inside PP-LO containers during storage, whereas high CO2 levels were achieved inside all PP containers after 8–11 d of storage at 5 ◦C, with no undesirable changes in quality attributes for over 15 d. However, ‘Gold’ pineapple shelf-life was marked by microbial spoilage and juice leakage after 2 weeks of storage, as will be discussed below. These results suggest that headspace gas composition might not be a key parameter to extend shelf-life of fresh-cut pineapple, in the range from 2% to 40% O2 and up to 15% CO2, and agree with those obtained by Marrero and Kader (2006) for the Premium select’ cultivar and by Chonhenchob et al. (2007) for the ‘Phuket’ cultivar