News
In September 2026, we published the following articles:
- The Italian Producers’ Organization AINPO accelerates supply chain digitalization by launching e-DDT, the digital Transport document and first step in the traceability process.
- Spain, and particularly Extremadura, is suffering from a tomato mite outbreak, fueled by high temperatures and low humidity as well as by the prohibition of a spirotetramat-based insecticide.
- Tomato Paste Prices, September 2026: Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile and USA.
- Researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that ideotype plants optimize their water use early in the day, during the “Golden hour”.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 5 September 2026.
- Researchers from Charles Darwin University trained an artificial intelligence model with nearly 9000 pictures to detect crop diseases without any mobile reception in the fields.
- A clinical trial conducted in Italy showed that eating tomatoes every day for six weeks could help reduce the fat accumulated in the liver, thereby supporting tomato-rich dietary strategies as a potential nutritional approach for managing MASLD.
- Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated September 10, 2026.
- 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.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 12 September 2026.
- WPTC crop update as of 11 September 2026.
- Weather: September 2026 update.
- New research from Tufts University suggests that phytoene, a colorless precursor of lycopene, may also contribute to tomatoes’ protective effect against a form of fatty liver disease.
- Prices of Canned Tomatoes, September 2026: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
- Bulgarian tomato processor Balkan for Food Industries is expanding their plant beyond industrial bulk supply with a new CFT line for retail and food service formats.
- Researchers in Spain established that daily intake of tomato paste may improve cognitive performance in middle-aged adults.
- A new California bill by Representative David Valadao targets country-of-origin transparency for agricultural imports.
- Morning Star Tomato Bites: September 2026 Release.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 19 September 2026.
- OI Pomodoro Nord Italia met with Emilia-Romagna Agriculture Minister Alessio Mammi to address water availability, climate impacts, planning, and rising production costs.
- Researchers from University of California found that use of irrigation cannot shield tomatoes from extreme heat.
- The gene-edited ‘Sunshine’ tomato is the first crop from the John Innes Centre to receive precision bred organism (PBO) approval in the UK.
- Cabot fumed silica products are used to improve tomato powder performance by reducing caking, improving flowability, enhancing handling characteristics and optimizing processing.
- Obituary: Antonio Biancardi, founder and president of Solana S.p.A. from 2001 to 2024.
- Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated September 24, 2026.
- Germany: trade data analysis and import dynamics of the processed tomato products market.
- WPTC crop update as of 25 September 2026.
- California: Weekly tonnage as of 26 September 2026.
- Meteorologists warn that this emerging ‘super’ El Niño increases the likelihood of heavy rainfall and flooding across California in the coming months.
- Researchers have created a systematic framework that groups and prioritizes substances by hazard rather than evaluating them one by one, in an effort to bring clarity to thousands of food packaging chemicals.
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