Optimization of manufacturing technique for extracting lycopene from tomato peel
[Objective] In this study,manufacturing technique of lycopene from tomato peel was optimized and total carotenoids and yield were used as the indexes.[Method] The impacts of drying temperature,the sample fineness,ratio of tomato powder and extraction solvent,extraction times,extraction and temperature were investigated.[Results] The results showed that the optimized manufacturing technique of tea polyphenols was as follows:drying temperature 270℃,the tomato peel were smashed to pass through the 40 mesh sieve,ratio of solid to liquid at 1 ∶ 3 (kg/L),extraction temperature 33℃,extraction twice.Under the above conditions,Tthe total carotenoids was 85.56%.The lycopene yield was 95.01%.[Conclusion] The optimized technique was an efficient method with high total carotenoids,high lycopene yield and low cost.