In the manufacture of comminuted tomato products, decomposed material may enter the finished product if careful sorting and trimming of the raw fruits is not done. Hillig and Ramsey (J. Assoc. Offic. Agr. Chemists 28:525, 1945) examined rots, determined the acetic, lactic, and formic acid content, and found higher levels than in sound fruit. Van Dame's research (J. Assoc. Offic. Agr. Chemists 35:528, 1952) showed that rots caused by Alternaria sp., Mucor sp., and Fusarium sp. produced succinic acid. On a limited number of samples, Van Dame (J. Assoc. Offic.
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