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.
