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By R J Nissen’, Nguyen Duy Duc?, Dr Nguyen Minh Chau3
‘Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia & 2Southern Sub Institute
of Agricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology, & 2Southern Fruit Research Institute,
Vietnam
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Mr Nguyen Duy Duc
Professor Luu Trong Hieu
Professor Nguyen Tho
Mr Vu Cong Khanh
Mr Le Minh Hung
Mr Ngo Van Binh
Mrs Tran Thi Ngoc Diep
Mrs Nguyen Vu Hong Ha
MS San Tram Anh
Ms Tran Thi Kim Oanh
SOFRI
Dr Nguyen Minh Chau
Ms Le Thi Thu Hong
Queensland Government ¿4 ` ae Australian Government
Mr Do Minh Hien sega ere of Primary industries and Fisheries ° ng ha Xe AusAID
Ms Tran Nguyen Lien Minh
Ms Nguyen Thi Ngoc Truc
Mr Doan Hun Tien
Mr Nguyen Thanh Tung
Mr Pham Hoang Lam
Mr Le Quoc Dien
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), the Southern Sub Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-harvest Technology (SIAEP) and
Southern Fruit Research Institute has taken every care in preparation of this publication, the DPI&F, SIAEP and SFORI, accepts no responsibility for decisions or
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How to use this guide
The mango quality guide is a tool to improve communication about mango quality between, extension agents, researchers and members of the whole supply chain (from nurserymen, farmers, collectors, wholesalers, traders, export agents, retailers and consumers) It provides a common product language to describe
and assess mango quality
This guide can be used by all members of the supply chain to:
develop product specifications
train staff in quality standards
check the quality of consignments
report on quality problems occurring in the supply chain
evaluate new varieties of mango
The assessing mango quality section provides methods for sampling and assessing mango quality It provides advice on how to sample mango and how to assess external, internal and eating quality
The external quality descriptions and internal quality descriptions sections provide colour photographs, along with descriptions, to illustrate mango characteristics
and quality defects
Mango characteristics include features such as shape, size, colour, lenticel spotting
At the back of this booklet there is a quality assessment quick guide that provides a summary of the external and internal characteristics and quality defects, as
well as assessment levels for eating quality
Once you are familiar with the identification of characteristics and quality defects, the quick guide can be used as a reference for quality assessment
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Shape of fruit apex 19 Flesh colour 43 How to use this guide 3 Shape of fruit sinus 20
Quality assessment quick guide 46
variety characteristics
Immature fruit characteristics 21 External quality defects 47
Mango ripening 6 Immature fruit apex 22 Internal quality attributes 51
Assessing mango fruit quality 7 Fruit shoulder, beak apes 23 Internal quality defects 51
and sinus
Internal Quality 8 skin Colour 25 Problems with mango 58
ripening
Sweetness 9 Fruit size and weight grades 26 Food safety with mangoes 59 Texture and Flavour 10 Extra class 26
Class 1 28
Fruit Shape 11 Class 3 32
Fruit shape of popular varieties in 12
Shape of fruit shoulder 17 Disease damage 41
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Stem end /Fruit base
Lenticel spot on skin
Fruit apex end and beak
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Eg Mango
As mango fruit mature (from unripe to ripen), both chemical and sensory fruit qualities
change These changes are effect fruit texture, colour and flavour
Skin colour changes, from dark green to yellow and the flesh changes colour from
white to yellow and softens During this ripening process fruit will respire, using
oxygen and producing carbon dioxide and heat Ethylene, a natural plant hormone is
also produced and increases in concentration during the ripening process Mango
fruit will also continue to loose water after harvest, reducing the salable weight, and
affecting the appearance, texture and fruit quality Therefore, temperature control is
the most critical management control practice that minimise loss in mango fruit
quality Note:- Ethylene can have either a positive or negative effect on fruit quality
Any form of mechanical damage will cause loss of appearance, increase water loss,
respiration and ethylene production and allow entry of disease organisms Fruit
damage, such as bruising, abrasion injury (rubbing), cracking and _ splitting
significantly reduces fruit quality Fruit injury can be either external or internal and
occur during harvesting, sorting and grading, packing, handling, transporting and
marketing
Mango fruit spurt a highly caustic sap when the stem is first removed from the fruit
(spurt sap) This causes severe injury to the mango fruit skin (dark spots, blotches or
streaks on the fruit Skin blemishes can also appear on mangoes during post-harvest
handling This damage causes brown markings on the skin (light- to dark-brown
etching, staining, or spotting)
Diseases, (anthracnose, stem end rot, bacterial black spot), physiological disorders,
(jelly seed soft nose internal breakdown), treatment injuries, (cold, chilling, heat,
ethylene and fumigation) cause serious damage, severely reducing the saleability of
mango fruit
Respiration rate
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COz output Heat output
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packed in bins (wire or bamboo baskets), sample a minimum of twelve
mango fruit at random If the quality is highly variable, sample more mango
fruit to obtain a representative sample Select the mango fruit from different
positions in the bin (top, middle and bottom) and from different bins For
example, from a 65 kg bin of mango fruit, select at least four mango fruit per
bin from three bins in the shipment, resulting in twelve fruit in total to for
assessment
obtained
Rating scale
Rating % of surface area or volume Either the percentage of the fruit affected by a disorder, or a rating (1-5), from affected
the scale right, are used to rate disorders The rating scale used needs to be 1 0%
appropriate for both the disorder being measured and the expertise of the 1.5 5% (38cm?) 200 dong coin
assessor (Lawless and Heymann, 1998) Commercial personnel may find a 2 10% (5cm?) 5 000 dong coin
five-point scale (1 to 5) easier and faster to use Scientific personnel may 2.5 15%
want to assess in more details by using smaller graduations or a percentage 3 25%
scale From page 45 onwards in this book, rating scales are provided for 3.5 33%
both commercial and research personnel to use when rating various mango 4 50%
fruit characteristics Some of these characteristics may be used by 4.5 75%
researchers to describe different mango variety characteristics or can be 5 100%
used by commercial personnel working in a supply chains to describe quality
characteristics important to their customers
