Tomato sauce, how do you know if it has gone bad? Guide

Do you know Botox? Do you know that homemade tomato sauce is at risk? It is a risk that is only found in tomato sauces prepared at home and not, instead, in the artisan sauces produced by companies that implement a series of attentions and precautions that it is clearly impossible to practice at home. Why can Botox appear in our tomato sauces? Tomato sauce naturally contains a lot of water and this water turns out to be the “soil” in which bacteria are able to proliferate very easily.

So if you decide to make tomato sauce at home, keep in mind that by cooking it well for a long time and letting all the water evaporate, you will obtain a product with less risk of developing Botox. In favor of the “war” against all these bacteria harmful to human health, we find instead the pH of the tomato, which by nature is still a rather acidic vegetable and as we know, harmful bacteria have difficulty in thrive in very acidic environments. But how to recognize Botox in our tomato sauces?

If you have prepared your preserves yourself for the winter and now the doubt has arisen that they have developed Botox, we will give you some very useful clues that will make you understand how to recognize it instantly:
– the capsule will look swollen;
– liquid will come out of the bottle;
– the smell will be rancid and somewhat unpleasant;
– the taste (even if in reality it would be much better not to taste it at all) will be very acidic and will give a feeling of “effervescence”;
– presence of bubbles on the surface when opened.
Here is explained how to recognize Botox in tomato sauces.

However, be aware that it is very rare if not totally impossible to find Botox in commercial tomato sauces, both those of large industry and those that come from small businesses that work in a traditional way. In conclusion, we can therefore say that, if your bottles of tomato sauce prepared at home with your tomatoes, show these bad “symptoms”, it is good to throw them away immediately. It is not the case to keep them and you should not even think that by boiling the product it will then be possible to recover because it will NEVER happen and on the contrary you will put the good health of all those who are in it eat at high risk.