Tomatoes cost has increased so much

[Multiversal]

Can grow at home?

Cannot

 

[wongminmin]

extreme weather, fertilizer..... not the demand alone....
juicy tomato rely heavily on fertilizer to grow.

last time malaysia cucumber $0.80... now nearly $2.
last time papaya $2+ now nearly $5 .... and become smaller....(import from hongkong)
last time spring onion 50c, now $1.35...

We import all our foods.... so impossible to control the price.

i see china.... everything big and cheap..... our ones small and expensive...
Even their durians (imported from thailand) are big...

our imported ones machiam like leftover/unwanted. lol

 

[wongminmin]

Can grow at home?

 

[KPO_SAHM]

Is there a global increase in tomato prices? Why would tomato sauce that's used for cooking pasta increase in price? Those sauces are made with tomatoes grown in Italy, Spain... not Malaysia unless you are referring to a local hawker stall which makes its own sauce using tomatoes imported from Malaysia lorh.

That begs the next question. Why are Malaysian tomatoes more expensive now?

Some pasta add additional fresh tomatoes. Should send the question to Steve chia to investigate

 

[KPO_SAHM]

Talki

extreme weather, fertilizer..... not the demand alone....
juicy tomato rely heavily on fertilizer to grow.

last time malaysia cucumber $0.80... now nearly $2.
last time papaya $2+ now nearly $5 .... and become smaller....(import from hongkong)
last time spring onion 50c, now $1.35...

We import all our foods.... so impossible to control the price.

i see china.... everything big and cheap..... our ones small and expensive...
Even their durians (imported from thailand) are big...

our imported ones machiam like leftover/unwanted. lol

Talking about spring onion....it reminds me of coriander too. Both pricing have increased sharply and weight also reduced

 

[KPO_SAHM]

That good to use for salad n pasta....but I wan to cook tomatoes eggs...need to use large tomatoes

 

[KPO_SAHM]

U need bright sunlight

Can grow at home?

 

[testerjp]

Actually cannot replace with those canned Italian tomatoes? Those are really high quality for pasta, not sour and more mellow.

 

[hardwriter]

In australia tomatoes costs like $8.50/kg

@KPO_SAHM you don't know how lucky Sinkies really are.....

 

[KPO_SAHM]

In australia tomatoes costs like $8.50/kg

@KPO_SAHM you don't know how lucky Sinkies really are.....

I do know vege in aus r exp. My aus friends were shocked to see the pricing of aus vege in singapore so much cheaper than their supermarkets.

 

[trupurple]

Meanwhile in another country... tomato fight

 

[testerjp]

extreme weather, fertilizer..... not the demand alone....
juicy tomato rely heavily on fertilizer to grow.

last time malaysia cucumber $0.80... now nearly $2.
last time papaya $2+ now nearly $5 .... and become smaller....(import from hongkong)
last time spring onion 50c, now $1.35...

We import all our foods.... so impossible to control the price.

i see china.... everything big and cheap..... our ones small and expensive...
Even their durians (imported from thailand) are big...

our imported ones machiam like leftover/unwanted. lol

I hanged out with China farmers, and they grew cherry tomatoes.

For our internal consumption they classify as whether got 打药.

To get yield, you can only grow under the sun let nature do the work with fertilizer, but it's meaningless if you grow and insects consume them. So almost confirm must whack insecticide and it is normally oil based so won't get washed by the rain. Oil based also mean that higher chance of residual chemicals left and are hard to wash away at home. Some plots no need to whack anything surrounded by plots that have whacked insecticides.

It's the same in Malaysia or even worse since Malaysia is even less regulated. In China, the govt give the seeds and supply alot of stuff. Every wet market I been to have a lab.

China veggies are not cheap imo, after heavy discussions, we concluded with the main middlemen, sell to Singapore so troublesome for what since they can internally consume everything. I believe those we see at ntuc are 承包 run by sinkies or with our govt linked over there.

Malaysia especially is very efficient in growing crops. China also impossible to compete. They have almost no natural disasters whereas China has typhoons that uproot everything, this is already a significant advantage. Plus Malaysia have very relaxed legislations to anyhow whack chemicals, they get those illegal workers those banglas to do the job don't care they get cancer.

 

[jeff79]

Actually cannot replace with those canned Italian tomatoes? Those are really high quality for pasta, not sour and more mellow.

Canned tomatoes are fully ripen on the plant and grown for flavor variety. Supermarket variety are grown for able to withstand shipping and long shelf life. Same with all fruits and vegetables that requires shipping long distances.

The IQF frozen vegetables may have better nutrients than fresh vegetables.

 

[titusilvering]

Use our own sai as fertilizer kym?

 

[DragonFire]

I do know vege in aus r exp. My aus friends were shocked to see the pricing of aus vege in singapore so much cheaper than their supermarkets.

Veges are not cheap in Aus if they are not farmed in Aus.

 

[DragonFire]

Actually cannot replace with those canned Italian tomatoes? Those are really high quality for pasta, not sour and more mellow.

Processed tomatoes are going up in price too. Lagging abit since processed materials are priced based on feedstock. The prices will trend up when feedstock availability decreases. We are paying a premium here so we don't feel it so quick/yet. Those in Europe are already noticing an increase.

If you wanna stock up, better stock up.

 

[Mzeria]

Tomatoes are actually an unnecessary ingredient. What does it add to curry? Nothing. Fish soup? Nothing. It's only use is for pizza.

It’s used in butter chicken. Really good if you use cherry tomatoes to cook butter chicken at home

 

[coyote]

Exactly. Just about 1 month , pricing up so much

I think what he could mean is that prices could go up and down from time to time. Just came back from Giant and their tomatoes prices are really $4+.

But if you have blue chas card, it's 6% discount for everything.... My golden bridge chicken luncheon meat usual price is $4.95 at Giant. Today it became $3.60. Saved $16 on my luncheon meat today.

So, whatever I bought is cheaper by 6%!!!

 

[asymmetric]

It’s used in butter chicken. Really good if you use cherry tomatoes to cook butter chicken at home

U don't need to eat butter chicken another unnecessary dish

 

[asymmetric]

Tom Yum soup with no tomato is kinda sad soup.

HDL tomato soup base is dead with no tomato.

Many authentic curries use tomato as a thickener.

Many "sos chili" formulations use tomato as the base and just add chili to spice it up.

Thickener can use corn or potato starch