Difference between tomato paste and tomato ketchup and tomato sauce
When we talk tomato paste and tomato ketchup and tomato sauce , most of us think they are same products .But in fact , the only same part is that they are made from fresh tomatoes .
There are many differences between tomato paste and tomato ketchup and sauce.
Tomato paste is a highly concentrated ,thick products , which used when cooking to enhance flavors .There is no vinegar and corn Syrup .
Tomato ketchup is made from tomato concentrate ,vinegar and corn syrup ,also can add seasonings to make it sweet or spicy . when we making salad ,we can add this ketchup .
tomato sauce is made from Tomato paste then mix water , onion powders and salt etc to make it quite watery ,provided us a rich flavors when we have pizza ,pasta etc .
2）We sort tomato paste into different brix .brix 18-20% ,brix 22-24%, brix 28-30%, brix 30-32% ,brix 36-38% etc . For tomato ketchup , we sort it by different flavors , sweety,sweety and acid , sweety and spicy etc .
3) Tomato paste ingredients only tomato paste and salt , while tomato ketchup ingredients have garlic ,onion , salt , sugar etc, even chili .
