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Canned, whole peeled tomatoes, packed in tomato juice, then drained.

Tomatoes that have been left out to dry in the sun.

Canned whole peeled tomatoes, packed in tomato juice with added salt.

Hydroponic tomatoes are grown in a water solution without soil. Tomatoes are left to ripened fully on the vine, and are sold with their green stalks still attached. Round in shape, with a bright red shiny skin and red pulp and whitish seeds. Uncooked.

A thick red paste made from tomatoes with added salt.

Round in shape, with a bright red shiny skin and red pulp and whitish seeds. Uncooked.

Round in shape, with a bright red shiny skin and red pulp and whitish seeds. Cooked by boiling in salted water, then drained.

Tuber vegetable with light brown rough skin and cream to pink flesh, peeled and boiled in water without salt.

Small and round in shape, with a bright red shiny skin and red pulp with whitish seeds. Uncooked.

Tuber vegetable with a light brown rough skin and a cream to pink flesh. Peeled. Uncooked.