Minsky’s Visits Escalon Tomato Farms
Do you ever take that first bite of your piping hot gourmet pizza and wonder exactly what it is that makes Minsky’s taste so good?
One of the main ingredients is our high-quality tomatoes. We are proud to use Escalon tomatoes to make our signature pizza sauce! Why Escalon? Just read their motto: “Because fresh taste is your standard, no added citric acid is ours.”
Citric acid is used by some processors to lower the tomatoes’ pH and help speed up their production time. With a noticeably bitter taste, citric acid is thought to naturally come from fruit, but you may be surprised to hear it comes from GMO black mold!
Citric acid production has become a highly prized industrial process. Several scientific studies discuss the competitive and secretive process of engineering Aspergillus niger – a black mold naturally occurring on fruits and vegetables. However, significant modification of Aspergillus niger has taken place over the past few decades to increase production of citric acid and decrease the production of unwanted byproducts. This process ultimately ends with countless generations of genetically modified mutant variants.
Knowing that Escalon tomatoes contain no added citric acid sealed the deal for Minsky’s founder, Gregg Johnson. Escalon tomatoes taste noticeably fresher than other brands due to the quality measures at every step of cultivation and processing. Every hour on the lines, the Escalon team completes flavor, aroma and consistency tests to ensure the absolute best product goes out. Within hours of harvest, Escalon tomatoes are packed and ready to ship to the Minsky’s shelves!
The team at Escalon is passionate about maintaining the pure, natural flavor of tomatoes – priding themselves on focusing on quality over quantity. One taste and you’ll understand why Escalon is a better tomato. Try one of Minsky’s gourmet pizzas today, made exclusively with Escalon tomatoes!
In photo above, Minsky’s founder Gregg Johnson and GM Brent Wittrock pause for a pic on a recent tour of the Escalon tomato farm in California – where Minsky’s great sauce flavor begins!
