Tomato is eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable and is a frequent ingredient in soups and stews. It is found in most pizzas. Tomato is used in sauces, pickles and chutney, which is often made from green tomato.
Allergy Information:
More than 50 cases of food allergy after eating tomato have been reported. In general, tomato allergy is associated with allergy to either latex or pollen. The symptoms reported were rather different in the two groups. The patients with no latex allergy reported mostly the oral allergy syndrome with some skin reactions such as urticaria (hives). Patients with latex allergy reported urticaria as the most common reaction but 20% suffered anaphylaxis. Allergy to tomato is also linked to allergy to potato since they are related plants.
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