This is generic info (trivia really) - not MRC-specific, as I'm not on MRC.
When people say canned tomatoes are superior to fresh, what they're generally talking about is lycopene content. Cooking releases more lycopene (or makes it easier for the body to absorb it), so you get more lycopene from cooked tomatoes than raw ones. So canned tomatoes (for lycopene) are superior to fresh, raw (but you can always cook your own fresh tomatoes too).
I tend to use more canned tomatoes than raw, because they're cheaper and more convenient (and because I'm not a big fan of raw tomato). In the summer, I buy and eat more fresh tomatoes - still not very often raw though. My husband makes a terrific broth-based tomato basil soup with fresh tomatoes (he always uses at least three types of tomatoes).
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