Patent ID: 8404285

Claim:
A psidium guajava pulp composition wherein the composition has a particle size of not greater than 0.25 mm which does not contain seeds and peels from the psidium guajava , has a moisture content of less than 30% and has a lycopene concentration which is 1 to 2 folds higher than the lycopene concentration in the psidium guajava in the raw/unextracted state wherein said composition is made by crushing, refining and sieving the psidium guajava fruit to yield a psidium guajava pulp with a particle size less than 1.2 mm, the psidium guajava pulp is then stem blanched at 50° C. to 90° C. for 20-60 minutes in a container to evaporate the vapors inside the container to yield a resulting pulp, the resulting pulp is then sliced to about 5×5 cm with sixteen 0.5 cm holes and 1-3 mm thickness to increase the resulting pulp's surface area to form a thin layer sheet, then the thin layer sheet is subjected to drying at 40° C. to 60° C. for 5-7 hours to yield dried samples, the dried samples were then ground and passed through a sieve to obtain the psidium guajava pulp composition.