Pearl Tomato® is a proprietary extract, sourced from specially selected non-GMO tomato fruit and is uniquely rich in multi-functional colorless carotenoids – Phtofluene and Phytoene. It provides skin with patented protection against UV damage, diminishes melanin related to dark spots and freckles and is anti-inflammatory - making the skin appear more radiant, brighter, and youthful.
Did you know?
Pearl Tomato can reduce UV-induced Melanin synthesis by 58% and delivers 500 times more bioaccessible amounts of the rare colorless carotenoids, compared to red tomato.
REFERENCES
Our in-house experts sorted through thousands of unaffiliated studies to guide our choices. Here are a few:
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- Paula Mapelli-Brahm, Antonio J Meléndez-Martínez, The colourless carotenoids phytoene and phytofluene: sources, consumption, bioavailability and health effects, Current Opinion in Food Science, Volume 41,2021,Pages 201-209, ISSN 2214-7993, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2021.04.013.
- Bezalel, L. von O.-, Fishbein, D., Havas, F., Ben-Chitrit, O., & Khaiat, A. (2015). The photoprotective effects of a food supplement tomato powder rich in phytoene and phytofluene, the colorless carotenoids, a preliminary study. Global Dermatology, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.15761/god.1000149
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