Tomato oil

Such today famous and widely eaten vegetables as tomatoes or tomatoes could not immediately conquer the fastidious European public. Tomatoes entered Spain from South America with the help of conquistadors. Long before the beginning of the Era of Great Geographical Discoveries, tomatoes were cultivated and eaten by the Aztecs.

Tomatoes entered our territories by the 18th century, for a long time a plant from the Nightshade family was grown as an ornamental species. It is worth noting that tomatoes in Europe have long been considered not just inedible, but even poisonous vegetables. American biology textbooks describe a historical pun that occurred with George Washington.

It turns out that the future US president wanted to poison with the help of a dish that included tomatoes. True, Washington ate the dish, survived and even praised the taste and, of course, never learned that it was an attempt at poisoning. Tomato fruits have a distinctive shape and color. It is worth noting that the appearance of the fruits of the plant, however, as well as taste, consumer, and in addition, useful properties undergo a change depending on the variety of the plant.

In tomato fruits there are seeds that are of no less value than the flesh of the fruits. From tomato seeds, vegetable oil is obtained, which has many unique properties. Tomato oil or tomato seed oil is obtained from plant seeds by cold pressing. This method of producing tomato oil promotes the preservation of most of the compounds useful for the human body contained in the initial vitamin-mineral composition.

Tomato oil has a light yellow color, in addition, in some cases the product has a weak red tint. The taste of tomato oil is distinguished by a hill. Tomato seed oil has a perfectly balanced chemical composition, which is rich in the content of natural saturated and polyunsaturated acids.

In addition, tomato oil contains a significant amount of vitamin E, as well as beta-carotene. Vegetable tomato oil is used in the process of heat treatment of food products. In addition, tomato oil is used as a salad dressing, as well as as a component ingredient in home baked goods and bakery products.

Tomato seed oil has healing properties and brings invaluable benefits to the human body. Regular consumption of tomato oil helps in the treatment and prevention of diseases such as atherosclerosis. In addition, tomato oil helps strengthen the immune system.