Finish describes the texture of tomato paste. The texture refers to the amount of peel, seed, or core material (insoluble solids) remaining in the juice before it is concentrated. Finish is a key factor for both the yield and texture of your final product.
Traditional finish terminology is based on the size of the holes in the finisher screen through which tomato juice is passed. This may sound standardized, but the reality is something else. Factors other than hole size influence the amount of seed, peel, and other solid material passed through a screen.
To ensure greater consistency of your product, Morning Star uses an improved means of identifying the finish for tomato paste and concentrated crushed tomatoes. These Morning Star Finish Standards of Identity use a set of photographs to classify the texture of the tomato paste being desired.
Our Morning Star colleagues describe this process in detail in the following educational video.
For additional information, please visit our Paste Finish Standards of Identity web page.