Patent ID: 9434886
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A23L,C09B,C10G

Claim Text:
1. A process for extracting lycopene, comprising the following steps: a) dehydrating the raw material containing lycopene; b) drying the dehydrated raw material containing lycopene in the presence of an antioxidant other than lycopene; c) coarsely crushing the dried raw material containing lycopene; d) separating the coarsely crushed raw material containing lycopene by air blast process to a portion of raw material having a greater relative density and a lesser relative density, and taking the portion of raw material with a lesser relative density; e) finely crushing the portion of raw material with a lesser relative density obtained after separation step and granulating it, wherein the portion of raw material with a lesser relative density comprises tomato skins and tomato seeds, the weight of the tomato seeds is less than 0.5% of the total weight, and the weight of the tomato skins is greater than 99% of the total weight; f) subjecting the resulting granules to extraction with organic solvent; g) treating the resultant of extraction with active carbon and filtering, then concentrating the filtrate to obtain lycopene product.