A unique tomato
The characteristics that make the San Marzano Tomato unique and distinguishable from all others are very specific.
The fruits have a typical elongated shape and usually measure between six and eight centimeters; when ripe, the color is bright red.
The thin skin peels off easily, enclosing firm, fleshy pulp with few seeds.
The interior has two or three chambers and the taste is typically strong, sweet and sour.
The dense, fleshy pulp ensures that San Marzano does not crush during processing, producing firm peeled tomatoes and consistent sauces.
Intense red color
Compact, fleshy pulp
Elongated shape
Intense red color
Compact, fleshy pulp
Elongated shape
Characteristics
The tomato plant and berries of the San Marzano 2, KIROS, or improved lines approved for processing to produce the Pomodoro San Marzano dell’Agro Sarnese Nocerino PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) must meet the following requirements:
The plant
- Indeterminate growth of any height, excluding indeterminate varieties; Foliage well covering the berries
- Foliage well covering the berrie
- Staggered ripening
- Unripe berries with a "green shoulder"
Fresh berries suitable for peeling
a) Berry with two or three lobes, elongated cylindrical shape tending towards pyramidal, with a length of 60 to 80 mm, calculated from the base of the peduncle to the style scar;
b) Angulated/rounded cross-section;
c) Axis ratio: no less than 2.2 + 0.2 (calculated between the length of the longitudinal axis and that of the major transverse axis in the equatorial plane);
d) Absence of a peduncle;
e) Red color typical of the variety;
f) Easy detachment of the cuticle;
g) Limited presence of placental voids;
h) pH no higher than 4.50;
i) Refractometric residue at 20°C equal to or greater than 4.0%;
l) Limited presence of thickened vascular bundles in the petiolar area (taproot).
The following tolerances are permitted:
