Kind of tomato on a whopper

RichardB. · January 7, 2012

Hi, just wondering, does anybody know what kind of tomato they use on a bk whopper?

saltmarsh · January 7, 2012

Don't know about MN, but down here in MS I don't believe they use a tomato. I think they use an ink jet printer to print the image of a tomato slice with artificial flavoring in the ink. Claud

FILMNET · January 7, 2012

Now, that's a nice answer, with the price of Inkjet ink now. I think they are making cheaper copies now, Maybe cut up catalogs. I wonder also how many people around the world have never seen inside a tomato, because when i go food shopping i look at the strange veggies now myself. Ill tell you i am relearning about Vegies now i buy the nice lettuce from Cal, the baby ones they are great, small sweet, but last 2 weeks in frig. Thank god i froze brads tomatoes last summer early. For some reason i saved the first fruit for seeds, and froze a few huge ones. My plants died in 1 every week till late August, so i got green tomatoes early from these and did not have maney to send out to friends after summer. But Surprise for Me.I looked in the back of our 2nd freezing Nice bags of BTW, Bran Black Heart, B/B Boar.

RichardB. · January 7, 2012

Not a xerox but a ink jet, ok. Just curious if they had a certain kind or local franchise just orders them.

saltmarsh · January 7, 2012

Seriously, I don't know the tomato variety, but I would like to know how they manage to slice them so thin. They must use a meat slicer set on wafer.

sirtanon · January 7, 2012

What's the exact opposite of Brandywine?

FILMNET · January 8, 2012

Red Currant!!! the tiny tomato

travis · January 8, 2012

Florida standard shipping tomatoes. The varieties change but the standards for sub and sandwich chains remain the same.

**carolyn137** · January 8, 2012

Richard, are you referring to what I used to know as Park's Whopper tomato?

There are two versions of it, one earlier than the other:

http://www.ufseeds.com/Parks-Whopper...CR-Tomato.item

If you go to the Park website you might find more info but there have been some real problems with Park's getting orders out of late so some have said. If you Google Park's Whopper there are lots of links for you to look at.

Hope that helps.

jennifer28 · January 8, 2012

I agree with Travis in that I don't think there is a "standard" tomato for Burger King. The food chains usually make deals with tomato growers and get what is most cost effective and similar enough to use, so it probably varies from year to year. I have strong opinions about fast food that really don't belong on this forum, so those I will keep to myself.

**carolyn137** · January 8, 2012

Travis, you and I posted minutes apart. I guess maybe whopper refers to some item sold by fast food chains and not the Park's Whopper tomato variety I was thinking of?

I don't do much fast food chain items, so I guess I wouldn't know. In the summer an occasional Big Mac, double cheese with fries and that's about it.

coloken · January 8, 2012

Is there some rule that they can't let it get ripe?
If I were a manager, I would order the tomatoes several days extra to at least let them get a little bit pink. I am talking about Mac here, been a long time since I have been in BK.

DuckCreekFarms · January 8, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by coloken

Is there some rule that they can't let it get ripe?
If I were a manager, I would order the tomatoes several days extra to at least let them get a little bit pink. I am talking about Mac here, been a long time since I have been in BK.

they cant be ripe as they slice them with a machine, so they have to be solid enough for that. If they were ripe they would mash.

Riceloft · January 8, 2012

I used to work at BK a number of years back. It is indeed a manual push machine with blades on it that slices the tomatos to uniform size. DuckCreek is right, some of the more ripe ones would smash a bit as it was sliced, but those were kinda rare.

travis · January 8, 2012

... and that's the reason commercial field tomatoes intended for the fresh produce market have been bred to "standards of the industry." They have to withstand picking, handling, packing, holding, shipping, and the various pressures of preparation for fresh use. So firmness, long shelf life, positive response to ethylene gas applications, pectin content, uniform ripening, etc. are the sought after characteristics ... not flavor or a "creamy" texture.

You will also notice that there is a standard size for sub and sandwich shops which essential is that which will not hang out over the edge of a Subway bun, yet takes two slices to cover the 5" diameter BK Whopper bun.

January 7, 2012	#1
RichardB. Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Burnsville, MN Posts: 49	Kind of tomato on a whopper Hi, just wondering, does anybody know what kind of tomato they use on a bk whopper?

January 7, 2012	#6
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	What's the exact opposite of Brandywine? __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

January 8, 2012	#9
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Richard, are you referring to what I used to know as Park's Whopper tomato? There are two versions of it, one earlier than the other: http://www.ufseeds.com/Parks-Whopper...CR-Tomato.item If you go to the Park website you might find more info but there have been some real problems with Park's getting orders out of late so some have said. If you Google Park's Whopper there are lots of links for you to look at. Hope that helps. __________________ Carolyn

January 8, 2012	#11
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Travis, you and I posted minutes apart. I guess maybe whopper refers to some item sold by fast food chains and not the Park's Whopper tomato variety I was thinking of? I don't do much fast food chain items, so I guess I wouldn't know. In the summer an occasional Big Mac, double cheese with fries and that's about it. __________________ Carolyn

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January 7, 2012	#2
saltmarsh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: 2 miles south of Yoknapatawpha Zone 7b Posts: 662	Don't know about MN, but down here in MS I don't believe they use a tomato. I think they use an ink jet printer to print the image of a tomato slice with artificial flavoring in the ink. Claud

January 7, 2012	#3
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Now, that's a nice answer, with the price of Inkjet ink now. I think they are making cheaper copies now, Maybe cut up catalogs. I wonder also how many people around the world have never seen inside a tomato, because when i go food shopping i look at the strange veggies now myself. Ill tell you i am relearning about Vegies now i buy the nice lettuce from Cal, the baby ones they are great, small sweet, but last 2 weeks in frig. Thank god i froze brads tomatoes last summer early. For some reason i saved the first fruit for seeds, and froze a few huge ones. My plants died in 1 every week till late August, so i got green tomatoes early from these and did not have maney to send out to friends after summer. But Surprise for Me.I looked in the back of our 2nd freezing Nice bags of BTW, Bran Black Heart, B/B Boar.

January 8, 2012	#8
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Florida standard shipping tomatoes. The varieties change but the standards for sub and sandwich chains remain the same.

January 8, 2012	#10
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	I agree with Travis in that I don't think there is a "standard" tomato for Burger King. The food chains usually make deals with tomato growers and get what is most cost effective and similar enough to use, so it probably varies from year to year. I have strong opinions about fast food that really don't belong on this forum, so those I will keep to myself.

January 8, 2012	#12
coloken Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NE Co Posts: 303	Is there some rule that they can't let it get ripe? If I were a manager, I would order the tomatoes several days extra to at least let them get a little bit pink. I am talking about Mac here, been a long time since I have been in BK.

January 8, 2012	#14
Riceloft Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Parma, Ohio (6a) Posts: 299	I used to work at BK a number of years back. It is indeed a manual push machine with blades on it that slices the tomatos to uniform size. DuckCreek is right, some of the more ripe ones would smash a bit as it was sliced, but those were kinda rare.