tomato juice
{{Short description|Beverage made from tomatoes}}
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Tomato juice is a juice made from tomatoes, usually used as a beverage, either plain or in cocktails such as a Bloody Mary, a Caesar, or Michelada.
Production
Many commercial manufacturers of tomato juice also add salt. Other ingredients are also often added, such as onion powder, garlic powder, and other spices. In the United States, mass-produced tomato juice began to be marketed in the mid 1920s, and became a popular breakfast drink a few years thereafter.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CecCHiI95dYC&q=breakfast%2C+tomato+juice&pg=PA122 |title=Nineteen Twenties |author=Kathleen Morgan Drowne |author2=Patrick Huber |year=2004 |page=122 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9780313320132 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}
In the United States, most tomato juice is made from tomato paste,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/heinz-deal-to-save-hundreds-of-jobs-at-leamington-plant-1.2552388|title=Heinz deal to save hundreds of jobs at Leamington plant|date=February 26, 2004|publisher=CBC News|access-date=February 27, 2014|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015930/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/heinz-deal-to-save-hundreds-of-jobs-at-leamington-plant-1.2552388|url-status=live}} but pressing is allowed as well. The tomatoes are required to be ripe (using a color standard on the finished product), mostly blemish-free, and mostly deseeded. The total solid content is more than 5.0%, with no added water allowed. Additional salt and organic acidulants, but not sweeteners, are allowed.{{cite web|title=Federal Register :: 21 CFR § 156.145|url=https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-156#156.145|access-date=September 17, 2022}}
In Canada, tomato juice is unconcentrated and pasteurized. The other requirements are largely similar, except that additives allowed are a sweetening agent, citric acid and salt. Reconstituted juices in general are required to be labelled clearly.{{Cite web|url=http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-58.html#h-83|title=Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Food and Drug Regulations C.R.C., c. 870 B.01.006.1(c); B.11.007|last=Branch|first=Legislative Services|website=laws.justice.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-07-18|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715055258/http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-58.html#h-83|url-status=live}}
Uses
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In Canada and Mexico, tomato juice is commonly mixed with beer; the concoction is known in Canada as Calgary Red-Eye, and in Mexico as Cerveza preparada. Tomato juice is the base for the cocktails Bloody Mary and Bloody Caesar, and the cocktail mixer Clamato. In the UK, tomato juice is commonly combined with Worcestershire sauce. In Germany, tomato juice is a base ingredient in the Mexikaner mixed shot.
Chilled tomato juice was formerly popular as an appetizer at restaurants in the United States.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/11/14/taste-of-the-60s-the-way-things-were/ | magazine = Washingtonian | title = Taste of the '60s: The Way Things Were | date = November 2013 | access-date = December 20, 2017 | archive-date = December 22, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051747/https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/11/14/taste-of-the-60s-the-way-things-were/ | url-status = live }}
Tomato juice is frequently used as a packing liquid for canned tomatoes, though it is sometimes replaced by tomato purée for international commerce due to tariff issues on vegetables vs. sauces. According to Cook's Illustrated magazine, tomatoes packed in juice as opposed to purée tend to win taste tests, being perceived as fresher tasting.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.cooksillustrated.com/taste_tests/364-crushed-tomatoes | magazine = Cook's Illustrated | title = Crushed Tomatoes | date = May 2007 | access-date = February 18, 2016 | archive-date = November 10, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110190032/http://www.cooksillustrated.com/taste_tests/364-crushed-tomatoes | url-status = live }}
Tomato juice is used in the preparation of tomato juice agar, used to culture various species of Lactobacillus.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
Tomato juice is a popular drink among airplane passengers. A small study by Yan and Dando hints that this is due to an increased perception of umami flavor while in the loud and pressurized environment of the cabin.{{cite journal |url=https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/xhp-0000044.pdf |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |title=A Crossmodal Role for Audition in Taste Perception |date=March 16, 2015 |first1=Kimberly S. |last1=Yan |first2=Robin |last2=Dando |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=590–596 |doi=10.1037/xhp0000044 |pmid=25775175 |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208090509/https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/xhp-0000044.pdf |url-status=live }} An alternative explanation is that it has become tradition similar to eating popcorn at the cinema.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
See also
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References
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