The fruits were peeled, sliced and washed with water containing sodium hypochlorite (available chlorine 50 mg.kg−1 ) followed by additive treatment in soak solution containing sodium benzoate (200 mg.kg−1 ), potassium meta-bisulphite (200 mg.kg-1), citric acid (2 g.kg−1 ), ascorbic acid (200 mg.kg−1 ) and calcium chloride (5 g.kg−1 ) for 90 min at ambient temperature (28±2 °C) followed by draining and passive modified atmosphere (MA) packing in polyethylene pouches (75 μ).