Tomatoes can be eaten raw or cooked, and contain vitamin C, minerals and carotene. The Swiss tomatoes are in season from April until November, but only in June is the supply sufficient to cover the entire Swiss demand. The tomato producers now offer a wide range of tomatoes, from Coeur de Boeuf to the yellow golden baby plum tomatoes, and from dark sweet to classic vine tomatoes, which are still the most purchased.
Tomatoes and carrots are the most popular vegetables
After the carrot the tomato takes second place on the Swiss plate. The vegetables battle every year for first place, however if all tomato varieties were put together they'd easily take first place. In 2015 the consumption of regular tomatoes was 7.13 kg per person and 58,745 metric tons of tomatoes were sold. With a market share of 56.1% on average a little over half of the tomatoes came from Switzerland.
For more information:
Verband Schweizer Gemüseproduzenten VSGP (Association of Swiss vegetable producers)
Moana Werschler
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