%0 Journal Article %T Avalia£¿£¿o da qualidade de mangas 'Tommy Atkins' minimamente processadas %A Vilas Boas %A Br¨ªgida Monteiro %A Nunes %A Elisangela Elena %A Fiorini %A Fabr¨ªcio Vilela Andrade %A Lima %A Luiz Carlos de Oliveira %A Vilas Boas %A Eduardo Val¨¦rio de Barros %A Coelho %A Ana Helena Romaniello %J Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura %R 10.1590/S0100-29452004000300040 %X since the popularity of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables has increased lately, due to the convenience and quality aspects, chemical modifications were investigated, in addition to sensory and microbiological aspects of fresh-cut the 'tommy atkins' mangoes were treated with 1% citric acid, 1% ascorbic acid and 1% calcium chloride stored under active modified atmospheres (5% o2 + 5% co2) and refrigerated for 12 days. the following analyses were done: titratable acidity, ph, total soluble solids, total soluble sugars, c vitamin, sensory analysis (taste) and microbiological analyses (filamentous fungus and yeast counting and coliforms at 35 e 45oc). it was concluded that the treatments with 1% citric acid, 1% ascorbic acid and 1% cacl2 didn't influence the shelf-life of the fresh-cut 'tommy atkins' mangoes. according to the sensory and microbiological analyses the useful life is 12 days at 5oc. %K mangifera indica l. %K fresh-cut %K shelf life. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-29452004000300040&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en