Papaya is a climateric fruit widely produced in Brazil and can easily be submitted to fresh cut processing. In this work, experiments were conducted to evaluate the action of the type of packing and the application of chemical products in the increase of the sensorial quality of fresh-cut papaya. It was observed that the best conduction of the processing was obtained using PVC film packing and potassium sorbate (0.75%, w/v), because it didn't produce the lost of the sensorial quality.
fresh cut; Carica papaya
