Old India Tomato Powder 500g

I have noticed for some years now, how tasteless tomatoes have become in the UK. Where we once imported tomatoes out of season and those that we produced ourselves seasonally the flavour was much better. We then started importing factory grown tomatoes from Spain and started growing our own in factory sized greenhouses. Over time the tomatoes have lost their flavour and are now quite bland.One thing that I really don't like when it comes to tomatoes is the fact that all supermarkets sell "baby plum" tomatoes, that are picked before ripening and are nowhere near maturity. Why not leave the plum tomatoes on the vine longer until they are fully grown and full of flavour? Those that have travelled to north Africa, East Africa and parts of Asia have most likely tasted the fresh plum tomatoes, which taste even better than the tinned ones. This powder is from those types of tomatoes. The tomatoes are mature, and ripe when picked. They are then dehydrated and ground to produce this powder so the full flavour remains.This is certainly a product for those that like to taste tomato and not water, like the UKs tomatoes. If you have ever had a drink of bottled tomato juice or even had a drink of passata then you know what tomato is supposed to taste like. When rehydrated this tomato powder is actually better in taste than passata. It is full of flavour.Using this powder is easy. One can add a little to bread dough, with some mature chedar cheese and bake it. It is great for making soups and so easy to use as all one needs to do is add water. One can quickly make a tomato drink. However, personally I like this powder for making pasta sauces. When making a sauce there is no mess, no tins to open and empty, no jars going to the landfill, just lots of tomato flavour in the sauce. One other good use is pizza bases. One can quickly make a tomato sauce for use in pizzas.There are so many uses for this tomato powder and when reconstituted it works excellently with cheese, onion, garlic and many herbs.I am recommending this product as it is excellent quality, it makes bucket loads of tomato juice and it is excellent value for what it can be used for.

I was surprised by the flavour, I was expecting it to be weaker. I mainly use it as a drink, 2 heaped teaspoons in mug with boiled water. It dissolves quickly with only a small amount of sediment remaining. Better and cheaper than a lot of brands of packet soups with no additives, thickeners, salt or other unnecessary chemicals. Just tomato.

Very tasty and useful item for lots of dished, but don't let it stand unused too long once opened or it will turn into a solid brick.

I used it in different recipes it does make my cooking taste better

It's flavour seems to go a long way, e.g. I can easily flavour a serving of egg noodles with only 1 ml of powder. Being a bulk dry powder, it should hopefully keep and last a long time, and save me a lot of money.

It's of , not the best quality

This is wonderful just like real tomatoes and is great for adding to anything you want to cookIt’s even very tasty sprinkled over your meal instead of sugar loaded ketchupFor anyone looking for a healthy alternative to tomato paste or sauce I recommend you try this, it smells amazing when you open the bag and tastes even better

Great for adding flavour your meal good value for making a quality meal