The Improvement Lycopene Availability and Antioxidant Activities of Tomato (Lycopersicum Esculentum, Mill) Jelly Drink

Lycopene is a natural compound that is found in large quantities in red colour fruits, especially in tomatoes. Availability of lycopene in tomatoes will increase after processing. The research, tomatoes will be processed in form of jelly drinks, where most people like the products beside energy contributor. Fresh tomato fruit has a distinctive odor that is less preferred, it is to improve the flavor of products needs to be given the addition of other fruits, one of which is a lemon. The addition of lemon juice can also increase the antioxidant activity of the product as a lemon jelly drinks rich in vitamin C. The treatment in this study was the level of the additional of lemon juice with different concentrations. The results showed elevated levels of lycopene in jelly beverage products as much as two times higher than fresh tomatoes, the additional of lemon juice can increase antioxidant activity, vitamin C and total acid, but did not affect the levels of lycopene.