Green extraction using air-assisted, low-density solvent-based liquid–liquid microextraction and solidified floating organic droplets (AA-LDS-LLME-SFOD) prior to spectrophotometry was successfully applied for quantitation of carotenoids in fruit juices. Under optimal conditions, β-carotene could be quantified with a linear response up to a concentration of 60μgmL−1. The procedure was performed in a microcentrifuge tube with 40μL of 1-dodecanol as the extraction solvent and a 1.0mL juice sample containing 8% NaCl under seven extraction cycles of air pumping by syringe. This method was validated based on linearity (0.2–30μgmL−1, R2 0.998), limit of detection (0.04μgmL−1) and limit of quantification (0.13μgmL−1). The precision, expressed as the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the calibration curve slope (n=12), for inter-day and intra-day analysis was 4.85% and 7.92%, respectively. Recovery of β-carotene was in the range of 93.6–101.5%. The newly proposed method is simple, rapid and environmentally friendly, particularly as a useful screening test for food analysis.