Mango is one of the most important tropical fruit worldwide, considered
as a source of antioxidants including ascorbic acid (mango
fruit provides about 50% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin
C) and carotenoids. To answer the increasing demand for “ready to
eat” products, because of convenience and fresh-like quality, fresh-cut
mangoes have to be developed. However, fresh-cut products are
wounded tissues, and consequently they deteriorate rapidly. Many
researches have been made to improve the storage, reduce degradation
processes and maintain quality. For fresh-cut mangoes, modified
atmosphere packaging, refrigeration temperature and more recently,
hot water treatment have been proposed to maintain quality (Djioua
et al., 2009). However, heating may contribute to the degradation of
certain component and alternative nonthermal technologies are
more and more studied.