How To Start A Tomato Paste Processing Business ?

Nowadays, it is easy to buy jams in supermarkets and convenience stores. Most jams taste very good. The most common type is tomato paste. Although tomato paste is a common condiment, it can be paired with a variety of foods and is also a very cost-effective one. It tastes sour, sweet and sour, and it's so delicious that you can't live without it when you're eating french fries. The market demand is large. So tomato paste processing is a promising business.

If you have the idea to build a ketchup factory, what aspects need to be considered?

1. Market positioning

Before investing, you must do market research first. Determine market positioning based on input and output. For example, it is necessary to consider whether locally produced tomatoes are suitable for making tomato paste, and the annual output; tomato paste processing and production also need to be subdivided, whether it is to produce tomato paste puree in large packages, or to produce tomato paste sold in the market, or to supply Small package of ketchup for Western fast food; how to open up sales channels, what groups of target customers are, etc. Only by doing sufficient market research can we lay a good foundation for the establishment of a ketchup factory. As a professional food engineering solution provider, Jiapai Intelligence can provide professional market research.

2. Factory design

To start building a factory, it is necessary to make a graphic design of the factory area according to the factory design principles. According to the industrial design of the product combined with the proposed output, a detailed process demonstration of the tomato paste is carried out. On this basis, the material balance, consumables calculation, equipment selection and water, electricity and steam consumption calculation are carried out, and finally the necessary economic analysis is carried out. When building a factory, it is necessary to fully consider the development status and development trend of tomato paste, select equipment from the perspective of energy saving, ensure that the layout of the workshop is reasonable and standardized, and make the entire production process as mechanized and automated as possible. On the basis of completing the design description, the factory floor plan, workshop equipment layout, process flow chart and schematic diagram of main equipment will be drawn. We, Shanghai Jump machinery&Technology co.,ltd, has professional engineers. With years of R&D experience, we can provide professional help for new factories.

3. Equipment selection

The tomato paste processing solution is specially developed for the production of tomato paste. The tomatoes are preheated, crushed, separated, concentrated, sterilized and filled in a sterile environment. The whole process is processed in a closed environment to retain the original raw materials. flavor and nutrition.

The process flow of tomato paste mainly includes the following aspects:

1. Material cleaning

The tomatoes are transported into the production workshop by hydraulic conveying. The hydraulic conveying can remove the grass, leaves and other sundries mixed into the tomato raw materials, and can also wash away the soil, sand, microorganisms and pesticides attached to the surface of the tomatoes, and then enter the washing machine to strengthen the cleaning. ;

2. Broken

Crushing tomatoes is for better pulping and improving pulping rate. Tomato crushing is divided into hot crushing process and cold crushing process. The crushing method used has a certain relationship with the quality of raw materials and the quality requirements of products;

3. Preheating to kill the enzyme

Tomatoes need to be preheated before beating. The main purpose is to inhibit the activity of pectinase and prevent the product from separating juice; to soften the broken pulp, which is conducive to beating and reduce the loss of beating, and increase the viscosity of the product; remove the fruit The air in the interstitial space and the juice is conducive to the preservation of vitamins and avoids foaming during heating and concentration;

4. Beating and refining

Beating and refining is one of the important processes in tomato paste processing. The beating and refining process is completed at one time by crushing tomatoes in a refiner. The waste slag rate produced by beating and refining should be controlled at a certain proportion. If the slag is too wet, the loss rate of raw materials will increase and the slagging rate will be low; if the slag is too dry, the seeds will be squeezed by the scraper in the beater. Broken, affecting the flavor and shape of the finished product;

5. Vacuum concentration

Tomato puree needs to be concentrated nearly six times to make tomato paste. The equipment currently used is still mostly concentrated by vacuum evaporation. The three-effect or four-effect forced circulation tubular evaporator is often used, and the multi-effect forced circulation tubular evaporator is suitable for the evaporation and concentration of materials with relatively viscous and poor fluidity;

6. High temperature instantaneous sterilization

Rapid sterilization in a short period of time, so that the nutrients of the material are not damaged or lost, and the color of the product does not change;

7. Filling

The filling machine can be customized according to the needs, and can be packaged into various styles according to the design requirements, such as large bag filling, glass bottle filling, etc.

For each process, a suitable product model can be selected according to the output requirements and process type. This solution improves the efficiency of tomato paste production, reduces the floor space, and relieves the pressure of initial investment, and can be cross-produced with jams such as chili paste and strawberry paste, thereby improving the market competitiveness of enterprises. Customers who have related needs, please contact us. We, SHJUMP, will provide you with a full range of services including market research, plant design, and solutions.