Olive pomace was utilized to produce astaxanthin pigment by the SSF with two experimental designs.
Moisture content and inoculation rate were the optimal parameters for the SSF.
High yields, 220.24±17.47 µg/gdp and 191.33±2.81 µg/gdp for ATCC 24,202 and ATCC 24,259, respectively were obtained.
81.12% antioxidant capacity of the produced astaxanthin was determined.
Additional numerical analysis were applied to confirm the results of and modeling and optimization.