Processed tomatoes, dry tomatoes and method of producing the same

摘要

Disclosed are dry tomatoes which have an excellent texture, flavor and appearance and can be conveniently produced, and processed tomatoes which are suitable as a starting material for producing the dry tomatoes. Processed tomatoes characterized in that a part of the cuticular layer or a part of the pericarp tissue together with a part of the cuticular layer have been removed; dry tomatoes characterized by being produced by drying the processed tomatoes as described above; a method of producing processed tomatoes characterized by comprising irradiating tomato surface with a laser beam and thus removing a part of the cuticular layer or a part of the pericarp tissue together with a part of the cuticular layer; a method of producing processed tomatoes characterized by comprising removing a part of the cuticular layer in tomatoes the bodies of which are not cut; a method of producing processed tomatoes characterized by comprising removing a part of the pericarp tissue together with a part of the cuticular layer in tomatoes the bodies of which are not cut while preventing the leakage of the fruit juice onto the surface; and a method of producing dry tomatoes characterized by comprising producing processed tomatoes by the preceding production method and then drying the processed tomatoes.