Microbial growth was determined initially and during the storage period. Mangoes samples were diluted 1:9 in a solution containing 0.1 g/100 mL of peptone and 0.5 g/100 mL of sodium chloride and homogenized for 1 min, subsequently 10-fold dilutions were also made in this diluent. Each dilution was plated in duplicate for the different tested microorganisms. Aerobic plate count was incubated for 3 days at 30°C in plate count agar. Yeast and mold counts were incubated for 5 days at 25°C in potato dextrose agar. Total coliforms were measured by the solid medium method incubating samples for 24 h at 35°C using violet red bile agar. All analyses were performed according to the US Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual methodology [20].