This work had for objective, to study the storage of the pulp of powdered West Indian cherry wrapped in sacks of polyethylene for 60 days, under atmosphere it adapts. The West indian cherry powder was obtained by the drying of a solution containing 90% of West Indian cherry pulp and 10% of maltodextrin, in a dryer of the type spouted bed, with temperature of the air of drying of 70ºC. Every 10 days were made evaluations of the parameters ascorbic acid, humidity, pH and color. The results a decrease in the tenor of ascorbic acid of 29.72%; an increase of 51.31% in the humidity; the value of the pH stayed practically unaffected oscillating between 3.7 and 3.8 units of pH and it was observed alterations in the color of the West Indian cherry powder at the end of the storage, with increment in the values of the intensity of red and yellow and decrease of the brightness
Malphighia emarginata D.C.; spouted bed; storage
