[Objective] The aim was to establish an HPLC method for determination of phytoene content in tomato ketchup. [Method] The chromatographic conditions were as follows： column, Agilent AT C18 （250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm）; mobile phase, methanol-THF （75：25）; detection wavelength, 287 nm; flow rate, 1.0 ml/min; column temperature, 30 ℃; sample size, 50 μl. [Result] There was a good linear relation- ship in the phytoene content range of 0.186-1.116μg. The average recovery rate was 103.8% with RSD of 1.47%. The phytoene content in the tomato ketchup sample was determined as 10.7 rag/100 g simple, accurate, rapid and reliable, and phytoene content in tomato ketchup. [Conclusion] The established method is it can be used for the determination of
