Can you freeze tomatoes to reduce food waste?

woman's hands holding numerous and different sized tomatoes in her hands over a wooden worktop

If you're unsure if you can freeze tomatoes, you're not alone. While we're all used to the benefits of frozen fruit and vegetables for smoothies, casseroles and stir-fries, tomatoes don't really feature in those packets you buy from the supermarket. 

But if you're looking for ways to reduce food waste to make your weekly food shop last longer, then it's useful to know whether tomatoes are freezable. This becomes even more important when you realised that the price per kilogram of tomatoes hit an all time high of £3.26 in May 2023, according to the Office of National Statistics. This price rise is down to the tomato shortage faced earlier in the year.