The prolonged post-cutting life of fresh-cut pineapple products at low temperatures is contrary to
the susceptibility of whole fruits to chilling. Chilling injury develops when whole fruits are
stored at temperatures below 10 ºC for extended periods of time. Symptoms include dull shell
colour when ripe, wilting of crown, water-soaked appearance of pulp, increased susceptibility to
decay and internal browning (Paull and Rohrbach, 1985; Paull, 1997). Some of these symptoms
appear after the chilled fruits have been removed to non-chilling temperatures.