After a whirlwind week of sauce ... Tomato paste enriched with just 6% peels boosts the body’s absorption of lycopene by 75% and b-carotene by 41%, according to a small study out of France. So it’s ...
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) has undergone extensive modification during its thousands of years of domestication. Breeders have prioritized fruit size when selecting particular varieties ...
“It is still at the beginning stages.” Besides tasting sweeter, another potential benefit is that fewer tomatoes will be needed to make tomato ketchup with the same sweetness level. The gene ...