Tomato paste
Concentrated paste for home cooking, food service and industrial buyers, in the concentration your market expects.
TinsSachetsAseptic drums
Turnkey tomato & pepper processing lines
Tomato paste & pepper processing lines that turn the harvest into value.
Fresh tomatoes and peppers spoil within days, and a large share of the harvest never reaches the market. A Maticline processing line turns seasonal produce into paste, purée, sauces and pepper blends you can sell all year.
FreshProcessed in season, close to the farms
Year-roundBulk concentrate repacked off-season
Multi-productTomato, pepper and blends on one line
EPCOMEngineering to maintenance, one partner
What you can produce
Products built for West African kitchens
We start from what your consumers cook with every day, then design the line around those products, their packs and their price points.
Tomato purée
Lightly concentrated purée with fresh colour and flavour, for cooking bases and further processing.
Glass jarsPouchesBag-in-box
Ketchup & sauces
Seasoned sauces and ketchup with stable viscosity and no separation on the shelf.
PET bottlesGlassSachets
Pepper paste
Smooth paste from scotch bonnet, habanero, chilli or sweet red pepper, with controlled heat and colour.
JarsPouchesTubs
Tomato-pepper stew base
Ready-to-cook blend of tomato, pepper and onion that saves hours of grinding and frying at home.
PouchesTinsJars
Chilli & hot sauces
Pourable hot sauces with consistent heat level, batch after batch.
Glass bottlesPETSachets
The processing line
Eight stages from fresh fruit to sealed pack
Each stage is sized to your daily intake and specified only after we have analysed your raw material. Pepper-specific steps are noted where the line differs.
Receiving & unloading
Water flumes move fruit gently from crates or trucks into the line, limiting bruising.
Washing & sorting
Bubble washers and rinse sprays remove soil and residue; a sorting belt removes green, rotten and damaged fruit.
Crushing & break
Fruit is chopped and rapidly heated. A hot break gives thicker paste; a cold break keeps more fresh colour and flavour.
PepperDestemming and optional roasting before crushing.
Pulping & refining
Pulper-finishers remove skins and seeds and set the smoothness of the final texture.
PepperColloid milling for a fine, even paste.
Concentration
A vacuum evaporator removes water at low temperature, protecting colour and taste while reaching the target concentration.
Formulation
Batching tanks blend concentrate with salt, sugar, spices, oil or onion for sauces and stew bases.
PepperAcidification to a safe pH before heat treatment.
Sterilisation
Tubular heat exchangers sterilise the product, then cool it for aseptic or hot filling.
Filling & packing
Aseptic bag filling for bulk, or hot-fill for tins, jars, pouches and sachets, followed by sealing, coding and cartoning.
Process before equipment
Why processors choose Maticline for tomato & pepper
- Raw material firstWe analyse your varieties, solids content, colour and seasonality before selecting a single machine.
- Built for the seasonProcess fresh fruit at full speed during harvest, store bulk concentrate aseptically, then blend and repack off-season so the plant runs all year.
- One line, several productsTomato, pepper and blended products share washing, heating, CIP and utilities, raising return on the same investment.
- Consumer-driven productsFormulations and packs designed around what local consumers buy, cook with and can afford.
- Local supportInstallation, operator training, spare parts and optimisation from our teams in Africa.
Food safety by design
Peppers need a different process from tomatoes
Tomatoes are naturally acidic. Most peppers are not, so pepper pastes and blends must be acidified and heat-treated correctly to be safe on the shelf without refrigeration.
We engineer pH control, heat treatment and filling conditions into the line, with CIP cleaning and process monitoring so every batch meets the same standard.
Line configurations
A line sized to your sourcing and your market
Final capacity and equipment are confirmed after a raw-material analysis and feasibility study.
Entry
Repack & blending
For brands starting from bought-in bulk concentrate.
- Dilution and formulation tanks
- Sterilisation and hot filling
- Sachets, pouches, jars or tins
Growth
Fresh processing line
For processors close to farms who want to capture the harvest.
- Receiving, washing, sorting
- Break, pulping, vacuum concentration
- Tomato and pepper products on one line
Industrial
Integrated plant
For high-volume production with bulk storage for year-round output.
- Higher-capacity evaporation
- Aseptic bulk filling and storage
- Automated control and CIP
Frequently asked questions
Tomato & pepper line questions
What products can a tomato processing line make?
Tomato paste, tomato purée, ketchup and sauces, plus pepper paste, chilli sauce and tomato-pepper stew bases on the same line.
How can a tomato plant run outside the harvest season?
Fresh tomatoes are processed at full capacity during harvest and stored as bulk aseptic concentrate, which is then blended and repacked during the rest of the year.
Why do pepper products need a different process?
Most peppers are low-acid, unlike tomatoes. Pepper pastes and blends must be acidified and heat-treated correctly to be safe on the shelf without refrigeration.
Can I start small?
Yes. An entry configuration blends and packs bought-in concentrate, and can later be extended with fresh fruit processing.
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Request a feasibility consultationContact
Plan your tomato & pepper line
Tell us your crops, harvest season, daily volume of fresh produce and the products you want to sell. We will come back with a process and line recommendation.
Global Engineering & Manufacturing Center
Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, ChinaPhone+86 135 7000 5501
Emailpeter@maticline.com
Côte d’Ivoire regional office
Rue Kami, near route du CAFOP, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’IvoirePhone+225 05 55 69 95 57