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does tomato soup count as a vegetable?

GretaGirl8
GretaGirl8 Posts: 274 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
The brand I buy has no added salt and has 12g of dietary fiber.

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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Really?
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    LOL
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Sure, why wouldn't it?
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

  • Kimberly_Harper
    Kimberly_Harper Posts: 409 Member
    I just found out that olives are fruits too..ha! >:)
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    GretaGirl8 wrote: »
    The brand I buy has no added salt and has 12g of dietary fiber.


    Yes. It is a vegetable even when it is pureed and in soup form... Or it might be still be a fruit even though it is pureed if you swing that way.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Kimberly_Harper wrote: »
    I just found out that olives are fruits too..ha! >:)

    So are squash.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    No worries. I had this discussion in another thread. Who knew the Supreme Court had ruled on such a thing!? :D
  • GretaGirl8
    GretaGirl8 Posts: 274 Member
    thank you. i hope my question didn't come off as completely idiotic. i know that pureeing a vegetable/fruit doesn't nullify it as being part of its particular food group. i just didn't know if it was considered a "serving" of veg/fruit for nutritional purposes. Not sure if that makes sense. But i know that tomato juice is considered a serving...so why not tomato soup.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    I thought it was funny.

    I knew that about the SC, but I believe the executive branch (Reagan) and Congress considers tomatoes a fruit, so we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands!

    (Also trying to be funny.)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited April 2015
    GretaGirl8 wrote: »
    i just didn't know if it was considered a "serving" of veg/fruit for nutritional purposes. Not sure if that makes sense. But i know that tomato juice is considered a serving...so why not tomato soup.

    Sure. I'd say veggies in soup count. Whether they are a serving or not depends on the amount used, but I'd assume there'd be enough in tomato soup.

    (I don't actually count servings, so never remember how much a serving is supposed to be--maybe a full tomato?)
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    I thought it was funny.

    I knew that about the SC, but I believe the executive branch (Reagan) and Congress considers tomatoes a fruit, so we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands!

    (Also trying to be funny.)
    I seem to recall some discussion in the US about pizza being a vegetable because of the tomato sauce? Or am I mistaken?

  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    I thought it was funny.

    I knew that about the SC, but I believe the executive branch (Reagan) and Congress considers tomatoes a fruit, so we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands!

    (Also trying to be funny.)
    I seem to recall some discussion in the US about pizza being a vegetable because of the tomato sauce? Or am I mistaken?

    I think it was ketchup counting as a vegetable for children's school lunches.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    I thought it was funny.

    I knew that about the SC, but I believe the executive branch (Reagan) and Congress considers tomatoes a fruit, so we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands!

    (Also trying to be funny.)
    I seem to recall some discussion in the US about pizza being a vegetable because of the tomato sauce? Or am I mistaken?

    It was a Congressional debate/decision on whether there was enough tomato sauce on pizza to constitute a serving. They voted yes. Which seems right because surely every piece of pizza has 1/2 cup of tomato sauce. :p
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    BinkyBonk wrote: »
    Nope. Tomatoes are a fruit.
    HA! All you know-it-alls :lol:

    They are a botanically a fruit. By cooks and the US Supreme Court, they are a vegetable. By most dictionaries and gardeners, they are both fruit and vegetable.
    I was trying to be funny.
    Sorry if it didn't come across that way.

    I thought it was funny.

    I knew that about the SC, but I believe the executive branch (Reagan) and Congress considers tomatoes a fruit, so we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands!

    (Also trying to be funny.)
    I seem to recall some discussion in the US about pizza being a vegetable because of the tomato sauce? Or am I mistaken?

    No, you are right. Don't know why I remembered it as ketchup and tomato sauce being fruits.

    (It never was pizza as a vegetable, though, but that the sauce=1 vegetable serving.)

    Anyway, better in my memory.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    herrspoons wrote: »
    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to use them in a fruit salad.

    Serendipity is putting fruit in a vegetable salad. I put fresh mandarin slices in to my cabbage and buttercrunch salad this week, and, yum.
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