The magnitude of color changes in this study for L* and b* agree with those obtained by others during storage (González-Aguilar et al., 2004; Marrero and Kader, 2006; Gil et al., 2006), even though they did not relate such changes to translucent appearance of the tissues. For instance, Marrero and Kader (2006) reported small changes in L* values for ‘Smooth Cayenne’ pineapples stored at 5 ◦C, and ‘Premium Select’ pineapple pieces stored at 0 and 5 ◦C for 14 d; Gil et al. (2006) reported changes in b* parameter of about 9 units, for fresh-cut ‘Gold’ pineapple after 9 d of storage at 10 ◦C, while González-Aguilar et al. (2004) also found rather small changes in L* and b* values for fresh-cut ‘Smooth Cayenne’ pineapple stored at 10 ◦C during 14 d, but they considered that such changes were due to browning reactions and related them to polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity in that cultivar. In contrast, no PPO activity was found in fresh-cut ‘Gold’ pineapple used in this study and no browning symptoms were observed along storage (data not shown).