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defect level illustrated in the External Quality Description section and
summarised in the Quality Assessment Quick Guide at the back of this
booklet
Start with the basic characteristics and then assess the level of any
defects present
The diagrams (right) indicate area representations to help you evaluate
the extent of the quality defects
Note: Total surface area refers to the entire surface of the mango fruit
Internal quality is assessed by cutting the mango longitudinally (length
wise, to remove a cheek), as demonstrated in the photograph (right)
Select one half (cheek) of the mango and assess the characteristics and
quality defect levels illustrated in the internal quality description section
(and summarised in the quality assessment quick guide at the back of this
booklet)
Note:- always start with the basic characteristics and then assess the level
of any defect present For Flesh colour, use the flesh colour chart, page
44 to 46 in this booklet For assessing flesh appearance, cut one half of
the mango longitudinally to check for cavities and dry segments and
sections around the seed, shoulder and neck of the fruit
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Eating quality
Sweetness is measured using a refractometer The refractometer measures the Brix level, which ae show ịn the photographs below Squeeze the sample
is equivalent to the percentage of sugar in the juice and allow the juice to run onto the prism of the
refractometer The brix level is determined by reading the
21 -24(Acceptable)
refractometer is used The brix level varies with
temperature-the higher the temperature, the lower the brix
level If the mango fruit and refractometer are of the same temperature, the refractometer adjusts the reading to be equivalent to a reading at 20°C
Cut one half of the mango in half again Squeeze the juice from the sample onto the prism of the
refractometer
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a similar position in another quarter of the fruit
To assess taste, cut another wedge section from a
similar position in another quarter of the fruit
Assess for texture and flavour using the quality
Dislike very much
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Cat Hoa Loc fruit development - immature to mature fruit
Fruit fully developed
are fully developed
Fruit are immature and not ready for Fruit are immature and not ready for Fruit are mature and can be harvested
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Shape of fruit base & stalk end cavity
Cat Hoa Loc mango fruit stalk insertion is vertical
Depth of stalk cavity is either absent or shallow, if stalk cavity medium deep or very deep fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc variety
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Shape of fruit base Stalk end and neck of fruit
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Very Prominent Cat Hoa Loc mango fruit stalk insertion is vertical
Fruit neck prominence is absent, or slightly prominent, prominent and very prominent, necked fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc variety
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Stem end cavity:- absent Stem end cavity:- absent Stem end cavity:- shallow
Immature fruit: stalk end and fruit neck is Mature fruit stalk: end and fruit neck is Mature fruit: stalk end and fruit neck is
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Shape of fruit shoulder
Cat Hoa Loc mango fruit ventral shoulder is ending in a long curve
Fruit that have shoulders that are slopping abruptly or raising and then rounded are not Cat Hoa Loc variety
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Cat Hoa Loc Mango Fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc Variety Fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc Variety
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Shape of fruit apex
Cat Hoa Loc Mango apex is Acute Fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc Variety Fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc Variety
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Mature fruit of the Cat Hoa Loc variety may
Cat Hoa Loc Mango apex is Absent have a slightly shallow sinus shape Fruit are not Cat Hoa Loc Variety
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Cat Hoa Loc immature fruit characteristics
Immature fruit shoulder ends in a long curve, immature fruit beak is perceptible
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Immature fruit:- Immature fruit:- Immature fruit:-
middle of the fruit apex
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Fruit shoulder, beak, apex and sinus of Cat Hoa Loc mango
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Cat Hoa Loc
Skin colour will change from light green to yellow green Lenticels on fruit will become highly visible Use descriptors for shape as maturity indicator
Note:- Skin colour is not a good indicator of fruit maturity as different environments will cause skin colour to change Fruit growing under higher light conditions will be lighter green in colour compared to fruit growing under low light conditions
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Cat Hoa Loc
Skin colour will change from light green to yellow-green Lenticels on fruit will become highly visible Use descriptors for shape as maturity indicator
Note:- Skin colour is not a good indicator of fruit maturity as different environments will cause skin colour to change Fruit growing under higher light conditions will be lighter green in colour compared to fruit growing under low light conditions
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Extra Class Descriptors
Fruit > 450 grams and above in weight
No blemishes or rub marks on fruit
No disease or pest damage
No Misshapen fruit
Fruit must be typical of the characteristics of the variety Cat Hoa Loc
(See next page)
“Extra” Class Cat Hoa Loc Mango (CODEX Standard 184)
Mangoes in this class must be of superior quality They must be characteristic of the variety They must be free of defects, with the exception of very slight superficial defects, provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package
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Extra Class Cat Hoa Loc Mango
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Fruit size / weight Class 1 Cat Hoa Loc Mango
Class 1 Sub-class A Class 1 Sub-class B Class 1 Sub-class C
accepted
Class | Cat Hoa Loc Mango (CODEX Standard 184)
Mangoes in this class must be of good quality They must be characteristic of the variety The following slight defects, however, may be allowed, provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package:
- slight defects in shape;
- Slight skin defects due to rubbing or sunburn, suberized stains due to resin exudation (elongated trails included) and healed bruises not exceeding 3, 4, 5 cm? for size groups A, B, C respectively
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Class 1 Sub-class A Class 1 Sub-class B Class 1 Sub-class C
>250 to 359 (grams) >360 to 490 (grams) >500 to 650 (grams)