I was in my local grocery store this afternoon [08/11/22] and I happened to see the “Sweet Bites” tomatoes by Sunset. I almost “jumped for joy” but quickly saw that the tomatoes inside the package were obviously (to me) different from the old type. The new “Sweet Bites” tomatoes are slightly larger and have sort of an oval (olive) shape. They have a good tomato flavor, but not quite as I remember the old Sweet Bites. However, this is the one time of the year that the old Sweet Bites failed to have their most delicious flavor,… so, I am hoping that this different type of small tomato will recover the good tomato flavor that the old tomatoes had.

Damn, I had sent several emails to the Sunset Company, and had gotten no reply as to why the Sweet Bites had been discontinued. I did get a couple of replies that said they were forwarding my email to company HQ. But no HQ reply.

Damn! I didn’t count on the old “Sweet Bites” clear plastic packaging to return to the shelves, but a different type of tomato being sold in the familiar package. A rose by any other name, eh? A different type of tomato, named “Sweet Bites” will still not be as good, or flavorful.

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And the new type of tomato, in the old Sweet Bites package:

I think you can see the difference from the two sets of photos. The new tomatoes are slightly larger and have an oblong (olive) shape, while the old ones were smaller and rounder.

Only once, before they were discontinued, did I note any change in the tomato type. I bought a package of Sweet Bites and when I got them home, I noted that they had a slightly different shape. Each one had a small nipple on the side of the tomato opposite the stem end. They were not as flavorful. At least these new type of Sweet Bites, are close to the good tomato flavor. Not sure they are close enough to keep me buying them regularly, as I did the old Sweet Bites.