Plum Value (Tesco Value Chopped Tomatoes)

Member Name: Zmugzy

Product:	Tesco Value Chopped Tomatoes
Date:	10/03/08 (125 review reads)
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Advantages: cheaper than chips

Disadvantages: Not as good as home grown

Tesco Value Plum Tomatoes come in the regular 400g tin and are a cheaper viable option to the more expensive popular brands such as Napolina. I bought a tin of Napoli peeled plum tomatoes at the weekend in Asda and it cost 72p. A tin of Tesco value plum tin tomatoes cost 19p. That's even cheaper than Aldi's Carlini brand at 21p. So there are considerable savings to be made on brand choice alone. I would argue that Napolina tomatoes are of better quality and are certainly tastier and spicy. However, with the cheaper brands you can always add your own spices to bring out the flavour and they're more than good enough to be used to make sauces and soups.

Personally I use them with pasta dishes. Tinned tomatoes don't require much cooking, just heat them up for five minutes and add them to the other ingredients. Once opened it is advised not to store them in the tin but to pour them out into a non-metallic container. They can be stored for up to two days after opening.

Tomatoes are a highly nutritious food, even the tinned variety can have many health benefits. Although vitamin content in tinned tomatoes might be diminished they still retain the compound lycopene - the red pigment. This seems to act as an antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals that can damage cells in the body. Some studies suggest that men who consumed 10 servings of tomatoes a week can cut the risk of developing prostate cancer. There is also evidence that tomatoes reduce the risks of developing rectal colon or stomach cancers.

Summary: Cheap nutritious veg in a tin