Roma Tomato

The Roma tomato or sometimes more commonly known as the Italian plum tomato are the tomato mostly used in tomato sauce recipes.

This breed of tomato tends to have more meat then other varieties of plum tomato and has a lower water content making the meat a little more dense. In addition they contain less seeds then most variety tomato the appeal to foodie's across the world as the ideal tomato for tomato sauces, stews, canned tomatoes and even the tomato of choice for sun dried tomatoes.

You'll find this pair shaped tomato in deep red as well as yellow, orange and purple shades. The size is typically two to three inches in length. They weigh two to four ounces each, depending on the variety and there are about 36 varieties of this type of tomato alone based on roma-tomato.com.

Here are the varieties of Roma Tomato:

1. Alla Roma
2. Amish Market Roma
3. CalRoma Hybrid
4. Cherry Roma tomato
5. Golden Roma
6. Jumbo Roma
7. Kelsey Yellow Roma
8. La Roma
9. La Roma II Hybrid
10. Martino's Roma
11. Missouri Roma
12. Northern Roma
13. Nova Roma
14. Orange Roma
15. Pink Roma
16. Phil Tolli's Roma
17. Plum Dandy Roma
18. Rio Grande Roma
19. Roma OG
20. Roma Gigante
21. Roma Long
22. Roma Macero
23. Roma Napoli
24. Roma Paste
25. Roma Puree
26. Roma Rhoda
27. Roma Ukrainian
28. Roma VF
29. Romalina Hybrid
30. Russia Big Roma
31. Speckled Roman
32. Striped Roma
33. Super Roma
34. Sweet Orange Roma
35. Viva Italia Roma Hybrid
36. Window Box Roma
37. Yellow Roma

The La Roma and Roma Napoli are the varieties we depend on for canning, making sauce, and yes even ketchup.

There are some really great brands of canned tomato that can easily give a canned San Marzano tomato a run for their money and for half the price. See my canned tomato comparison for a quick guide on how to choose the best canned Roma tomato.

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