Ketchup is made up of ripe red tomatoes after being crushed, beaten, and peeled off, such as skin and seeds, and then concentrated, filled, and sterilized. Ketchup is often used as a cooking ingredient for fish, meat and other foods. It is a seasoning for color, acid, fresh and fragrant. The use of ketchup is an important flavoring content that forms the flavor of Hong Kong and Cantonese cuisine.
Nutritional analysis
1. In addition to lycopene, there are vitamin B group, dietary fiber, minerals, protein and natural pectin in tomato sauce. Compared with fresh tomatoes, the nutrients in tomato sauce are more easily absorbed by the body;
2, tomato lycopene diuretic and inhibit the growth of bacteria, is an excellent antioxidant, can eliminate free radicals in the human body, anti-cancer effect is beta-carotene
3, medical research found that lycopene has a preventive effect on some types of cancer, inhibition of breast cancer, lung cancer, endometrial cancer, can also fight lung cancer and colon cancer;
4, ketchup tastes sweet and sour, can increase appetite, lycopene is more easily absorbed by the body in the state of containing fat.