Development and Evaluation of Soup Mix Utilizing Tomato Pomace Powder

The utilization of the huge amount of food processing waste is pertinent to exploit its full potential. Mainly, it is used for feed purposes and efforts are needed to utilize them for food purposes as well, owing to their high nutritional status. The present work was done with the objective of utilizing tomato pomace which is edible and needs to be utilized in food products. An instant soup mix was developed with 0, 25, 50 and 75 per cent addition of tomato pomace powder in the formulation. The sensory analysis results show that the soup having 50per cent of tomato pomace powder has the maximum acceptability and it shows good shelf life stability for three months in laminated packets when stored at room temperature. The product is convenient to make and will help in effectively utilizing this important by-product and reduce wastage.