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Composition of tomatoes and tomato products in antioxidants (WG1) page 25
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6.1.4. Influence of cultural techniques
6.1.4.1. Variety
The main tomato varieties cultivated for processing in the E.C. are : Perfect Peel (PS
1296), Hypeel 244, Titano M, Rio Grande, Heinz 7151, Heinz 3044, Isola, Guadalete (PS
121), Snob (EXH 98063), Soprano, Rio Fuego, Avalon, Cannery Row.
Abushita et al.(1997) analysed tomato fruit from various poorly known cultivars
cultivated in Hungary and found variations on more than 1 to 3-fold: β-carotene varied from
1.15 to 3.7 mg/kg fresh matter and total carotenoids from 18.5 to 60.7 mg/kg fresh matter.
Data from P. Spigno (Cirio Ricerche, Acerra, Naples; personal communication of
unpublished data 1998, 1999) give fruit lycopene content for 24 varieties analysed from not
replicated samples in 1998 and for 29 varieties (not all the same as the previous year)
cultivated in the same conditions in 1999. The mean value was 86.0 mg/kg fresh matter in
1998 and 87.0 mg/kg fresh matter in 1999. The maximum range of values was 34 to 150
mg/kg fresh matter in 1998 and 45 to 163 mg/kg fresh matter in 1999, i.e. about 1- to 4-fold.
Table 9 gives data extracted from the Degree Thesis ‘Carotenoid content in tomato
and its processing products’ (Zanetti, 1996/97).
Table 9. Carotenoid content in fresh tomatoes (mg/kg fresh matter) (after Zanetti, 1997)
Cultivar Lycopene Neolycopene(*) β-Carotene Phytofluene(*)
Isola 93.8 17.3 2.4 4.5
EXH 98063 87.9 17.6 2.7 4.3
PS 1296 94.9 18.1 2.5 4.1
PS 121 90.9 17.9 2.6 4.7
Calroma 89.1 17.4 2.4 4.2
(*) as lycopene equivalent