Processing parameters for ultrasonic extraction of ethanol-soluble β-carotene were optimized by the response surface method. Results showed that the optimum parameters are as follows: ratio of solution-solid 30:1 (V:m), time 45 min, power of ultrasonic 40% and temperature 35℃. On these conditions, the theoretic extraction rate is 1.6371 mg/g, and the practical extraction rate is 1.6230 mg/g. Ultrasonic extraction method has the characteristics of short extraction time, high extraction rate and no heating, which ...