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If a tomato is a fruit, is ketchup a tomato smoothie?

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Being curious, because I found this question interesting, I asked Google to define smoothie. Here is the definition it returned. smooth·ie ˈsmo͞oT͟Hē/ noun a thick, smooth drink of fresh fruit pureed with milk, yogurt, or ice cream. read more

Hedden that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit. read more

Ketchup is not a smoothie because the tomatoes are cooked to concentrate their flavor and viscosity. The application of heat and reduction of the tomatoes make it a sauce. A smoothie is a purée of fresh fruit that is never cooked. read more

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