Papaya fruits Portion (g)  Vitamin A Value (µg RE) % of the Adequacy for children % of the Adequacy for adults Control (7th dph) 200 255.7 ± 30.37 56.31 - 71.49 28.11 - 35.69 Irradiated (9th dph) 200 339.4 ± 11.85 81.84 - 87.76 40.92 - 43.88 ** It is used to calculation of the adequacy of the vitamin A value, the recommendation of a daily intake of 800 μg de RE (adults) and 400 μg RE (children) according to the DRI’s – Dietary Reference Intakes [15].

Table 1: Adequacy of the vitamin A value (%) in relation to consumption of the portion (200g) of the controls and irradiated fruits **.