Tomato paste is a paste-like concentrated product of tomato. It is made from ripe red tomatoes, which are crushed, beaten, peeled and seeded, concentrated, canned and sterilized.
The finished product is a bright red paste with the characteristic flavor of tomato.
It is widely used in western food, and it is mainly used in the preparation of sweet and sour "ketchup flavor" in Chinese food cooking.
Tomato is an annual herbaceous plant of the Solanaceae family, with a plant height of 2 meters. The stem is easy to lodging; the leaves are pinnate compound leaves, the base is wedge-shaped, oblique, and has irregular serrations; the corolla is radial, yellow, and the lobes are narrow and oblong; the berries are oblate or nearly spherical, and the flesh is juicy. Orange or bright red, smooth surface, flowers and fruits in summer and autumn; seeds yellow, covered with pilose.
Tomatoes originated in South America, and they were originally wild berries in South America. People believed that its bright color was highly poisonous, and it was regarded as "the fruit of the fox". It was only used for viewing. When it was first introduced to China, it was also used as an ornamental plant. In the middle and later stages, Chinese talents began to eat tomatoes, and began to plant them on a large scale in big cities such as Shanghai. The United States, the Soviet Union, Italy and China are the main producing countries, and it is cultivated in the north and south of China. It is one of the most common fruits and vegetables cultivated in the world. Tomato is a temperature-loving crop, which has wide adaptability to soil, but requires a large amount of fertilizer; it has poor waterlogging tolerance and requires good drainage conditions.
Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins, and have high nutritional value. They can be used as vegetables or fruits, either raw or cooked; tomatoes can be processed to make tomato sauce, tomato juice and diced tomatoes; Rich in lycopene, it has a strong antioxidant capacity, can lower blood pressure, clear away heat and detoxify, and can also be extracted as a health product. Immature tomatoes cannot be eaten because they contain an alkaloid component, and eating too much may cause poisoning.
Tomatoes are originally produced in Peru, Ecuador and other places in South America. China, India, the United States, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico are countries with large tomato cultivation areas in the world.
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