"These factors, combined with the different temperatures and humidity rates, create a wide variety of tomato hybrids with special characteristics that depend on the area."
"Date, perino and plum tomatoes represent a large share with respect to table, salad, beefsteak and ribbed tomatoes - around 25-30%."
Italian tomatoes have to compete with Spanish and Dutch ones. "S. Marzano also come from France under the Saveol brand. Dutch ones are very firm and are packed in appealing packets. In addition, they are very uniform. Produce from Spain is also well-processed and presented, but sometimes its shelf-life is not very long."
"In Italy, the main problem is that production is really fragmented, so it is difficult to compete with those who work on bigger areas and productions. Despite this, we could say that our produce still comes from small producers rather than being almost "industrial" like the Dutch and Spanish one."
