Tomato: Sauce season, all year round

Tomato ingredient photo by Pookie Snack Bar

Sauce season, all year round.

Tomatoes bring sweetness, acidity and umami, which is why they sit under almost every pizza. Cooking them breaks down the cell walls and makes lycopene, the red pigment, easier for your body to use.

Key benefits

  • Lycopene: a red pigment and antioxidant that is easier to absorb from cooked tomatoes.
  • Vitamin C and potassium: both are present in useful amounts.
  • Balance: tomato acidity cuts through rich cheese.

Fun fact

Cooked tomatoes can give you more usable lycopene than raw ones.

Where you will find it at Pookie

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General information only, not medical advice. Nutrition values on our menu are estimates.

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