Our Products Why Morning Star Growers Newsletters Resources Join our Team Contact Us Industry leader in size and innovation. At Morning Star, we consistently strive to improve quality, increase efficiency, expand our operations, and create sustainable pricing through new and innovative technology, economies of scale, and vertical integration. Morning Star supplies around 10% of the world’s ingredient tomato products, and has an average tomato paste production capacity that is three times that of the balance of the California industry. Our high level of innovation in vertically integrated operations allows us to identify and control costs, and pass these benefits on to our customers. Three state-of-the-art factories. Los Banos, California (South) Built in 1990 Processing capacity – 31% equivalent tomato paste: 665 tons/hour 230,000 pounds/hour Annual potential production of paste approximately 450 mil pounds Williams, California (North) Built in 1995 Processing capacity – 31% equivalent tomato paste: 1,353 tons/hour 460,000 pounds/hour Annual potential production of paste approximately 800 mil pounds Santa Nella, California (South) Purchased and rebuilt in 2002 Processing capacity – *31% equivalent tomato paste: 1,251 tons/hour Conventional: 719 *paste | 112 diced Conventional: 100 other Organic: 200 *paste | 120 diced 301,176 pounds/hour Annual potential production: *Paste approximately 660 mil pounds Diced approximately 540 mil pounds Leaders in the California industry. Even our smallest facility is larger than the next largest California facility. Our scale, vertical integration, and state-of-the-art facilities, allow for reliable production at a high level, year after year. Morning Star Growth Traditional finish terminology is unreliable. Morning Star finishes are classified by visual method vs. screen size. LEAN MORE A history of innovation. Our founder was the first to build a tomato paste factory exclusively producing and selling ingredient tomato paste, bringing about major innovations in quality and efficiency. High Yield Harvesting More sorting takes place in the factories as opposed to the fields providing higher yields for our growers. Leveraging Gravity Gravity fed unloading hill and flume systems use minimal to no electricity and decrease breakdowns. Settling Ponds More sorting takes place in the factories as opposed to the fields providing higher yields for our growers. Single Product Line In order to ensure consistency in the products we produce, we blend early in the process and finish with one line. 300 Gallon Bag-in-Box First in the industry to supply the 300-gallon bag-in-box to the marketplace. Cooling Ponds Water used by the evaporators is cooled naturally in large ponds, displacing energy intensive cooling towers, then pumped back into the evaporator. In addition, Morning Star has led the industry in use of: Aseptic Bag Fitments Successfully integrated the high capacity 3 inch 300-gallon aseptic bag fitment. High Capacity Hot Breaks Incorporated minimal moving parts per ton of processing. High Capacity Evaporators and Flash Coolers Minimal valving and moving parts per ton of processing. Positive Displacement Pumps Instigated and proofed the Waukasha 400 and 500 series aseptic positive displacement product pumps. Low NOX Boiler Burners First in industry to install and prove the very low NOX boiler burners. Navigation Our Products Why Morning Star Growers Resources Join our Team Privacy Policy Contact Us Follow Us Los Banos Santa Nella Williams Colleagues Popular Links History of the Tomato Tomato Market Price Organic Products Processed Tomatoes Tomato Nutritional Facts Morning Star Newsletters Morning Star Proudly Supports Copyright 2019-2021 The Morning Star Company