HISTORY HIT Group was founded in 2007 and is the holding of two factories: Italagro and Fit. In 2012 HIT becomes a susidiary of the japanese company Kagome. Nowadays Italagro and Fit processes over 340.000 tons of fresh tomatoes per year. MISSION ” HIT ambition is to surpass our customers expectations in quality and service! “ Copyright© HIT GROUP 2021. All Rights Reserved.

CHARACTERISTICS The cultivated tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) came from south America and arrived in Europe in the 15th century and during the 16th century arrived to Asia. It’s versatility and adaptability to use became very popular and nowadays it has strong role in the food business and in culinary around the world. Portugal is known as one of the best places in the world to grow tomato due to a special combination of soils, temperature and geographic location. This gives to portuguese processed tomato some unique characteristics, such as: high brix, low acidity, high content of lycopene, intense colour and strong aroma. Copyright© HIT GROUP 2021. All Rights Reserved.

BENEFITS Tomatoes are an outstanding source of vitamins, folic acid and antioxidant compounds such as lycopene. Lycopene is the antioxidant that gives tomatoes their rich red color. Tomatoes account for 80 percent of lycopene consumption. Lycopene’s effects in the human perform in many ways like bone health, cognitive function, body weight management, skin and immune system protection and helps to prevent a lot of cancer types. Other studies indicate that tomato based diet helps reduce the risk of obesity. Also studies have shown that tomatoes and tomato extract plays an important role in the prevention of heart problems by decreasing LDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels. Copyright© HIT GROUP 2021. All Rights Reserved.

MARKETS HIT exports around 95% of it’s production and we work with some of the most important global companies in the food business industries. Europe Spain, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherland, Scandinavia, Russia Middle East Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman Asia Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan Oceania Australia Africa Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya Copyright© HIT GROUP 2021. All Rights Reserved.