Crushed Tomato

Crushed tomato is a canned tomato product of chopped tomatoes suspended in a lightly thickened juice. It tastes bright and tangy with a spoonable, chunky texture that quickly melts into a rustic sauce; ideal for soups, stews, and quick pasta sauces, and often sold with or without added basil and salt.\n\nCanned tomato products grew with 19th–20th century processing in Italy and North America, especially in California’s tomato industry. Producers crush ripe tomatoes—sometimes peeled—then pack them with tomato puree and acidity adjusters to ensure stable flavor and safe preservation.