Some interesting facts about tomato snack:
- The most popular “vegetable” grown worldwide. Botanically they are fruits, not vegetables and belong to the nightshade family.
- Choose plump tomatoes with smooth skins that are free from bruises, cracks and blemishes.
- Very easy to use as a schoolsnack for your children.
- Store at room temperature away from direct sunlight. Use within 1 week after ripe. Tomatoes taste best if not refrigerated; refrigerator only if you can’t use them before they spoil.
- Fat free, saturated fat free, cholesterol free, low in sodium, an excellent source of vitamins A and C and a good source of vitamin K and potassium.
- Cherry tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant that lowers your risk of certain diseases caused by cellular damage.
- The cherry tomato is a very small variety of tomato that has been cultivated since at least the early 1800’s and are thought to have originated in Peru and northern Chile.
- Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumb-tip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from being round to slightly oblong in shape.
- The more oblong ones often share characteristics with plum tomatoes, and are known as grape tomatoes.
- Some varieties of grape tomatoes are named Santorini, Sungold, Yellow Pear, Camp Joy and Black Cherry.
