Technology of Production of Tomato Paste

1. Function                               : To process tomato into concentrate form
2. Specification                                  
   (a) Capacity                           : Depending on the production capacity
   (b) Power required              : Based on capacity
3. General Information                      

            This technology aims at processing and preservation of glut season tomato for use during the off-season. Hybrid tomatoes, suitable for the production of tomato concentrate/ paste, are made into pulp in a pulper.  The pulp is concentrated to paste (25° Brix) in an open steel vessel/ a steam kettle.  Sodium benzoate is added as preservative @ 250 ppm  and  packed for storage.  

4. Cost of the unit                   : Rs. 3 lakhs is the investment for a minimum capacity.
5. Cost of operation                : Rs.   35 per kg of paste (including cost of raw material)

6. Salient features

• The paste recovery is 14%
  
• Can be stored upto six months in bottles and pouches and upto one year in cans
  
• Most suited during the market glut, when the process go down.
  
• Tomato paste can be used during off-season
  
• Paste is suitable for the manufacture of other products from tomato.