Tomato Taste Test – Hiiros vs. Sugar Bombs

DALLAS, TX — I always leave produce shows with bags of interesting things to sample. This time I brought back some intensely-flavored tomatoes from the Organic Produce Summit...

By Pamela Riemenschneider

July 25, 2022

1 minute read

DALLAS, TX — I always leave produce shows with bags of interesting things to sample. This time I brought back some intensely-flavored tomatoes from the Organic Produce Summit and had my friends try them to taste the difference.

We had Mastronardi Produce’s Sugar Bombs and Nature Fresh Farms’ Hiios. The tomato category at your average grocery store is a wonderland of flavor. Do you think all tomatoes essentially taste the same?

These two could not be more different.

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Pamela Riemenschneider is the Retail Editor for Blue Book Services.

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