| abstract |
Process for the manufacture of tomato products, comprises the steps of: a) pretreating the tomatoes by conventional operations, including crushing; b) subjecting them to heat treatment; c) separating the crushed tomatoes into serum and pulp containing at least 500 ppm of lycopene; d) subjecting the pulp to solvent extraction, in order to extract therefrom an oleoresin containing lycopene; e) separating the spent pulp; and f) separating the lycopene extract from the solvents, whereby to obtain oleoresin containing the lycopene and to recover the solvents. |