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Tomato Color トマト色素

Existing food additivePermitted in the EU (E160d(ii))EFSA ADI 0.5mg per kg body weight per day

Purpose: color
On the label: “トマト色素” (tomato color), “野菜色素” (vegetable color), “カロテノイド色素” (carotenoid color), “着色料（トマトリコピン）” (colorant (tomato lycopene)), “着色料（カロチノイド）” (colorant (carotenoid))
Name in the List of Existing Food Additives: トマト色素 (No. 200)
Source and production: Obtained from tomato fruit, with lycopene as the main component. It may contain edible fats and oils (specifications).

In Japan

Its purpose in the List of Existing Food Additives is colorant. The alternative name is “トマトリコピン” (tomato lycopene), and the short names are カロチノイド, カロチノイド色素, カロテノイド, カロテノイド色素 (all meaning carotenoid or carotenoid color), and 野菜色素 (vegetable color).
When written with the character “色” (color), as in “トマト色素” (tomato color) or “野菜色素” (vegetable color), the purpose name “着色料” (colorant) can be omitted. When written as “カロチノイド” (carotenoid) or “トマトリコピン” (tomato lycopene), the purpose name is placed alongside, as in “着色料（カロチノイド）” (colorant (carotenoid)).
A standard for use common to natural colorants applies: it cannot be used in kelp (konbu), meat, fresh fish and shellfish, tea, nori seaweed, beans, vegetables, or wakame seaweed.

Japan's standards for use

Must not be used in kelp (konbu), meat, fresh fish and shellfish (including whale meat), tea, nori seaweed, beans, vegetables, or wakame seaweed (standard for use for colorants excluding chemically synthesized products)

This is a summary of the standards for use. See the source list for the exact conditions.

In the EU

It is on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) as E160d(ii).
Lycopene in the EU (E160d) is divided into synthetic (i), from red tomatoes (ii), and from the fungus Blakeslea trispora (iii).
In its 2010 evaluation, EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) set an ADI (acceptable daily intake) of 0.5mg per kg of body weight per day (EFSA ANS).

Sources

Checked 2026-10-02. Rules and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.

This page lists facts stated in laws and in evaluations by public bodies; it is not a safety verdict. Additives used in Japan are approved by the government, which sets the foods and amounts they can be used in. The ADI is a guide to the amount that is considered safe to take every day over a lifetime.

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