Avaliação dos parâmetros físico-químicos determinados nos certificados oficiais de análise das polpas de frutas com padrões de identidade e qualidade

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2008

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The fruit-culture activity is characterized by the production concentrated in the harvest period. Fruits, however, are known for being, in general, easily perishable and fragile to handle products that require special attention during the different phases of the productive chain, mainly in the tasks related to harvest, transport, packaging and storage. Furthermore, it is an activity that requires intensive and quite expensive cultural traits, especially when taking into consideration the need to apply the concepts of good agricultural practices. The world production of fruit is around 690 million tons and involves international financial resources of approximately US$ 21 billion. If processed fruit products are included in the computation this amount reaches US$ 55 billion. Brazil ranks third among the leading world fruit producers. Brazil produces 41.2 million tons of fruit, ranking after China, which produces 167 million tons, and India with a production of 57.9 million tons. The national fruit-culture market represents US$ 5.8 billion, when taking into consideration only fresh products and US$ 12.2 billion when all the fruit derivative products are considered. The fruit consumption around the world has increased in the last five years at an average annual rate of 5.6 %. Part of this increase can be explained by the change in the consumers consumption habits who seek in fruit a guaranteed healthy and functional food. According to the World Health Organization, the recommended per capita consumption is of 146 kg of fruit per year. In Brazil the annual fruit consumption is only 57 kg. It is in this scenario that the fruit pulp market emerges. The advantages of the fruit pulp range from the guaranteed offer of different fruit tastes around the year to the opportunity of adding value and the possibility of using fruit production surplus. Besides, it is easier to transport and storage fruit pulp and its shelf life is of approximately one year, provided that it is properly conserved and exposed. The Northeast region is well-known for its fruit production and, therefore, it has also a potential for producing fruit pulp. Based on this fact, this study evaluates the physical chemical parameters determined in the official analysis certificates of fruit pulps with identity and quality standards set by the current legislation. These certificates were obtained from the Laboratório Nacional Agropecuário (LANAGRO) [National Agricultural and Livestock Laboratory] , which centralizes the receiving and analyses of fruit pulp samples collected in the states of the Northeast region during routine federal agricultural inspection activities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply [Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento MAPA].

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physical-chemical parameters parâmetros físico-químico regulation polpa de fruta fruit pulp legislação identity and quality standards ciencias agrarias padrões de identidade e qualidade

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