Production of Lycopene from Tomato and Its Products

Introduction

Tomato is a rich source of lycopene, an excellent natural antioxidant and a food colorant. Lycopene exhibits anti-cancer properties and thus used as ingredient in the preparation of Ayurvedic preparations for the control/prevention of prostate gland and other cancers, ulcers, macular degeneration etc. Red capsicum and tomato can be value processed into a delicious salsa sauce which has a rich red color and a unique flavour. Capsicum-tomato salsa is a rich blend of health promoting antioxidants such as capsanthin and lycopene, phenolics and vitamin C and has higher nutrition value than even the popular tomato sauce.

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Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi,
Delhi 110012