Red Gold from Europe Organic canned tomatoes are a healthy and convenient option to use throughout the year. Their processing method preserves all their nutrients, including lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that the body can easily absorb. Tomatoes are also low in fats.
The nutritional value of canned tomatoes is as follows:
- 24% vitamin C content, one of the healthiest components due to its anti-infective action.
- 18 calories in 100 grams of tomatoes.
- 7 mg of lycopene in 100 grams of canned tomatoes.
- 200 – 300 mg of potassium.
- 600 mg of iron.
- 700 mcg of Vitamin A
- 60 mcg of Vitamin B1
- 40 mcg of Vitamin B2,
- Other mineral salts and vitamins include vitamins E, K, and PP. And they all contain phosphorus, calcium, boron, manganese, magnesium, iodine, copper, zinc, sodium, sulphur, citric acid, malic acid, sugars, biotin, niacin, folic acid, and provitamin A.
Some studies have shown that organically grown tomatoes, although smaller in size, have higher Vitamin C and antioxidant levels than conventionally grown tomatoes.