Pachino Tomato PGI

Pachino Tomato PGI, sweet and juicy, ideal for all recipes, eaten raw or cooked it is always excellent !!!

The IGP specification provides, for the production of "Pomodoro di Pachino", a cultivation area that includes the entire municipal area of Pachino and Portopalo di Capo Passero, as well as part of the municipalities of Noto (SR), Rosolini (SR) and Ispica (RG).

Not everyone knows that Pachino (province of Syracuse) is located in the extreme southern tip of eastern Sicily, in an agricultural area that in the past had distinguished itself for the production of high quality wine grapes. In this rather small area there is a mix of factors (soil, light, temperature, quality of irrigation water) which have a positive effect on the product, making it tastier, more resistant, more attractive, fragrant and consistent.
The close link between the characteristics of this tomato and the peculiarities of the territory of origin have made it possible to establish the recognition of the IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) quality mark, and today the authentic Pachino tomato is protected by a special distinctive mark that a Protection consortium strives to apply on the basis of a specific production specification.
The high quantity of antioxidants must also be attributed to the production area. Here, in fact, the prolonged exposure of plants to the sun's rays seems to be at the origin of the synthesis of lycopene, an antioxidant that recent studies have established as having important anticancer properties. From the recent Enea report "the total radiation to the ground" estimated by processing the images of the Meteosat satellite for 1,614 Italian municipalities, it emerges that Pachino is the sunniest municipality in Italy (Mj / m2 6,043). (source: Pachino tomato consortium)