Tomato’s health benefits and the preservation methods (Ⅰ)

Dehydrated Tomato Flakes, Tomato Flakes

Tomatoes are the second most produced and consumed vegetable crop after potatoes, with an annual global output of 100 million tons. Tomatoes are rich in carotenoids, such as lycopene and β-carotene, which are effective singlet oxygen quenchers and peroxy free radical scavengers. They can also detoxify free radicals that affect DNA generated during normal metabolism…