Lutein, a yellow xanthophyll, is a very important nutritional compound in human diet because of its positive effects in the prevention of age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases. In this study a rapid and food-grade solvent extraction for lutein content was performed on tomato peel, provided by a local tomato processing factory, with an extraction yield of lutein equal to 11.5 μg/g dm. In order to evaluate its potential use as diet supplements in the preparation of functional foods the extract was heated at 50 and …