Tomato juice

Tomato juice is a vegetable juice made ​​from tomatoes. Due to the heating of the tomatoes in the making It contains significantly more from the plant pigment lycopene than fresh tomatoes. The plant pigment is awarded to a cancer- preventive effect among others.

Furthermore, a study by the Institute for Nutritional Physiology Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food in Karlsruhe found that the daily consumption of tomato juice LDL cholesterol significantly decreased, and contributes to the reduction of oxidative DNA damage. Supposedly tomato juice stimulates the immune system. It is known that even the Aztecs, Maya and Inca tomato juice have been used for the production of medicinal drinks.

Production

The tomatoes needed for the production come to Europe usually from Italy or Spain. They are first washed thoroughly. The washed tomatoes are blanched briefly in a kettle of hot water to bring the shell to burst. The shell is removed and the stalk away.

The tomatoes are first processed normally to concentrate. This makes the manufacturer of the harvest season independently and lowers transportation costs. The concentrate is diluted back later, that is, the concentrate, water is added again. Commercially available tomato juices, which were not produced from concentrate, direct juice can be mentioned. Frequently the tomato juice salt, lemon juice and spices are added.

Special

A special phenomenon is the above-average consumption of tomato juice on airplanes. In 2008, about Lufthansa gave on board their flights, with 1.7 million liters more tomato juice than beer (1.65 million liters ) of. This is due probably to the change in taste sensation, caused by the pressure prevailing in the flight cabins low pressure, also restrain the bitter compounds the resulting appetite. In the catering tomato juice is often served with Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper. It is also used in the preparation of cocktails; the most famous on its basis counts here the Bloody Mary. In North America, especially in Canada, tomato juice with added flavor popular on the basis of clam broth and is used for the Canadian National Cocktail " Caesar ".

Since 1965, tomato juice counts in the state of Ohio to the federal landmark. Ohio bears the major share of the tomato juice production in the United States.

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