Useful Informations

• Are there additives in canned products?
• Why pre-cooked food?
• How jam is produced?
• What are the advantages of tomatoes as compared to home cooked tomatoes?
• What are the benefits of tomatoes?

Are there additives in canned products?

Products produces at "Qafqaz Konserv Zavodu" are purely natural and do not contain any artificial additives.

Why Pre-cooked Food?

It is suitable for direct consumption. It is easy to prepare and save time. Piquancy may be given pursuant to a consumer’s taste. As it is sold in various weights, it can be bought in any amount and, therefore, there will not be left-over. There no need for special preparation during the use.

How Jam Is Produced?

Fruits with solid, grape-type and soft pits and many vegetables are used as raw material for jam.

Fruits used for production of jam, having passed initial processing (washing, taking out the pits, pealing of stem, boiling, etc.), are mixed with other supplementary products (sucrose, glucose, citric acid) pursuant to a certain formula and in certain order and boiled. The purpose of boiling is to get product of any level by evaporating the water as necessary.

After the boiling, jam is placed into containers washed with hot water and closed without touching. Then, while going through the pasteurization tunnel, jam is steam heated for some time. After that, it is cooled to the necessary temperatures by going through a cooling tunnel.

What are the advantages of tomatoes as compared to home cooked tomatoes?

Like home cooked tomatoes, tomatoes produced at Qafqaz Konserv Zavodu are seedless and peeled. Preparation technology may be achieved in any fluidity. As our tomatoes are thickened in vacuum systems and at low temperatures and not by sunlight like home cooked tomatoes, thickening may be of any level. It also is not affected by changes due to oxygen. Additionally, as tomatoes produced at Qafqaz Konserv Zavodu are pasteurized, their quality is higher than that of home cooked tomatoes.

What are the benefits of tomatoes?

In A, B1, B2, C, K vitamins and compounds such as nicotinic acid, carbohydrate, organic acids, potassium and iron contained in tomatoes, there are vitamins and minerals needed for our organisms. One of the main influences of tomatoes on our health originates from lycopene contained in it. Lycopene is a substance coloring fruits and vegetables.
Researches carried out during last years discovered that lycopene is the only substance positively affecting prostate cancer. At the same time, it plays an effective role in preventing intestinal, child’s and chest cancer and strengthening of immune system of the elderly. Along with lycopene, also tissues between cells strengthen, seriously protect and delay aging.