The aim of the work was to evaluate the efficiency of extraction of compounds of high antioxidant potential from waste fruit pomace. In the experiments whole fruits and pomaces of apples, grapes and black chokeberries were used for maceration, extraction by Soxhlet method and percolation. Extracts prepared from pomaces of black chokeberries and grapes were characterized by significantly higher antioxidant potential than extracts obtained from the whole fruits. Among analyzed material, the black chokeberries pomace had the highest antioxidant activity. Relatively high antioxidants recovery was achieved by Soxhlet extraction. The most efficient solvent was 50% aqueous solution of acetone, however only slightly lower values were demonstrated for 50% solution of ethanol.