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Tomato

Botanically a tomato is a fruit, but cooks treat it as a vegetable. A US court once had to rule on it for tax reasons.

🍊 Vitamin C🌾 Fibre

How it grows

On vines that need warmth, sun and support.

Where it came from

Central and South America.

🚚 From field to plate

  1. 1. Seedling
  2. 2. Vine grows
  3. 3. Fruit ripens
  4. 4. Picked
  5. 5. Shop
  6. 6. Your pasta sauce

🤓 Fun facts

  • There are over 10,000 tomato varieties.
  • Cooking tomatoes makes their lycopene easier to absorb.
  • Tomatoes were once thought poisonous in Europe.