Partially ripe mango infused with the 5 Brix mango juice and
sugar solution was further evaluated in comparison to the ripe (day
3) mango in terms of resistance to freezing and thawing damage.
The sensory results are illustrated in Table 1. Interestingly, the
infused partially ripe mango was clearly better accepted, as the
overall sensory score (7.2) was higher than that of the non-infused
ripe mango (6.6). This was due to the improvement in color and
texture (higher sensory scores of color and texture). Its odor and
taste were very close to those of the non-infused ripe mango
(similar sensory scores). This suggests that partially ripe mango
vacuum-infused with 5 Brix mango serum-sugar mixture is more
appropriate for freezing than ripe mango.