If you use tomato puree (paste) in cooking it has great benefits!!  |
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|  I do a lot of Italian style cooking and do get through quite a lot of tomato puree.
Tomato purée is a processed food consisting of only tomatoes,(although it can be bought with garlic , herbs etc added) It lacks the additives that are used in tomato sauces..
If using an American recipe you will see tomato purée referred to as concentrated tomato paste.
Tomato puree is an excellent ingredient for use in low fat and healthy cooking, if following Weight Watchers you do not need to count the puree.
PER SERVING PER 100g
Energy 59kJ (14kcal) 390kJ (95kcal)
Protein 0.7g 4.8g
Carbohydrate 2.7g 18.1g
sugars 2.7g 18.1g
Fat trace trace
saturates trace trace
Fibre 0.4g 2.5g
Sodium* trace 0.1g
*Salt Equivalent trace 0.3g
Tomato purée is fanyastic in most Italian dishes and any tomato based recipes, it adds a rich flavour and a bright colour to sauces and soups, marinades, pizzas etc.
It is also good added to curries.
Because the flavour is very strong, use sparingly or else it can overpower the other ingredients if not.
As well as an essential store cupboard ingredient you would be surprised to know that tomato puree is also claimed to be a an anti-aging product and an aid to health.
Anti-aging
Tomatoes contain a high proportion of the antioxidant lycopene, which is believed to be one of the best antioxidants in helping with protecting skin from harmful UV rays that can result in both premature ageing and cancers.
Unfortunatly you would have to eat mountains of raw tomatoes to obtain the amounts needed and apparently the body cannot make use of the antioxidant when in the form of raw tomatoes. However the British Society for Investigative Dermatology also found a daily intake of five table spoons of tomato puree can reverse ageing and increase procollagen production, which keeps the skin firm.
Health
Tomatoes will give you the following nutritional benefits, tomato puree is at least double concentrated and so is even more beneficial:-
Vitamin C (40% of recommended daily value in one tomato)
Vitamin A (20% RDA)
Vitamin K (over 15% RDA)
Decent source (7% RDA) of fiber
Potassium, niacin, vitamin B6, folate
Lycopene (antioxidant)
All those nutrients can improve your health in the following ways:-
Lots of cancer protection
Protects against heart disease, stroke
Colon and prostate health
Improves LDL cholesterol
Natural anti-inflammatory (helps with above diseases plus Alzheimer's and osteoporosis)
Bone health
Reduces stress
Can reduce frequency of migraines
Helps regulate blood sugar in diabetics
Tomatoes are so good for you, but are one fruit/vegetable that are better cooked or processed!!
Do you use it a lot?
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 oldchem1 (3564)
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2 years ago
| | Yes Buitoni is a make of pasta and sauces here in Uk.
All our supermarkets tend to sell 'own brand' tomatoe pyrees for a few pence (cents) it is not high in salt or citric acid - I reckon we are very lucky!! | | | |
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| 2. GardenGerty (35296)
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2 years ago
| |  What you have stated is correct. It seems that you absorb the nutrients a little better if you make a recipe that has a little oil in it, as well. When you have a recipe that only calls for a spoonful, then leaves you with an open, unused can, freeze the tomato paste in ice cube trays. Then you have a tablespoon full or two any time you need it.
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| 3. tonanana (70)
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2 years ago
| |  yes,i love tomatoes very much.lately,i has been on a diet to loose weight,and tomatoes help me a lot to resist against hunger. i am lazy that i prefer less food to more exercise.when it comes to be lunch time or supper time,i would choose tomatoes instead of fast food with high erergy.and tomatoes really has effect on my way to the slim body~~~haha
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4.  nangisha (2596)
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2 years ago
| |  Hi that very valuable information and great discussion. Sadly in never use tomato pure in my life. We always use fresh tomato at home because most Indonesian food need tomato to made it, so we use a lot of tomato. We always have tomato in a year so we never think about substitution like tomato pure. I think fresh tomato is a better choice because its fresh and here it quite cheap.
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| 5. marguicha (10880)
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2 years ago
| |  I just read that tomato and olive oil does help skin, a small study says. Another study ( a larger one by far) turned into the DASH diet, a dietary approach to hypertension. Both studies say that the body can "pick up" better the small quantities of vitamins and mineral present in food (as well as the antioxidants) than if you get them with pills. Raw veggies, cooked from scratch (if you want a sauce)are better as canned food have too much sodium.
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