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It is grown in temperate climates. It is one of the most popular vegetables as it has multiple health benefits and many culinary possibilities. Its best season is summer, and various varieties are distinguished according to their characteristics and uses:

• Branch tomato and pear tomato: for preserves.
• Canary tomato: sweet flavor.
• Cherry tomato: small and round, fruity flavor.
• Green tomato: with firm flesh, for salads.
• Montserrat tomato: for salads.
• Raf tomato: very tasty.
• Daniela tomato: a variety of ripe tomato, spherical shape, juicy, for grating.
• Rambo tomato: greenhouse-grown, juicy, and flavorful.

It is rich in vitamins A and C, is antioxidant, and helps cleanse the body's toxins. It also contains minerals such as phosphorus, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, potassium, and sodium. Due to its properties, it is beneficial for preventing infections, for vision, it prevents heart disease, avoids hypertension, supports the muscular and nervous systems, is anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, and diuretic.

The tomato is a basic ingredient in our cuisine, consumed in salads, gazpachos, sauces, soups, pastas, rice dishes, jams, etc.