The OP makes many assumption about food, chief among them being that flavor is always a good thing.  I also wonder which type of tomato he is buying.  Some are designed for size alone.  Others (roma+cherry) have much more taste, especially those grown all year in local greenhouses rather than those picked green and shipped in.  Even in the depths of a canadian winter, the tomatoes I buy at costco were picked the previous day at a facility a few miles down the road.  They taste great.<p>&gt;&gt; Plain yogurt is tasteless.<p>Yogurt&#x27;s lack of flavor is nothing to do with the milk.  &quot;Plain&quot; yogurt is meant to taste as plain as possible so that flavors can be added to it.  It&#x27;s like vodka.  The goal is consistency rather than amount of flavor.  It&#x27;s the difference between tasting a food and tasting an ingredient.