Why don't they sell frozen tomatoes like other frozen vegetables and fruits?

Why don't they sell frozen tomatoes like other frozen vegetables and fruits? - Woman Holding Tomatoes

Why aren't frozen tomatoes available like frozen broccoli, peas, peaches, or strawberries? Why are tomatoes only canned or fresh?

Example: http://www.peapod.com/search_results.jhtml?searchText=frozen+tomatoes



Best Answer

Freeze one, thaw it and see. The liquid separates out and leaves a pulpy structure behind. Tomato sauce (no chunks) thaws much better and separated liquid can be stirred back in well enough.

Canned works as we all know so no one is bothering trying to grow a freezer-friendly tomato, yet.




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Quick Answer about "Why don't they sell frozen tomatoes like other frozen vegetables and fruits?"

They will go through the same temperature region when freezing and thawing, so they will get that bad taste of a cooled tomato. They won't have the texture of a fridge tomato though, because the freezer will do a larger change - instead of getting unpleasantly hard, they'll get limp and their juices will separate.

Do they sell frozen tomatoes?

Tomatoes may be frozen raw or cooked, whole, sliced, chopped, or pur\xe9ed. Tomatoes do not need to be blanched before freezing. Frozen tomatoes are best used in cooked foods such as soups, sauces and stews as they become mushy when they're thawed.

Are frozen tomatoes good?

Freezing tomatoes let you enjoy summer ripened tomatoes in the winter. Sure they lose some flavor as any fresh frozen produce will, but they are still great to cook with. Freezing tomatoes is one of the easiest and quickest ways to preserve them.

What fruits should not be frozen?

9 Fruits and Vegetables You Should Never Freeze
  • Celery. Freezing causes celery to become limp and soft with an unpleasant flavor. ...
  • Citrus. Citrus fruits become soft and mushy after being frozen. ...
  • Cucumbers. ...
  • Green peppers. ...
  • Lettuce. ...
  • Parsley. ...
  • Potatoes. ...
  • Radishes.







More answers regarding why don't they sell frozen tomatoes like other frozen vegetables and fruits?

Answer 2

They are :) (site in French).

However, if you look at the reviews, the average customer isn't too pleased with the product, essentially for the reasons mentioned by @PatSommer (watery, poor texture, etc.). Don't forget that canning transforms tomatoes in a way which makes them particularly useful for sauces and the like, which is another reason why it is such a popular method of conservation.

Answer 3

There is no advantage to freezing over canning, and from many perspective there are disadvantages (discolouration, mushiness, overall general cellular destruction)

The embodied energy required to can is also much less than to keep them frozen, so this combined with disadvantages of freezing tomatoes, manufacturers choose to use canning

Yes, you can freeze dry tomatoes into a powder, it's not that great compared to freeze dried fruit powders though

Dried tomatoes (think sun dried tomatoes) are excellent, but are generally not a useful substitute for fresh tomatoes

Answer 4

Beside the reasons in the other answers, tomatoes really don't like low temperatures. They change their aroma and texture already at fridge temperature. They will go through the same temperature region when freezing and thawing, so they will get that bad taste of a cooled tomato. They won't have the texture of a fridge tomato though, because the freezer will do a larger change - instead of getting unpleasantly hard, they'll get limp and their juices will separate.

To sum it up, canned tomatoes don't taste like fresh tomatoes, but at least they taste like cooked tomatoes. Frozen then thawed tomatoes don't taste neither like fresh, nor like cooked. They are just not that good to eat.

Answer 5

Frozen tomatoes will lose all their structure, so are only of use for cooking. Canned tomatoes works very well for cooking and are cheap. The taste is also improved by the canning process, but not by freezing.

So I can’t see how anyone can charge enough for frozen tomatoes to as to make a profit.

But I have frozen my own tomatoes. To do so, blanch them in boiling water, or cook them down into a source before freezing.

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