The Intense tomato

16 years ago

Has anyone heard of this? It's an Australian variety, supposed to be good flavor, juicy but not runny because it doesn't have gel.

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digdirt2
16 years ago
It's from Bayer Crop ScienceÂs vegetable seed business that operates under the name of Nunhems in the Netherlands.

Sounds like it was developed/hybridized (no mention of how) for appearance-only for chefs and the commercial market.

...the worldÂs first non-leaking tomato. The structure of Intense makes it the ideal tomato for slicing, dicing and cutting in any other form without losing its shape. The ability to retain the juice results in a lasting fresh appearance after cutting. These characteristics, together with the deep red color make Intense a very convenient tomato for fresh salads, pizza toppings, wraps, sandwiches or as a cooking tomato. With Intense, tomato becomes an attractive and cost-effective part of everyday pre-cut salads and meals eaten in or out-of-home.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Intense Tomato
instar8
16 years ago
Wow! At last, a cure for the scourge of tomato leakage!!! (????) ;~P

You know a tomato tastes bland when the blurb doesn't even mention flavor!
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spiced_ham
16 years ago
Ick!
digdirt2
16 years ago
Yeah, once I got past the Bayer Corporation note, "blah" was my first impression from the website too. ;) They don't say it of course but they could accomplish all their stated goals for a tomato with a piece of red play dough or even red plastic.

Say! Take all the silly red plastic mulch stuff off the market, dice it up, toss it in a salad, and viola' - the perfect Intense Tomato.

Dave
larryw
16 years ago
As a long time retiree from Bayer here in the US I can comment as follows:

1) I don't think you need worry that marketing energy from Bayer will overwhelm the tomato world and somehow force a
yuckish tomato on us all. Bayer tends to trust that you will identify their product's excellence and seek it out based on it's merits. For example when was the last time you heard an add for Alka Seltzer or Bayer aspirin?

2) As deeply involved in gardening, seed purchase, and specifically in tomatoes as I am, I didn't even know Bayer now owned a seed company in the Netherlands which had a tomato variety they would like to sell. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz!

Larry
instar8
16 years ago
Leave it to a drug company to come up with a new problem you didn't know you had and the solution all in one.