Chatterjee, Bandana2016-11-232016-11-232016-04Bandana Chatterjee. Synthetic lycopene: the future but unaware fact. International Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research. 2016 Apr-June; 2(2): 26-27.2395-0471http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/178716Food color is used as a food additive. A color additive is any dye, Pigment or substance. Mainly two type of food colors are used in food Industry: Natural and Artificial. There are 26 colors which are permitted to be used in food. A few Natural colors mainly used are Annatto,turmeric, Lycopene, Beet root and caramel etc. Lycopene is processed from Tomatoes and widely used. In this short communication we wanted to create a awareness about synthetic lycopene and their properties.enAnnattoturmericlycopenecaramelArticle