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Colour Index Formulation in Guava (Psidium guajava L.): Capturing Nutrient Richness through Pigment-Derived Pulp Colour Variations.
Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 12 Feb 2026
Maurya Poonam, Thakre Madhubala, Jagga Shubham, Anusha Chukkamettu, Gangappa Nayan Deepak, Nagaraja Arumugam, Verma Mahendra Kumar, Varghese Eldho, Krishnan S Gopala, Sevanthi Amitha Mithra
Abstract excerpt
Five guava (Psidium guajava L.) genotypes, Punjab Pink, Hisar Surkha, Black guava, Shweta, and Pant Prabhat were studied for their pulp colour development at four stages: S1, when seed ball started developing colour; S2, when pulp started developing pink colour; S3, when uniform pink colour developed in pulp and seed ball; and S4, mature ripe. The two stages namely S2 and S3 in pink pulped guava genotypes had...
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