Our tomatoes are better right from the start. Our tomato crop begins with seed varieties that have been carefully cultivated by our research team to provide the best balance of flavor, aroma and color. Our elite group of farmers, with an unrelenting focus on quality, make sure they are grown and harvested with care. During harvest season, our tomatoes are transported from field to can in a matter of hours, ensuring fresh-from-the-vine tomato flavor and color.

Escalon tomatoes get more than a little scrutiny. Each tomato is screened for minute physical blemishes and then graded and sorted according to our strict quality standards. Then, much like vintners making a fine wine, we use this detailed information to create the perfect blend of tomatoes for the ultimate product flavor, aroma and color.

Fresh tomatoes must be handled with care. That’s why we insist on gentle processing methods that never sacrifice quality for quantity. We use low-temperature technology and minimize cooking time to capture more of each tomato’s fresh color and flavor. Instead of using harsh chemicals to peel our tomatoes, we use only natural steam to protect their taste as well as the environment. Above all, what matters to you and your customers is taste. We make our entire line of Escalon branded tomatoes without added citric acid, a preservative that can impart a noticeably bitter taste.

Balancing equal parts art and science, we test our products for quality attributes an average of once every two minutes throughout the season. A long-standing Escalon tradition, started by our founder, is the daily management cutout. Every day at 8:00 AM, we get together to taste each and every product made during the previous day to ensure that it lives up to Mr. Colombo’s “gold standard”.