Foods high in Lycopene

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Lycopene content per 100 g, drawn live from 188 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Lycopene

Ranked by Lycopene per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
1	Tomatoes, sun-dried	FNDDS ingredient	45,902
2	Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	FNDDS ingredient	28,764
3	Tomato products, canned, puree, with salt added	FNDDS ingredient	21,754
4	Tomato products, canned, puree, without salt added	FNDDS ingredient	21,754
5	Tomato products, canned, sauce	FNDDS ingredient	13,895
6	Sauce, tomato chili sauce, bottled, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	12,819
7	Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve	Foundation Food	12,700
8	Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve, low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	12,665
9	Sauce, steak, tomato based	FNDDS ingredient	12,564
10	Ketchup, restaurant	FNDDS ingredient	12,062
11	Catsup, low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	12,062
12	Catsup	FNDDS ingredient	12,062
13	Soup, tomato, canned, condensed, reduced sodium	FNDDS ingredient	10,920
14	Soup, tomato, canned, condensed	FNDDS ingredient	10,920
15	Tomato and vegetable juice, low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	9,660
16	LOW SODIUM: Tomato juice, canned	FNDDS ingredient	9,037
17	Tomato juice, with added ingredients, from concentrate, shelf stable	FNDDS ingredient	9,037
18	Ravioli, cheese-filled, canned	FNDDS ingredient	8,625
19	Soup, beef noodle, canned, condensed	FNDDS ingredient	8,507
20	Snacks, vegetable chips, made from garden vegetables	FNDDS ingredient	7,248
21	Vegetable juice cocktail, canned	FNDDS ingredient	7,119
22	Sauce, cocktail, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	6,753
23	Soup, mushroom with beef stock, canned, condensed	FNDDS ingredient	6,632
24	Pizza rolls, frozen, unprepared	FNDDS ingredient	6,530
25	Soup, minestrone, canned, reduced sodium, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	6,359

Lowest in Lycopene

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
179	Beverages, Fruit punch drink, with added nutrients, canned	FNDDS ingredient	1
180	Cheese, swiss	Foundation Food	1
181	Carrots, raw	FNDDS ingredient	1
182	Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted, with added calcium	FNDDS ingredient	1
183	Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted	FNDDS ingredient	1
184	Carrot juice, canned	FNDDS ingredient	2
185	Soup, cream of vegetable, dry, powder	FNDDS ingredient	2
186	RICE-A-RONI, chicken flavor, unprepared	FNDDS ingredient	2
187	Cookies, oatmeal, commercially prepared, special dietary	FNDDS ingredient	2
188	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk	FNDDS ingredient	2

More on Lycopene

What Lycopene is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

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Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.