Tomato lycopene extract; tomato lycopene concentrate
Tomato lycopene extract; tomato lycopene concentrateTomato lycopene extract is a red colour and antioxidant. Lycopene is the pigment that makes tomatoes red, and unusually it becomes more available to the body when the tomato is cooked.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 73.585retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Extracted from ripe tomatoes, often from processing by-products such as skins and seeds.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
As it appears in regulation
- Tomato lycopene extract; tomato lycopene concentrate
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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