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Health Values Enhanced in New Tomato Varieties
July 9, 2009
Tomato products, such as ketchup and sauce, may soon be even healthier for you as a result of research to increase the amount of lycopene in new tomato varieties.
Enhanced levels of this powerful antioxidant found in tomatoes will further elevate the health virtues of this nutritious food, said Steven Loewen, who is developing the new tomato plant at the Ridgetown campus.
His goal is to create the ultimate "healthy" tomato for processing. "Dietary lycopene availability is increased by processing tomatoes into paste or sauce," he said, "so processed is actually more nutritious than fresh."
