The shelf life of fresh-cut papaya at 10 °C was,
therefore, limited to less than 8 d by yeasts and molds
and fecal coliform counts.
Fresh-cut ‘Formosa’ papaya hygienically prepared
during processing resulted in low microbial count (103
CFU g-1) in chunks stored at 9 ºC during 7 d (Teixeira
et al. 2001).
Argañosa et al. (2008) also studied the effect of a 4
°
C storage temperature on the quality and shelf life of
‘Sunrise Solo’ papaya with the same set of different cut
types (cube, rectangular parallelepiped, cylinder and
sphere).