Starwest Botanicals

Tomato Powder, Organic

Tomato powder began as a convenience item: quick tomato sauce or tomato paste. Add water, and you’re done! However, it’s becoming more popular as a spice or flavor that may be used in various dishes, including sauces, vegetables, grains, meats, and fish. Tomato powder is a spice without rehydration when used in its powdered state. A spice is any dried plant part other than the dried leaf used for seasonings, such as seeds, stems, bark, roots, and fruits. Because tomatoes are a fruit, the dried fruits of a tomato plant are unquestionably spices.

Tomato powder is created by drying tomatoes and then finely crushing them. Tomato powder is often made from tomato skins, devoid of the pulpy internal parts containing the seeds. Consider sun-dried tomatoes, but drier and more finely crushed. Tomato powder can be used as a foundation for tomato paste, and the powder lasts longer than most tomato paste and allows users to make exactly as much as they need for a clean, fresh taste. Tomato paste is commonly used in sauces and soups, particularly in Italian cooking. Tomato powder can also be used to prepare tomato soups or boost the flavor of broths and pasta sauces with a faint tomato flavor.