15 July 2022
Clinton, Michigan – Taste for Life magazine awarded EDEN Heirloom Spaghetti Sauce the 2022 Food Essentials Award. Taste for Life evaluates delicious, healthy, and clean food items for the award with the concept ‘you are what you eat’ in mind. “You cannot beat EDEN foods as a trusted brand. This product is organic, Non-GMO, and the packaging is BPA, BPS, and phthalate free. We heartily recommend this product as a pantry staple,” says Taste for Life.
EDEN Tomatoes are organically grown, hand-cultivated and hand-harvested on a fifth-generation family farm. Organic Italian Roma and Napoli heirloom plum tomatoes are cooked with organic extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, and organic, non-irradiated traditional herbs and spices. These plum tomatoes are sweeter, have fewer seeds, deep color, and firmer flesh. EDEN Tomatoes are also the only brand in the U.S. in protective amber glass to prevent light damage to nutrients and taste.
Tomatoes are the best source of lycopene, and cooked tomatoes are even better. Over 600 carotenoid plant pigments are antioxidants. Red lycopene outpaces them all in antioxidant ability. Research found heirloom Roma tomatoes highest in lycopene, and organic ones were even higher. Lycopene absorption is significantly increased when tomatoes are cooked with a bit of vegetable oil. EDEN uses organic extra virgin olive oil.
Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant, but it is not just lycopene that makes tomatoes healthy. Lycopene in the context of whole cooked tomatoes works with the other phytonutrients of tomatoes and make it much more effective than any isolated lycopene supplement. John Erdman, professor of food science and human nutrition and of internal medicine at the University of Illinois said, “It has been unclear whether lycopene itself is protective. We believe people should consume whole tomato products in pastas, salads, in tomato juice, and even on pizza.”
Taste for Life says, “The EDEN Organic Spaghetti Sauce Heirloom Variety was chosen as a Food Essentials Award Winner because it delivers on nutrients and flavor!”
Visit TasteforLife.com/food22 for further information.
Eden Foods is a principled natural food company of real organic, pure food for the pantry. More details information and free recipes are available at www.edenfoods.com