Sundried tomatoes have come a long way since the first tomatoes were dried on terracotta roofs in Italy. PEPPADEW® sun dried raisin tomatoes are the result of a co-operation between arguably the largest tomato growers in the world - ZZ2 - and Peppadew International to bring a unique culinary product to South African consumers.

The PEPPADEW^® sundried raisin tomato is the product of a revolutionary new patent and contains a very specific gene which is bred into the tomato using 100% natural breeding methods. The benefit of this gene is that numerous micro openings are created as the raisin tomato reaches maturity, enabling the raisin tomato to self-dehydrate naturally on the vine while locking in the aromatic flavours and retaining its natural sugar content.

May/June 2010 Issue

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