Utilization of tomato pomace as livestock feed

Tomato pomace (TP) contains tomato peels, seed and residual pulp and constitutes 2-2.5% of the tomatoes used for processing. Fresh TP contains approx. 40% dry matter (DM) and 19% crude protein (CP) on DM basis. It is a rich source of lycopene and is highly nutritious. TP can be fed fresh, after mixing with green fodder in 50:50 ratio (on DM basis) or after ensiling with maize fodder in 70:30 ratio (on fresh basis) @ 25-30% (on DM basis) in total mixed ration (TMR). The TP can also be fed to ruminants after sun drying. It can replace 50-100% concentrate mixture on CP-basis. The sundried ground TP, kinnow waste and empty pea pods can also be mixed with green fodder in 25:25:25:25 ratio on DM basis and fed to animals as TMR. Sundried ground TP can be included in the feed of commercial broilers up to 3% in starters, 5–8% in growers and 9–10% in finishers ration (on DM basis).

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