Tomato PassataDescription Nutrition Information Ingredients Tomatoes have come a long way. They arrived in Europe centuries ago from Mexico and Peru. For a long time, tomato plants were used solely as an ornament because they were believed to be poisonous. But in the end, tomatoes conquered the tables of aristocrats and ordinary people alike. Tomato passata was invented in the 17th century, but its magical encounter with pasta occurred more than one century later.