Our Freshness Secret
Our FlashSteam™ process guarantees fresh-from-the-vine taste.
Hunt's uses a steam peeling process to prepare and pack our fresh tomatoes to give you the best flavour possible. We avoid the use of chemicals that can be used to peel tomatoes.
Picked at the Peak of Ripeness.
We've learned a lot about tomatoes in the past century. How to grow them, pick them, and seal in their fresh-from-the-vine flavour. We make sure that when you reach for our familiar red can, you're reaching for a product of superior quality and the true tomato flavour that makes your meals come alive.
We have been doing business with generations of family farmers who are also committed to bringing you the best tomatoes. Each year, our farmers grow 55 different tomato varieties and our tomato experts choose the ideal varieties based upon criteria such as sweetness, texture, and flavour profile to make each specific product. We wait until our tomatoes
are perfectly red, juicy, and full of flavour, and then we quickly pick them at the peak of ripeness. We hand select only the best for our products, ensuring each one meets the high Hunt's standard for quality.
It's amazing that our tomatoes move from vine to can in a matter of hours to make our signature Diced, Chunky, Whole, Stewed, Crushed, and Paste tomato products.
Naturally Good for You
Tomatoes are packed full of healthy goodness.
They're one of Mother Nature's tastiest and most versatile sources of nutrients. A source of Vitamin A, C, Fibre and Potassium. Canned tomatoes are also a rich source of lycopene, a natural antioxidant that 
research has found to help protect against the damaging effects of free radicals in the body.*
For more information on nutrition and healthy eating habits, consult Canada's Food Guide by clicking here.
A Tradition of Quality
We've made tomatoes our business for over a century.
It was on the family ranch in California's fertile Santa Rosa Valley that Joseph and William Hunt learned firsthand how to preserve the quality and fresh taste of fruits and vegetables. They used that knowledge to open a small canning business in 1890, which didn't stay small for long. Their reputation of quality began to spread and their business grew quickly.
Decades later, an entrepreneur named Norton Simon merged his canning company with Hunt Brothers Packing Company to form Hunt Foods, Inc. The company thrived by educating North American homemakers on many delicious ways to enjoy tomato sauce, including new varieties like Whole and Diced, Spaghetti Sauce and Barbecue Sauce.
The first Hunt's products were introduced to Canada in 1945 and today, a tempting range of Hunt's tomato sauces, pastes and pasta sauces are available from coast to coast.