Can black tomatoes be eaten raw?
Black Tomato, native to South America, is a treasure of Lycopersicon family, named after its red and black fruit color. Its fruit has dual functions of medicine and food, rich fruit fragrance, moderate sweetness and sourness, high nutritional value, and is especially suitable for fresh food. It also contains a lot of lycopene, vitamin C and antioxidants, which has the functions of nourishing yin, protecting kidney, whitening and losing weight for women.
Can black tomatoes be eaten raw?
It not only has rich fruit fragrance, but also has high nutritional value. There is no sour feeling of tomatoes at all. On the contrary, it is very sweet, especially suitable for raw food. Moreover, compared with red tomatoes, it contains about 10 times as much vitamin C and antioxidants as red tomatoes, and is easily absorbed by human body, thus playing a role. Therefore, the nutritional value of black tomatoes is very high.
Later, with the deepening of people's research on black tomato, it was found that it had many benefits. It contains a lot of anthocyanins, which can have a strong biological effect in human body and can play an anti-cancer role. And proper consumption of black tomatoes is also very helpful for sexual decline, which can nourish yin and strengthen yang. At the same time, it can reduce the possibility of male friends suffering from prostate cancer and heart disease.
In addition, for female friends, it also has the functions of whitening, delaying skin aging and preventing breast cancer. Although this black and red tomato is very inconspicuous, its value is incalculable, and it is also of great benefit to our health.
At present, there is no large-scale commercial black tomato supply in China market, and there are few large-scale black tomato planting bases. Happily, planting enthusiasts from all over the world began to realize the potential value of black tomatoes last winter and this spring, and enthusiastically devoted themselves to the introduction experiment. I believe that this treasure will definitely go to the public table in the future!
The difference between black tomato and tomato
1. Compared with common tomato seedlings, black tomato leaves are darker in color, which may be the expression of its genetic characteristics in seedlings.
2. Black tomato varieties have stronger cold resistance than common tomatoes, which may be related to the cooler climate in their producing areas, especially Russian varieties, which are more suitable for development in low-cold areas.
3. The appearance and flesh of black tomato are red and black, including dark brown black, light brown black and red and black, which is mainly related to the accumulation of a large number of melanin in its fruit, which is also the key to its higher medicinal efficacy than ordinary tomato.
4. The skin of black tomato is thinner, the flesh is softer and more palatable, which is more suitable for the elderly and patients.
5. The nutritional value and health care efficacy of black tomato are recognized internationally, which has the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening yang and preventing the body from aging, which is related to its high antioxidant content.
6. Pruning cultivation technology of black tomato in flat shed is beneficial to sugar accumulation, which is the development trend of developing and planting functional fruits. The fruit is more fragrant than common tomato, which can be used to cultivate fruit tomato varieties.
7. Black tomatoes have higher economic value. At present, Shanghai, a big city in China, is also imported from abroad. However, the price of supermarkets is extremely high, ranging from 36 to 45 yuan, which belongs to the top grade of fruits.