Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Francesca wrote: Message: 1 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:16:19 -0500 From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...> Subject: Re: Any vegan CR people out there? Brad (my son's name): be sure to heat the tomato paste and add a bit of fat such as olive oil. Heated tomato sauce/paste with a bit of fat is what releases the lycopene. --------------- Francesca, I'm certainly no expert on this, but I believe that cold tomato paste with a bit of oil would do the job just fine. Tomato paste is made of cooked tomatoes, with most of the water removed. The cooking of the tomatoes (and consuming a bit of oil added) releases the lycopene, as you point out. I doubt that whether the concentrated cooked tomatoes (tomato paste) is hot at the time of consumption makes a difference. It seems to me that cooking splits the cell walls. Once that's been accomplished (prior to canning), the lycopene is then far more available. I take my tomato paste with some fish oil, but I don't cook it, since it's already a cooked product. Please correct me if I am wrong here. thanks rjb112@... Bob Bessen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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