$18.17 $0.30 per serving
Product analysis
Lycopene 10 mg may offer modest skin support, although findings are mixed. Its heart-related evidence is limited to specific circumstances, so routine benefits are uncertain.
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Nutrient Quality20
Ingredient quality remains uncertain because the types of lycopene and pumpkin seed oil are not stated. Their names alone do not show how well the preparations compare with alternatives.
Ingredient Transparency63
Both ingredient amounts are stated, making serving comparisons possible. Their forms are omitted, which leaves the preparations less clearly identified.
Value For Money56
Lycopene offers moderate value for the amount provided. The value of the accompanying pumpkin seed oil remains uncertain.
Customer Satisfaction80
Customer ratings are very positive across many hundreds of reviews. The larger review base gives a broader view of satisfaction without proving health benefits.
Product Focus78
The main focus is skin support, with a narrower possible role in heart-related health. Mixed skin findings and benefits seen only in specific heart-related circumstances limit expectations.
- Format
Softgel - Container
- 60 Softgel(s)
- Per serving
- $0.30
- Customer rating
- 4.7 · 843 ratings
Goals
Impact
High effect
Lycopene · 10 mg
Lycopene has shown a narrow improvement in blood-vessel response in statin-treated people with cardiovascular disease, but not in healthy volunteers in the same trial. Blood pressure, lipids and arterial stiffness were unchanged. The serving receives partial amount recognition, though this does not establish routine cardiovascular benefit from generic lycopene.
How this product is rated for Cardiovascular Support
Ingredient fit73
Lycopene is the main recognized ingredient; smaller or unresolved amounts reduce the serving’s contribution.
Goal fit
Ingredients aimed at other goals dilute the formula’s cardiovascular focus.
Dose adequacy
Smaller or unresolved ingredient quantities limit the serving’s amount contribution; partial recognition does not establish a measured dose-response.
Pathways50
The strongest assigned contribution concerns ldl and vessel-wall oxidative protection. Other cardiovascular mechanisms have less or no assigned coverage.
Depth
The strongest assigned support concerns ldl and vessel-wall oxidative protection, rather than comprehensive cardiovascular protection.
Breadth
Only ldl and vessel-wall oxidative protection reaches the coverage threshold.
Evidence83
Lycopene leads the evidence findings. The supplied population and preparation limits remain relevant to expectations.
Evidence strength
Lycopene provides the leading evidence contribution; its marker findings do not establish prevention of cardiovascular events.
Studied preparation
The counted preparations are recognized as studied, with the population and exposure distinctions described for the relevant ingredients.
Formulation logic100
The counted ingredients have no unmet partner requirement or identified configured conflict; amount thresholds are considered separately.
Partner coverage
No unmet partner requirement is identified for the counted ingredients; combining them does not establish an added benefit.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified.
Effective doses
All counted ingredients clear the minimum amount threshold, which is distinct from a proven effective dose.
Impact
Highest effect
Lycopene · 10 mg
Lycopene may modestly influence selected measures of UV-related skin damage, although the supplied trials conflict. Its separately declared active amount can be compared with study exposure, rather than treating total tomato material as lycopene. These findings do not establish sunscreen-equivalent protection, and one serving does not establish the repeated daily use studied.
How this product is rated for Skin Health
Ingredient fit83
Lycopene supplies the main recognized connection. The counted amounts meet the exposure comparison; this is not proof of greater benefit above nutritional needs.
Goal fit
Lycopene supplies the main recognized connection. Other actives make the formula less focused on this role.
Dose adequacy
The counted amounts meet the exposure comparison; this is not proof of greater benefit above nutritional needs.
Pathways59
The breadth finding is limited to UV-related skin responses.
Depth
The main assigned connection is UV-related skin responses.
Breadth
The breadth finding is limited to UV-related skin responses.
Evidence87
Lycopene has limited evidence from small studies of selected UV or cosmetic skin measures.
Evidence strength
Lycopene has limited evidence from small studies of selected UV or cosmetic skin measures.
Studied preparation
The counted declarations meet the preparation check; that does not establish product-specific trial results.
Formulation logic100
No missing required partner or configured conflict was identified. All ingredients counted for this check meet its minimum amount criterion, which does not establish a clinically effective regimen.
Partner coverage
No missing required partner was identified among the counted ingredients; no extra combination benefit follows from this.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied facts.
Effective doses
All ingredients counted for this check meet its minimum amount criterion, which does not establish a clinically effective regimen.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Lycopene | 10 mg | |
Pumpkin seed Oil | 140 mg |
Lycopene · 10 mg OverallScore87
A serving provides 10 mg of lycopene. At the whole-product serving price, that is about $0.30 per 10 mg of lycopene.
How this ingredient is rated
Composition and Label Disclosure
No additional composition criteria were evaluated.
Composition and Label Disclosure100
A serving lists 10 mg of active lycopene.
Declared Active Lycopene Amount
A serving lists 10 mg of active lycopene.
Commercial Price and Usability60
The whole-product price works out to about $0.30 per 10 mg of lycopene; it includes the rest of the product.
Whole-Product Cost per 10 mg Declared Active Lycopene
The whole-product price works out to about $0.30 per 10 mg of lycopene; it includes the rest of the product.
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Sources
Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.
- Effects of lycopene intake on HDL-cholesterol and triglyceride levels: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
- Improvement of vascular endothelial function by intake of lycopene-rich tomato juice in healthy adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group comparative study.
- Tomato and lycopene supplementation and cardiovascular risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Lycopene and tomato and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence.
- Lycopene and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A meta-analysis of observational studies.
- Systemic and skin-targeting beneficial effects of lycopene-enriched ice cream: A pilot study.
- Topical lycopene emulgel significantly improves biophysical parameters of human skin.
- Supplementation with tomato-based products increases lycopene, phytofluene, and phytoene levels in human serum and protects against UV-light-induced erythema.
- Association of Vitamin A Intake With Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk in the United States.
- β-Carotene and other carotenoids in protection from sunlight.