Tomato products: pulp, ketchup, and chili sauce.

National Canners Association RESEARCH LABORATORY—Bulletin No. 21L. W. D. BIGELOW, Director
Tomato Products Pulp, Ketchup and Chili Sauce
BY W. D. BIGELOW and A. E. STEVENSON
WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST, 1923
Tomato pulp is the fleshy portion of the tomato separated from skins, cores and seeds by means of a fine mesh screen and suitably concentrated by evaporation.
This bulletin supersedes Bulletins 3 and 7, and also contains material which has appeared in several trade-paper articles prepared in this laboratory. These articles are extensively quoted and some of them are printed almost in full. Dr. F. F. Fitzgerald was the co-author of most of these publications and did much of the work on which they were based. He is therefore entitled to a substantial share of the credit for the material in this bulletin.
The manufacture of tomato pulp requires careful supervision from beginning to end. The raw product must be carefully selected, and all possible steps should be taken to induce growers to discard rotting tomatoes in the field and to expedite the movement of the raw product from field to factory. Tomatoes must be carefully washed and sorted. It is only practicable to accomplish the latter by means of some type of sorting belt. Sorters should not attempt to trim. Their full attention should be given to the tomatoes passing by them. The sorter may place the tomatoes requiring trimming in a separate receptacle in order that they may be carried to a table not provided with a moving belt and handled by special trimmers. Conveyors, receptacles and machines must be constructed and installed with a view to convenience in cleaning. Care must be taken to expedite the manufacture of the product in every way possible in order to give no opportunity for bacterial growth during the process of manufacture.
The brief comments given above are offered by way of reminder. This important subject is not further discussed because it has been adequately treated by Mr. B. J. Howard of the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry in bulletins which are readily available. These bulletins are designated as Bulletins 569 and 581, respectively, of the United States Department of Agriculture. They may be secured by requesting them of the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, this city, and enclosing five cents in coin for each copy desired. All manufacturers of tomato pulp will do well to study these bulletins and have them studied by their responsible employees.