: . 50L/min (expanded gas) Extraction Vessel 1 literSpe-ed SFE-NPSample Preparation • 12 lbs of whole, ripe tomatoes were cut into quarters • Tomato solids were separated from liquid by crushing the tomatoes in cheesecloth and retaining the solids • Tomato solids were dried in a vacuum oven for 24 hours at 40°C and ground in a laboratory mill : . The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Lycopenes from Tomato By-products Al Kaziunas Applied Separations 930 Hamilton Street Allentown, PA 18101 Warning : . The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Lycopenes from Tomato