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Tomato chutney

Tomato chutney is a seasoned sweet-and-sour tomato condiment served with savory foods or snacks.

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About Tomato chutney

Tomato chutney is a cooked, seasoned tomato condiment served in small amounts with snacks, breads, fried foods, rice dishes, and other savoury foods. It commonly combines tomatoes with a sweetener, an acidic ingredient, spices, and aromatics.

Its flavour is typically sweet, sour, savoury, and sometimes hot, with the balance shaped by the recipe. The texture may be coarse and spoonable, with visible tomato pieces, or smooth after blending. Cooking gives the tomatoes a softer, more cohesive character.

Tomato chutney may be prepared fresh or sold in jars. Chopped tomatoes create a rustic appearance, while blending produces a more even paste-like condiment. Spices, chillies, onions, garlic, and fruit may alter its colour, aroma, thickness, and degree of heat.

Ingredient type
sauce

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tomato chutney

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Tomato chutney nutrition & diet

Tomato chutney nutritional value

Reference: Chutney, tomato

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
128kcal
Protein
1.2g
Carbs
31.0g
Fat
0.2g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 17-345. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the finished chutney form and identify whether tomatoes are fresh, cooked, or concentrated. Vinegar, sugar, oil, fruit, spices, onion, nuts, or seeds can substantially change the recipe, so the condiment and serving context should be recorded.

Compare the right form: Match references to the exact tomato chutney recipe and finished form, including sweeteners, vinegar, oil, fruit, nuts, seeds, and spices.

Diet considerations

Tomato chutney is plant-derived when made from vegetables, fruit, spices, and other plant ingredients, but recipes vary. Dairy, fish, meat, nuts, seeds, or cereal-based additions can change compatibility. Sweetening and portion affect the carbohydrate pattern, especially when served with crackers, breads, fried snacks, or rice.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Chutney, tomato ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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