Table 1.
Lycopene content in tomato varieties (converted to mg/100 g fresh weight (FW)). Literature review. Values in italics are obtained by spectrophotometry, otherwise high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
| Variety | Total Lycopene | Type | Origin | Growth Conditions | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministar | 3.11 | plum | SW Norway | Greenhouse, soil free | This study |
| Juanita | 10.51 | cherry | |||
| Dometica | 4.08 | salad | |||
| Volna | 8.15 | salad | Skierniewice, Poland | Field | |
| Calista | 10.75 | processing | |||
| Pearson | 10.77 | N/A | California, USA | Field | [38] |
| DX-54 | ~12 | N/A | Utah, USA | Field | [39] |
| Unknown | 15.8 | N/A | Florida, USA | Unknown | [40] |
| Amico | 7.73 | processing | Gödöllö, Hungary | Field | [41] |
| Casper | 6.61 | ||||
| Góbé | 5.92 | ||||
| Ispana | 6.22 | ||||
| Pollux | 5.14 | ||||
| Soprano | 8.65 | ||||
| Tenger | 7.66 | ||||
| Uno | 7.09 | ||||
| Zaphyre | 6.95 | ||||
| Draco | 6.87 | ||||
| Jovanna | 11.61 | ||||
| K-541 | 9.95 | ||||
| Nivo | 8.46 | ||||
| Simeone | 9.88 | ||||
| Sixtina | 10.51 | ||||
| Monika | 7.22 | salad | |||
| Delfine | 6.51 | ||||
| Marlyn | 5.53 | ||||
| Fanny | 5.26 | ||||
| Tiffany | 6.23 | ||||
| Alambra | 5.40 | ||||
| Regulus | 6.59 | ||||
| Petula | 6.68 | ||||
| Diamina | 6.48 | ||||
| Brillante | 8.47 | ||||
| Furone | 5.18 | ||||
| Linda | 5.69 | ||||
| Early Fire | 10.1–14.0 | processing | Field | [42] | |
| Bonus | 8.5–12.7 | ||||
| Falcorosso | 8.0–11.1 | ||||
| Korall | 8.1–11.3 | ||||
| Nívó | 9.7–15.5 | ||||
| Strombolino | 5.3–10.3 | cherry, processing | Gödöllö, Hungary | Field | [43] |
| 12 unnamed local varieties | 5.04–13.46 | N/A | SE Spain | Field | [44] |
| ACE 55 VF | 6.38 | Flattened globe | |||
| Marglobe | 8.46 | Round | |||
| Marmande | 7.01 | Flattened globe | |||
| CIDA-62 | 6.23 | cherry | Spain | Organic, field | [45] |
| CIDA-44A | 2.95 | round | |||
| CIDA-59A | 2.70 | ||||
| BGV-004123 | 5.50 | ||||
| BGV-001020 | 3.66 | flattened and ribbed | |||
| Baghera | 4.64 | round | |||
| CXD277 | 15.33 | processing | Spain | Field | [46] |
| H9661 | 12.21 | ||||
| H9997 | 14.96 | ||||
| H9036 | 11.36 | ||||
| ISI-24424 | 17.01 | ||||
| Kalvert | 16.71 | ||||
| Kalvert | 20.2 | processing | Lecce, Italy | Field | [47] |
| Hly18 | 19.5 | ||||
| Donald | 9.5 | ||||
| Incas | 9.3 | ||||
| 143 | 9.47 | N/A | San Marzano, Italy | Field | [48] |
| Stevens | 10.2 | ||||
| Poly20 | 16.0 | ||||
| Ontario | 6.54 | ||||
| Sel6 | 9.73 | ||||
| Poly56 | 14.2 | ||||
| 1447 | 5.61 | ||||
| 977 | 10.0 | ||||
| 1513 | 9.21 | ||||
| 988 | 14.1 | ||||
| Cayambe | 13.5 | ||||
| Heline | 9.46 | ||||
| 1512 | 3.25 | ||||
| 1438 | 6.35 | ||||
| Motelle | 16.9 | ||||
| Momor | 13.3 | ||||
| 981 | 2.33 | ||||
| Poly27 | 11.0 | ||||
| Shasta | 6.7–7.7 | Early-season varieties | California, USA | Field | [49] |
| H9888 | 8.9–9.7 | ||||
| Apt410 | 9.1–10.0 | ||||
| CXD179 | 9.2–10.4 | Mid-season varieties | |||
| CXD254 | 10.5–12.0 | ||||
| H8892 | 8.7–10.1 | ||||
| CXD222 | 9.8–13.2 | Late-season varieties | |||
| H9665 | 8.7–12.2 | ||||
| H9780 | 9.2–13.0 | ||||
| Bos3155 | 14.92 | Red varieties | California, USA | Field | [50] |
| CXD510 | 15.37 | ||||
| CXD514 | 11.80 | ||||
| CXD276 | 2.47 | Light color Tangerine variety | |||
| CX8400 | 0.08 | Yellow variety | |||
| CX8401 | 0.68 | Orange variety | |||
| CX8402 | 0.03 | Green variety | |||
| SEL-7 | 3.23 | N/A | Haryana, India | [51] | |
| ARTH-3 | 4.03 | ||||
| Laura | 12.20 | N/A | New Jersey, USA | Greenhouse | [52] |
| Brigade | 12.9 | Processing | Salerno, Italy | N/A | [53] |
| PC 30956 | 18.7 | High lycopene experimental hybrid, | |||
| Cheers | 3.7 | N/A | Southern France | Greenhouse | [54] |
| Lemance | 3.7–6.9 | N/A | N/A | Greenhouse | [36] |
| Ohio-8245 | 9.93 | Tomato pulp fraction | Ontario, Canada | N/A | [55] |
| 92-7136 | 7.76 | ||||
| 92-7025 | 6.46 | ||||
| H-9035 | 10.19 | ||||
| CC-164 | 10.70 | ||||
| Dasher | 3.98 | Plum | Italy | Greenhouse | [56] |
| Iride | 4.45 | ||||
| Navidad | 4.89 | ||||
| Sabor | 5.22 | ||||
| 292 | 4.57 | ||||
| 738 | 4.77 | ||||
| Cherubino | 3.43 | Cherry | |||
| Crimson, green, | 0.52 | Salad | Ohio, USA | Purchased from local market | [57] |
| Crimson, breaker | 3.84 | ||||
| Crimson, red | 5.09 | ||||
| Unknown | 10.14 | Cherry | California, USA | Purchased from local supermarket | [58] |
| Unknown | 5.98 | On-the-vine | |||
| Roma | 8.98 | Processing | |||
| Jennita | 1.60–5.54 | Cherry | SW Norway | Greenhouse, soil free | [59] a |
| Naomi | 7.1–12.0 | Cherry | Sicily, Italy | Cold greenhouse | [60] b |
| Naomi | 12.4–13.3 | Cherry | Italy | Cold greenhouse | [34] |
| Ikram | 8.5–8.9 | Cluster | |||
| Eroe | 2.1–2.8 | Salad | |||
| Corbarino | 6.8–14.6 | Cherry | Battipaglia, Italy | Field grown | [61] c |
(a) Harvested twice monthly from May to October. (b) Harvested at six different times throughout the year. (c) As an effect of N and P fertilization load.