Tomato fits easily into different croppingsystems, has high economic value and fruits can be processed, dried, canned andbottled. Moreover, tomatoes contribute to a healthy, well balanced dietprimarily. Tomatoes are rich in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and smallamounts of calcium. Tomatoes contain a lot of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitaminB3. They have small amounts of other B vitamins, and vitamin E
Tomato processing industry is huge. A large partof the world tomato crop is processed into tomato paste, which is subsequentlyused as an ingredient in many food products, mainly soups, sauces and ketchup.India has been exporting processed tomato in the form of tomato paste andketchup. Tomato sauce is being used with snacks like rolls, cutlets, samosas,chops, soup, chowmin and other Continental as well as Chinese dishes. Brightmixture made from tomato is used as important items with all modernfood/snacks.
The only ketchup and sauce market in India ispegged at Rs 1,000 crore and growing at around 20% year-on-year. There is a bigmarket for the processed tomato products. Tomato products are one of the chiefingredients in ready-to-eat or fast food products.
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