Abstract: Lycopene was extracted by two kinds of different property solvent from tomato paste. The stability of lycopenein different storing conditions was studied. According to this process, small quantity of extraction solvent was used and shorttime was spended. The extraction yield of lycopene was 92.17% and the lycopene content was higher than 90%. To distributelycopene evenly throughout the linseed oil and add 0.012%VE or 0.012%VE and 0.015% Rosemary antioxidant, at roomtemperature and dark the content of lycopene was unchangeable after three months.

Key words: lycopene, extraction, lycopene content, stability