seeds International unveiled a new generation of processing-tomato hybrids overcoming two persistent challenges: branched broomrape and fruit softening.
• The Ingomar Packing Company and Botanical Water Technologies provided an update on their water recovery initiative, with plans to expand.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated October 16, 2025.
• California: Weekly tonnage as of 19 October 2025
• In North Italy, 2025 tomato harvesting and processing campaign is concluded on 11th October with an excellent quality and record quantity of tomato delivered.
• Architecture of Trade – Parts 1 & 2
• With 5.9 million tons processed, Italy is back to being the second largest tomato processing country.
• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, October 2025: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• Global Tomato Paste Trade: Chinese and American products appear to be the main beneficiaries of the upturn, while European products are shifting more toward the domestic market.
• WPTC Crop update as of 24 October 2025.
• Morning Star Tomato Bites, October 2025.
• New research highlights advances in green and integrated tomato peeling technologies, emphasizing approaches that reduce energy and water use while enhancing nutrient retention and peel recovery.
• CFT designed and installed a tailor-made sterilization system for ketchup at the Heinz plant in Telford, United Kingdom.
• Researchers from Utrecht University are exploring how they could grow tomatoes without a plant.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated October 30, 2025.

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