Hardness,
cohesiveness and chewiness parameters were significantly (p b 0.05)
affected by the addition of tomato pomace. Interestingly, there were
considerable decreases (p b 0.05) in texture parameters of those samples
containing 3% tomato pomace (J3). According to Rust and Olson
(1973) and Cassidy et al. (1978), tumbling processing affects the formation
of a protein exudate that acts as a sealer when the protein is
denatured during thermal processing.