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HISTORY OF THE PRODUCT    The first cultivations go back to 1925, however only beginning from years' 70 that knew an increasing spread and happening, it culminates to you in 2003 with the obtaining of certification IGP.    Different varieties of tomato Pachino  One of more diffuse the common places identifies the true tomato of Soothes with the variety “ciliegino”. Nothing more mistaken!The IGP (you see www.igppachino.it) classifies and protection very four various tipologie of tomato, all with peculiarities various, and destined to various segments of market. They are all tipologie joined from an elevated degree brix, one extraordinary resistance post collection and a shining color and attractive.     The tomato Ciliegino   Characteristic for the aspect “to cherry” on a cluster to thorn of fish with round, small fruits, from the excellent color and the elevated degree brix.   The tomato Costoluto  Fruit of great dimensions, from the marked coasts, of green color much dark and diamond, finds its natural habitat in lands to high salinità.   The smooth round tomato   Round small and, of dark, unmistakable green color for the taste much marked one. E' a lot appreciated from the consumers of oltralpe. Its yield are of ineguagliabile consistency.   The tomato to cluster  To cluster or snocciolato, it can be green or red. Round, smooth, from the shining color and attractive, with the green collar much dark one. Its varied weight based on the salinità of the cultivation land.

Acknowledgment CE: 2003

The zone of production of the “Tomato of Soothes” comprises the entire communal territory of Pachino and Portopalo di Capo Sparrow and part of the communal territories of Famous (province of Siracusa) and Ispica (province of Ragusa). The consumers will be able to recognize the tomato Soothe IGP thanks to a logo, place on the confection, representing the Sicily with a circle in the extreme tip, where e' placed the production zone, inside of a rumble from the tondeggianti angles of dark green color.The “tomato of Soothes” is produced in a zone characterized from temperatures high and one elevated amount total of solar cancellations, while the vicinity of the sea determines a mitigazione of the climate and a insufficient frequency of the winter frozen ones - primaverili. With of factors that favorite has the development of the cultivations under greenhouse and that, thanks to the quality of the irrigation water, determine the peculiar organolettiche qualities. The rintracciabilità and the origin of the product are guaranteed from the fact that the producers must enroll lands in an appropriate directory and are held to annually introduce to the Organism of control one production denunciation. Also the confezionamento structures must be enrolled in an other appropriate directory and to introduce one denunciation anniversary of worked product.

Property of the product

The famous one ciliegino of Soothes enjoys many beneficial property. Refreshing, dissetante E', has diuretic effects, rich of licopene and of caroteni, sostante that facilitates the corrected operation of the organism and defends it from the free radicalses. It contains one good dose of vitamin C, to repairing and rigeneratrice action on all the cells of the organism. Rich E' also of knows them mineral, with one equilibratrice and purifying function.   The reputation that the tomato of Soothes is conquered on all the following markets is due to factors:  • the sapore   • the consistency of the polpa   • the lucentezza of the fruit   • the long duration post-collection   • the contained elevated one in vitamins (vit. C) and anti-oxidants (licopene)

As it is eaten

As it is eaten: it goes preferibilmente consumed raw in order to totally savour the sweet taste that the contraddistingue and not to lose its precious nourishing property, before between all vitamin C of which it is particularly rich. Become by now symbol of the Mediterranean diet it is lend to the preparation of innumerevoli freschi plates, like insalate, cold pastes but it is perfect also on the peak.