Tomato Powder

No Italian cook would admit to using anything but homegrown tomatoes, but sometimes we all rely on tomatoes in other forms. Reconstituted with water, this powder makes a paste for pizzas and pasta sauces. A spoonful adds umami to soups, stews, and barbecue sauce.

The main reason our customers buy dehydrated tomato powder is for use when they need a little more tomato sauce or paste, and don't want to waste a whole can for just a spoonful. Store the tomato seasoning in your refrigerator, where it will last indefinitely. This is very useful in the off-season, when fresh tomatoes aren't very flavorful. Once you try this dehydrated tomato powder, you will be surprised at how many other uses you will find. If you make your own pasta, tomato seasoning adds a lovely flavor as well as color. Sprinkle it on pizza, bread or salads for flavor enhancement. The powder also can be used to thicken sauces, stews and gumbos. Our Tomato Powder is only sold in jars.

This product is quite simply 100% pure and natural dehydrated tomatoes. It can be made into a sweet tasting paste or sauce in a matter of minutes. No more opening cans of paste only to use a portion and letting the rest go to waste. Tomato powder also lasts indefinitely when you store it in the refrigerator. Made from 100% pure dehydrated tomatoes, this umami powder is rich and sweet and pairs well with paprika and garlic.

Tomato Powder is made from dehydrated and pulverized tomatoes—solves both of those problems. Not only does it stay good for a very, very long time (it will keep in your refrigerator almost indefinitely), but it can also be reconstituted to whatever concentration you desire, which means you won’t be left wondering whether your particular paste is inferior to another.

You can exercise your tomato powder anywhere you’d use tomato paste. (Like with paste, you’ll want to be sure to cook it out until it darkens and starts to stick—that’s how you know the sugars are caramelizing and you’re getting maximum flavor.) Simply mix two parts powder to one part water and then go on your merry way: rigatoni with vodka sauce, tomato and cinnamon-spiced rice, risotto, a marinade for chicken skewers, etc.

But tomato powder can also go where tomato paste cannot! It’s dry and sprinkle-able, meaning you can use it similar to a spice in rubs (tomato-rubbed chicken wings?!) or to flavor roasted vegetables or nut mixes or mix it with salt and then use it to season popcorn, to coat the rim of a Bloody Mary glass, or to put a final touch on focaccia dough prebake.

While tomato powder is made from only one ingredient tomatoes, it can still vary widely. The tomato powder from The Spice House is clown nose–red and as sweet as the summer’s smallest, ripest cherry tomato, on the other hand, is an orangey-umber color, with a saltier, tangier taste.