A kind of lycopene production process

Abstract

The invention discloses a lycopene production process, wherein tomato skin slag is taken as a raw material, and subjected to squeezing, roller-drying, seed skin separating, fluidized bed drying, grinding and extracting. The lycopene production process is simple in operation and mild in conditions, the process takes the tomato skin slag in ketchup production of a ketchup plant as the raw material, cost is reduced, and pollution to the environment is reduced by using the wastes.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a lycopene production process. Background technique [0002] Lycopene, also known as ψ-carotene, belongs to isoprenoid compounds and is a kind of carotenoid. Since it was first isolated from tomatoes, it is called lycopene. In the past, people always believed that only those carotenoids with β-ionone ring and can be converted into vitamin A, such as α-carotene, β-carotene, etc., were related to human nutrition and health, while lycopene was lacking This structure does not have the physiological activity of vitamin A, so there are few studies on it; however, lycopene has superior physiological functions. It is of great significance to treat adult diseases, enhance the human immune system, and delay aging. It is a promising new functional natural pigment. [0003] Tomato pomace contains tomato seeds. Tomato seeds do not contain lycopene, and tomato seeds contain oil. More seeds in tomato pomace will affect the quality of lycop...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] At present, the seed skin separation process used in many tomato red productions is to wash the tomato skin residue to separate the tomato seeds, or use rubbing equipment to separate the tomato seeds after the tomato skin is dried. High, generally above 8%

In addition, water is used to wash the tomato skin residue to separate the seed skin, resulting in waste of water resources