Published in

Research, Society and Development, 7(9), p. 175973743, 2020

DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v9i7.3743

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Caracterização físico-química da polpa de theobroma cacao l. produzidos na mesorregião do Jaguaribe, Ceará, Brasil

This paper was not found in any repository; the policy of its publisher is unknown or unclear.
This paper was not found in any repository; the policy of its publisher is unknown or unclear.

Full text: Unavailable

Question mark in circle
Preprint: policy unknown
Question mark in circle
Postprint: policy unknown
Question mark in circle
Published version: policy unknown

Abstract

The adaptation of cacao and the quality of its fruits produced in the Northeast, mainly in the Jaguaribe Valley - Ceara, is still under study. Therefore, the objective was to characterize the quality of fruits of six cocoa genotypes produced in the Mesoregion of Jaguaribe, Northeast Brazil. Orchards of six genotypes of Theobrama cacao (PS1319, CCN51, CEPEC 2002, CEPEC 2004, CEPEC 2005 and CEPEC 2006) were implanted in the city of Russas, Ceará, Brazil. In the fruit and vegetable processing laboratory, the fruits were dimensioned in terms of shape and pulped to determine the characteristics of pulp yield, pH, titratable acidity, soluble solids, ascorbic acid, chemical composition and bioactive compounds. According to the results obtained, the ‘PS1319’ genotype has higher pulp percentages, high levels of ascorbic acid, moisture and proteins, and can be considered the best genotype. However, if the goal is to produce the crop for the use of seeds in the chocolate industry, the ‘CCN51’ genotype showed better characteristics such as fresh weight and larger seed diameters, compared to the other genotypes. Therefore, the genotypes ‘PS1319’ and ‘CCN51’ are the most suitable when it is desired to use them in the production of food products such as chocolate.