Lycopene
Coming laterA carotenoid associated with tomato and other plants. Not in the directory yet.
Lycopene is a carotenoid. Tomato, other fruit, and fungal or synthetic routes are not the same article. This directory has not reviewed a lycopene grade.
Blends with lutein or other carotenoids would be separate specifications.
Public database references
Reference molecules describe chemical identity, not the composition, purity, origin, or safety of a supplier’s extract. These automated lookups do not change supplier rankings.
- lycopene — PubChem CID 446925
C40H56 · 536.9 g/mol · Retrieved 2026-11-15
FDA food recall keyword screening
Search terms: lycopene. 3 matching recall records in the available dataset, including historical and terminated recalls. Retrieved 2026-11-15. Source dataset updated 2026-11-04.
Matches can include finished foods and multi-ingredient products. They do not establish that this ingredient caused a recall or that any listed supplier was involved. No matches does not mean an ingredient or supplier is safe.
View the FDA query and source recordsSpecifications
- Botanical source
- Species is unreviewed.
- Plant part
- Not reviewed.
- Common grades and distinctions
- Oleoresin, crystal, and beadlet forms, and the assay method, would need to be separated.
Listing status
This ingredient is not in the directory yet. Sample and quote requests are not open for it.
Buying considerations for US supplement brands
- Do not infer Chinese cultivation from a Chinese processing site.
Coming soon. Synthetic and fermentation routes are out of scope.
Sources and method
Evidence reviewed 2026-11-14. Methodology 2026-11-14.1.
No source has been filed on this page yet. That is an incomplete research state.