Physico-chemical analysis of some Pakistani mango varieties.
Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Arshad, Umer Iqbal, Zia M. A.
Author Affiliation: Institute of Food Science & Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Indus Journal of Biological Sciences 1 : 175-182
Abstract : An experiment was conducted to determine the physicochemical characteristics of Pakistani mango cultivars Sindhri, Almas, Langra, Chaunsa, Anwar Retaul, Malda, Desi, Dusehri, Totapari, Fajri, Super Badam and Lahotia. Almas gave the highest pulp weight (79.12%) and reducing sugar content (5.760%). Langra, Fajri, Desri and Dusehri gave the highest peel weight (22.60%), fruit weight (501.4 g), stone weight (27.28%) and non-reducing sugars content (14.83%), respectively. Anwer Retaul gave the highest total soluble solids content (25.20%) and total sugar content (20.04%) while Super Badam gave the highest acidity (0.840%) and ascorbic acid content (310.1 mg/100 g). Comparative data on the ratio of various physical and chemical characteristic values of the mango cultivars tested are also tabulated.