The pumpkin samples were cultivated at Embrapa Coastal Tablelands, Aracaju, Brazil. They were harvested 4 months after the planting (June 2009). Landraces A and B presented better agronomic
performance, and five samples were selected and sent, by air, to the Laboratory of Food Technology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and to Embrapa Food Technology, Rio de Janeiro, for analysis.