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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Tomato Paste

Tomato Paste
(Tomato Paste) Tomato paste is made by cooking tomatoes for several hours until enough of the water is boiled off to reduce the tomatoes to a thick red concentrate.  The cooked tomato concentrate is them strained and packaged for sale.  Tomato paste is most commonly found packaged in 6-oz. cans.  When purchasing tomato paste, look at the label to make sure that the only ingredient is tomatoes.  We use tomato paste in a wide variety of dishes such as soups, stews, and sauces.  Tomato paste is also the least expensive way to add a tomato flavor to a recipe. Tomato paste is also a great source of lycopene.  See the nutritional chart below.

Tomato paste, without salt added

NDB No: 11546

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion 		Number
of Data
Points 		Std.
Error 		1.00 X 1 can (6 oz)
-------
170g
Proximates
Water
g
73.50
46
0.255
124.95
Energy
kcal
82
0
0
139
Energy
kj
343
0
0
583
Protein
g
4.32
33
0.066
7.34
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.47
33
0.017
0.80
Ash
g
2.80
33
0.065
4.76
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
18.91
0
0
32.15
Fiber, total dietary
g
4.5
0
0
7.7
Sugars, total
g
10.41
27
0.371
17.70
Sucrose
g
0.26
3
0.015
0.44
Glucose (dextrose)
g
4.92
3
0.109
8.36
Fructose
g
5.00
3
0.076
8.50
Lactose
g
0.00
0
0
0.00
Maltose
g
0.24
1
0
0.41
Galactose
g
0.00
0
0
0.00
Starch
g
0.22
3
0.035
0.37
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
36
30
1.62
61
Iron, Fe
mg
2.98
32
0.314
5.07
Magnesium, Mg
mg
42
6
2.242
71
Phosphorus, P
mg
83
6
2.875
141
Potassium, K
mg
1014
16
15.2
1724
Sodium, Na
mg
98
33
13.602
167
Zinc, Zn
mg
0.63
6
0.042
1.07
Copper, Cu
mg
0.365
5
0.047
0.620
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.302
6
0.012
0.513
Selenium, Se
mcg
5.3
3
0.882
9.0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
21.9
41
1.567
37.2
Thiamin
mg
0.060
6
0.007
0.102
Riboflavin
mg
0.153
6
0.003
0.260
Niacin
mg
3.076
6
0.055
5.229
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.142
2
0
0.241
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.216
6
0.01
0.367
Folate, total
mcg
12
6
0.344
20
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
0
0
Folate, food
mcg
12
6
0.344
20
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
12
0
0
20
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
0
0.00
Vitamin A, IU
IU
1525
0
0
2592
Vitamin A, RAE
mcg_RAE
76
0
0
129
Retinol
mcg
0
0
0
0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
mg
4.30
2
0
7.31
Tocopherol, beta
mg
0.00
2
0
0.00
Tocopherol, gamma
mg
0.52
2
0
0.88
Tocopherol, delta
mg
0.00
2
0
0.00
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
mcg
11.4
3
1.033
19.4
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.100
0
0
0.170
4:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
6:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
8:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
10:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
12:0
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
14:0
g
0.001
0
0
0.002
16:0
g
0.083
2
0
0.141
18:0
g
0.016
0
0
0.027
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
0.067
0
0
0.114
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.002
0
0
0.003
18:1 undifferentiated
g
0.064
0
0
0.109
20:1
g
0.001
0
0
0.002
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
0.160
0
0
0.272
18:2 undifferentiated
g
0.152
3
0.01
0.258
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.007
0
0
0.012
18:4
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
0
0.000
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
0
0
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.025
0
0
0.043
Threonine
g
0.103
2
0
0.175
Isoleucine
g
0.071
0
0
0.121
Leucine
g
0.112
3
0.003
0.190
Lysine
g
0.123
3
0.01
0.209
Methionine
g
0.018
0
0
0.031
Cystine
g
0.021
0
0
0.036
Phenylalanine
g
0.121
3
0.003
0.206
Tyrosine
g
0.050
0
0
0.085
Valine
g
0.075
0
0
0.128
Arginine
g
0.074
0
0
0.126
Histidine
g
0.058
0
0
0.099
Alanine
g
0.195
3
0.003
0.331
Aspartic acid
g
0.697
3
0.01
1.185
Glutamic acid
g
1.896
3
0.029
3.223
Glycine
g
0.060
0
0
0.102
Proline
g
0.081
0
0
0.138
Serine
g
0.109
3
0.001
0.185
Other
Alcohol, ethyl
g
0.0
0
0
0.0
Caffeine
mg
0
0
0
0
Theobromine
mg
0
0
0
0
Carotene, beta
mcg
901
9
45.881
1532
Carotene, alpha
mcg
29
7
28.571
49
Cryptoxanthin, beta
mcg
0
6
0
0
Lycopene
mcg
28764
13
556.449
48899
Lutein + zeaxanthin
mcg
0
6
0
0

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17 (2004)

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