True, but people aren't exactly consuming tomatoes for their caloric content in a way they would for say, nuts or grains.

As already mentioned you don't eat tomato for calories. Main use is flavor (caveat: cheap application of tomato is the "Holländische Wasserbomben" as the Germans call it which is good sale if you sell per weight. Works with ignorant customers who require just "tomatoes").

3 almonds are equivalent to 1 tomato according to this Mother Jones article (2014) [1].

AFAIK our almonds here in NL are imported, while we are known for our tomato export.

[1] https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-calif...