3.2.1. Effect of immersion time
With the NMD method, a 60 Brix sugar solution (sucrose:
glucose:fructose ¼ 11:2:3.5) was gradually diffused into the
partially ripe mango matrix. The changes in mango characteristics
were measured and illustrated in Fig. 3. It was found that the
mango TSS value slowly increased from 13.6 to 19.7 Brix while the
texture gradually degraded as the maximum force decreased from
2592 to 2175 g over a 1 h immersion time (Fig. 4 a).