ABACAXI: PRODUÇÃO, MERCADO E SUBPRODUTOS

Esta revisao de literatura apresenta quadro atual da producao de abacaxi, suas cultivares, mercado, composicao quimica, deterioracao e formas de utilizacao industrial. Tambem foram abordados os processamentos de suco, geleias e compotas, bem como o abacaxi minimamente processado. A competitividade brasileira pode crescer ainda mais com a conquista da padronizacao do tamanho dessa fruta e da relacao acidez total titulavel/solidos soluveis, alem da garantia de ausencia de contaminantes. Varias pesquisas com o abacaxi estao sendo desenvolvidas no Brasil com o intuito de elevar sua qualidade e consequentemente a competitividade em termos de comercializacao nos mercados interno e externo. PINEAPPLE: PRODUCTS, MARKET AND BY-PRODUCTS Abstract This literature review presents the current status of pineapple production, its cultivars, market, chemical composition, deterioration and forms of industrial utilization. Also the processing of juice, jellies and compotes was approached, as well as minimally processed pineapple. The Brazilian competitiveness may still grow with the conquest of the standardization of the size of this fruit and of the relation between total titratable acidity/soluble solids, besides the guarantee of contaminants absence. Several researches with pineapple are being developed in Brazil with the aim of elevating its quality and consequently the competitiveness in terms of commercialization at internal and external market.