METHOD FOR TOMATO PRODUCT MANUFACTURE AND TOMATO PRODUCT Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A23L1/212 A23L3/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: tomato product manufacture method involves washing, inspection, milling, mixing, thermal treatment, packing and sterilisation. The raw materials are represented by uniformly coloured tomatoes grown on open ground and stored for no more than 18 hours before processing; washing is performed under water pressure equal to 196-294 kPa; the milling process is performed by way of pulping till a consistence including tomato pieces; treatment is performed in two stages; at the first stage the obtained mass with tomato pieces is heated to 75-78°C; before the second stage the heated tomato mass is passed through a pulping machine with a sieve with 3 mm diameter holes and rotation frequency equal to 70-100 rpm. Then the semi-product is supplied into the boiling tank, mixed with spices and seasonings and heated to 85-90°C. The obtained tomato product is packed and sterilised in the autoclave. The tomato product contains, wt %: juice - 70-80, pulp - 10-25, spices and seasonings - 1-2, seeds - 1-2, tomato peel - 2-4.

EFFECT: invention allows to manufacture a product preserving the saturated taste of fresh tomatoes, ensures significant fullness after consumption in comparison with equivalent products as well as allows to use the manufactured product as a base for preparation of various sauces and soups.

2 cl, 1 tbl, 2 ex