Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 37 issue 2 (june 2018) : 158-161

Comparative nutritional quality evaluation of different cultivars of papaya
 

Arun Prabha, Rajni Modgil
1Department of Food Science and Nutrition College of Home Science, CSKHPKV, Palampur-176 062, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Cite article:- Prabha Arun, Modgil Rajni (2018). Comparative nutritional quality evaluation of different cultivars of papaya. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 37(2): 158-161. doi: 10.18805/ajdfr.DR-1299.
Two cultivars of papaya fruits  i.e. seeded and seedless were analyzed for their phsico- chemical and nutritional constituents The parameters studied were weight, length, colour, peel percentage, proximate composition, sugars, pH, acidity energy   value and vitamin C content. Results of study revealed the cultivar differences were there in the physico –chemical and nutritional constituents of papaya fruit cultivars.  The physical characterstics viz; length, weight, diameter, and peel percentage was higher in the seeded variety. Whereas, edible portion, crude protein. ash, crude fat and crude fiber, TSS, acidity, energy, b carotene, total sugars and ascorbic acid were higher in the seedless papaya except moisture which was in higher amount in seeded cultivar of papaya . High amounts of the edible portion, low content of peel and seeds indicates enormous potential of seedless papaya fruit for the commercial exploitation.
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