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US 7,582,325 B2Granted
Process for the preparation of tomato extracts with high content in lycopene
AssigneeIndena S.p.A.
InventorAndrea Giori
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Abstract
A process for the extraction of lycopene from whole tomatoes, in which process tomatoes are heat concentrated and extracted with water-saturated ethyl acetate.
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A process for the preparation of whole tomatoes extracts with lycopene content from 5% to 20% and with reducing sugars content expressed as glucose lower than 1%, comprising the following steps:
- a) pretreating fresh tomatoes, which comprises washing, then cutting or crushing;
- b) heat concentrating of the cut or crushed tomato from step a);
- c) extracting the concentrate from step b) with water-saturated ethyl acetate;
- d) backwashing the extract from step c) with water;
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- e) concentrating the extract to dryness under reduced pressure.
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