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24/04/2019

New website feature: The WPTC database of researchers

Although for the last 29 years now, WPTC congresses and ISHS symposiums on the processing tomato…

16/04/2019

The Health Claim Project

Tomato products and improved blood flow  The Tomato Foundation Health Claim Consortium is an inter-professional group…

10/04/2019

New study points at a potent blood-thinning effect for tomato

We all know that including more fruits and vegetables in our diets is good for our…

08/04/2019

Comparing antioxidant levels in tomatoes of different color

Naturally occurring antioxidants have been of great interest in recent years due to their recognizable health…

04/04/2019

Antioxidants the key to lowering risk of age-related cataracts

An AUD 5.7 billion (Euro 3.6 billion or USD 4.05 billion) global medical bill to restore…

29/03/2019

TomaPaint: a tomato-peel based bio-lacquer for metal cans

Angela Montanari: “…a double utilization of tomato waste is possible”  The start-up TomaPaint srl was founded…

11/03/2019

The Tomato Foundation study begins

The Tomato Foundation is announcing the start of The Tomato Product Bioactive Qualification and Quantification sample study,…

08/03/2019

Tomatoes may help reduce risk of liver cancer

Tomato powder is more effective than the same dose of purified lycopene supplementation A study finds…

25/02/2019

Publication: Progress in Carotenoid Research

According to the co-editors Leila Queiroz Zepka, Eduardo Jacob-Lopes and Veridiana Vera De Rosso, “the book…