date:Sep 19, 2023
o develop the novel product as a response to limited crop supplies in the US due to record rains in California, which have shortened the planting season and diminished the supply of raw tomatoes.
California saw a diminished tomato crop production of 9.51 million metric tons last year, way below the peak of 13.06 million metric tons reached in 2015. The crop is expected to be better this year but still lower than the previous five-year average, according to the US Processing Tomato Advisory Boar