Niccoli’s All Italian Blog

Geno from La Valle foods told me that the Italian Goverment has cracked down on the use of San Marzano on the label if it does not have the numbered stamp and D.O.P on the label. Too many companies were useing the name and the tomatoes were not from that area. So, check your labels to see if you are getting the real thing.

My wife would not use any tomato product but 6 in 1. Once she used La Valle Tomatoes she will not go back to her previous brand. They give the sauce flavor and body like nothing you have used before.

Fresh, sun-dried or puréed, tomatoes lie at the heart of Italian cooking. The combination of tomatoes, pasta and parmesan cheese make the beginning to many, many Italian dishes.

Fresh tomatoes are grown in many areas and the taste of the tomatoes is just as varied. Things like soil, temperature during ripening and of course which seeds are used, are the basis for the taste of the tomatoes.

Here’s a great site for understanding tomatoes a little better!