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Quality for fresh consumption and processing of some non-traditional tropical fruits from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2009

Maria do Socorro Moura Rufino ,
Ricardo Elesbão Alves ,
Edy Sousa de Brito ,
Márcia Régia Souza da Silveira  and
Carlos Farley Herbster Moura
Maria do Socorro Moura Rufino
Affiliation:
Fed. Rural Univ. Semi-Arid, BR 110, Km 47, Pres. Costa e Silva, 59625-900, Mossoró - RN, Brazil
Ricardo Elesbão Alves
Affiliation:
Embrapa Trop. Agroind., R. Dra. Sara Mesquita, 2270, Pici, 60511-110, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
Edy Sousa de Brito
Affiliation:
Embrapa Trop. Agroind., R. Dra. Sara Mesquita, 2270, Pici, 60511-110, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
Márcia Régia Souza da Silveira
Affiliation:
Embrapa Trop. Agroind., R. Dra. Sara Mesquita, 2270, Pici, 60511-110, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
Carlos Farley Herbster Moura
Affiliation:
Embrapa Trop. Agroind., R. Dra. Sara Mesquita, 2270, Pici, 60511-110, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction. Brazil is home to a great diversity of tropical, non-traditional fruit species with a potential for consumption in natura and agroindustrial processing. The objective of our study was to evaluate the quality of 18 non-traditional fruits from Brazil belonging to the families Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Arecaceae, Clusiaceae, Malpighiaceae, Melastomataceae and Myrtaceae. Materials and methods. Samples were collected from areas of occurrence, commercial orchards and collections in Northern, Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil; they were tested for total soluble solids (TSS), soluble sugars (SS), reducing sugars (RS), total titratable acidity (TTA), pH, [TSS / TTA] ratio, starch, total pectin (TP) and soluble pectin (SP). Results and discussion. Parameters varied greatly among the species. Thus, TSS was 4.75–37.07 °Brix; SS, 1.26–17.74%; RS, 2.53–9.92%; TTA, 0.20–2.64%; pH, 2.56–5.38; [TSS / TTA], 3.26–107.70; starch, 0.12–12.65%; TP, 0.15–1.27%; and SP, 0.04–1.49%. Conclusion. Many of the 18 fruits evaluated in this study show potential for consumption in natura and agroindustrial processing.

Keywords

Braziltropical fruitsindigenous speciesintroduced varietiesproduction possibilitiesconsumptionfresh fruitsprocessingBrésilfruits tropicauxespèce indigènevariété introduitepossibilité de productionconsommationfruits fraistraitement
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Research Article
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Fruits , Volume 64 , Issue 6 , November 2009 , pp. 361 - 370
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© CIRAD, EDP Sciences, 2009

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