The invention discloses a low-carbon carotenoid production method. Trimmings of canned yellow peaches are taken as a main raw material and subjected to microwave color fixing, freezing, breaking and biological enzymolysis, juice with higher carotenoid content is obtained, a fermentation medium is obtained after component adjustment, Rhodotorula benthica with high carotenoid yield is inoculated to the fermentation medium for graded inoculation and temperature-shift fermentation, the Rhodotorula benthica is enabled to be proliferated to the greatest extent, fermentation broth is subjected to ultrahigh-pressure homogenization, vacuum centrifugation, demulsification and separation, an emulsion is obtained, and the finished product carotenoid is obtained after extraction, separation and purification of the emulsion, wherein the cell biomass of the fermentation broth is 38-52 g / L, and the yield of the carotenoid is 47-61 mg / L. The production method is simple, short in cycle, high in efficiency, energy-saving and environment-friendly, adopts low-temperature and bio-processing technologies in the whole process, reduces the production cost, eliminates hidden danger of environmental pollution, lays a firm foundation for sustainable development in the technical field of deep processing of the canned yellow peaches and has positive economic and social development significance.