| Papaya fruits |
Portion (g) |
Vitamin A Value (µg RE) |
% of the Adequacy for children |
% of the Adequacy for adults |
| Control (7thdph) |
200 |
255.7 ± 30.37 |
56.31 - 71.49 |
28.11 - 35.69 |
| Irradiated (9thdph) |
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 400μg 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 ** |
