A TOMATO containing high levels of an antioxidant that may cut prostate cancer risk is to be launched in the UK.
Tesco says its new "healthy living" tomato contains roughly a third more lycopene than other vine varieties.
Its launch is part of the chain's move into "functional foods", which are developed to have added health benefits. The new variety was naturally bred in Holland using different tomato types with high lycopene levels.
It was then grown near Chichester, West Sussex.
A Tesco spokesman said lycopene had been linked with a potential reduction in the risk of prostate cancer.
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