Tomato Pomace

Tomato Pomace appears on the labels of 59 of the 244 recipes we have read and scored (24 percent of the database), in label forms including Dried Tomato Pomace, Tomato Pomace.

What it is

The skins, pulp and seeds left from tomato processing, dried as a fiber source with some lycopene.

Why makers use it

Useful fermentable fiber bought at by-product prices.

What to watch for

It has nothing to do with the tomato plant's toxic parts; the ingredient is ripe fruit residue, and it is a long approved feed ingredient.

Highest scoring recipes that carry it

The full database, filterable by brand, format, life stage and grains, is the reviews index; the food finder answers it by the proteins a dog must avoid.

Often on the same panels

Mixed Tocopherols, Choline Chloride, Vitamin Supplements (the Vitamin Pack), Selenium Yeast and Sodium Selenite. The full dictionary is the ingredient index.