Isle of Wight’s Viola Cocktail named ‘best overall supermarket vine tomato’

Morrisons’ Viola Cocktails, grown by Isle of Wight Tomatoes, have been named the ‘best overall supermarket vine tomato’ in a Guardian newspaper taste test.

Using a Brix refractometer to measure the sugar content of the tomatoes in each pack, Hunt noted that sweetness varied hugely, “from a sometimes bland and watery Brix score of four to a satisfyingly sweet seven”.

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He also found that the found the most flavoursome were often the richest in tone. The most highly rated tomatoes reported balanced sweetness with acidity, giving a fresh leaf aroma and creating a complex umami flavour.

Hunt also remarked that organic certification did not necessarily produce the flavour he had expected.

Published on: fruitnet.com

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