Tomato pomace
Also appears on labels as: dried tomato pomace, dried apple pomace, apple pomace, dried blueberry pomace, tomato pomice
The skins, pulp, and seeds left after fruit is juiced.
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- Where it comes from
- Juice and sauce processing plants.
- Why it's in the product
- Fiber, plus residual antioxidants like lycopene in the tomato version.
- Safety and toxicity
- Safe. It is a by-product, and calling it a filler is fair on cost grounds, but it is a nutritionally reasonable fiber source rather than a problem ingredient.
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Found in 45 scored products
Lowest scores first. Its presence here is not what drove those scores.
Panel Score 86 out of 100, grade B: Good, check the flags
21 more scored products list this ingredient. Showing the 24 lowest-scoring.