Republic of the Philippines

Surigao State College of Technology

Mainit Campus
8407 Magpayang, Mainit, Surigao del Norte

Prolonged the Self Life of Papaya using Three Different Packaging Techniques

  (Experimental Research on PHT 5)

Presented to:

MRS. ERMA C. TAER

Instructor

Prepared by:

JESSICA TEJADA
BAT 3D Students
INTRODUCTION

Papaya, (Carica papaya), also called papaw or pawpaw, succulent fruit of a large plant of the

family Caricaceae. Though its origin is rather obscure, the papaya may represent the fusion of
two or more species of Carica native to Mexico and Central America. Today it
is cultivated throughout the tropical world and into the warmest parts of the subtropics. The
papaya fruit is slightly sweet, with an agreeable musky tang, which is more pronounced in some
varieties and in some climates than in others. It is a popular breakfast fruit in many countries and
is also used in salads, pies, sherbets, juices, and confections. The unripe fruit can be cooked like
squash.

Papaya is a small, bushy tree with a hollow trunk, large palmate leaves, and oblong smooth-
skinned fruits (melons). The melons are usually picked in a green state and allowed to ripen.
When ripe, the flesh is sweet and juicy and similar in taste to other melons.

Papaya, a tropical plant believed to have originated in southern Mexico and Central America, is
now cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. C. papaya is cultivated for its
edible ripe fruit; its juice is a popular beverage, and its young leaves, shoots, and fruits are
cooked as a vegetable. The fruits are a source of flavoring used in candies, jellies, preserves, and
ice cream. Shallow cuts on the surface of fully grown but unripe fruits cause a milky sap or latex
to ooze that is collected, dried, and termed "crude papain." Papain has many industrial uses, as
well as milk-clotting (rennet) and protein-digesting properties. Nearly 80% of American beer is
treated with papain, which allows the beer to remain clear upon cooling. Papain is most
commonly used commercially in meat tenderizers and chewing gums. Cosmetically, papain is
used in some toothpastes, shampoos, and facial creams.

Papaya has been used widely in folk medicine for many ailments: the juice for warts, corns,
cancers, tumors, and thickened skin; the roots or their extracts for cancers of the uterus, syphilis,
the tropical infection, hemorrhoids, and to remove mineral concretions in the urine; the unripe
fruit as a mild laxative or diuretic, and to stimulate lactation, labor, or abortion; the ripe fruit for
rheumatism and alkalinizing the urine; the seeds for intestinal worms or to stimulate
menstruation or abortion; the leaves as a poultice for nervous pains and elephantoid growths, or
smoked for asthma relief; and the latex for psoriasis, ringworm, indigestion, or applied externally
as an antiseptic or to heal burns or scalds, or applied to the cervix to contract the uterus.
In some developing countries, the traditional use of papaya is being investigated as an alternative
to standard treatments for a range of ailments. C. papaya has a wide range of purported medicinal
properties for treatment of diabetes, as birth control, as an antiseptic, antimicrobial, or diuretic, to
control parasites, reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol. While there
are only limited data to support most of these uses, there is some evidence for healing bed sores
and other wounds and in treating intestinal worms in humans.

A commercially produced ointment to debride wounds is available by prescription in the United

States. Each 1 g contains 8.3 × 105 USP units papain and 100 mg of urea. There is very little data
available to make specific recommendations regarding systemic doses of papaya. One study used
a 4 g dose of air-dried papaya seeds in 20 mL of honey to treat helminthiasis. In the United
States, the fruit is generally recognized as safe (GRAS status) when used as a food.

Papaya may cause severe allergic reactions in sensitive people. Papaya latex can be a severe
irritant and vesicant on skin. Papaya juice and papaya seeds are unlikely to cause adverse effects
when taken orally; however, papaya leaves at high doses may cause stomach irritation.

There are parts of the plant (eg, seeds) that contain benzyl isothiocyanate, which may cause
poisoning at high doses.

OBJECTIVES

 To determine the appropriate packaging materials use to the give and provide good quality of

produce product

 To evaluate the effectiveness of packaging materials use to have good quality of papaya

 To ascertain the good quality of papaya with the use of different packaging materials

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN

The purpose of this study is to highlights the effect of different packaging materials on the

quality of papaya, with this purpose the study will be conducted through experiments.

MATERIALS

Carica papaya, and Packaging materials.

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT

Two factors experiment was conducted and laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD)

with three replication.

Factor A - Packaging materials 

P1 - Plastic bag (Polyethylene)

P2 – Paper or News paper

P3 – Tupperware or Containers

Factor B - Treatment

T1 - Control

T2 -300 grams papaya in plastic bags

T3 - 300 grams papaya in paper/newspaper 

T4 - 300 grams papaya in Tupperware/container

RESEARCH APPROACH 

An experimental approach will be bond through experiment and the collecting of data will base

on the conducted and result of experiment.

SAMPLING METHOD

In this experiment the data collected through various aspects, as of this experimental study there

is a certain limitation. Moreover, the researchers will have to figure out the factors and aspect of

this study to figure out the result conducted and to conclude the efficiency of this study.

SAMPLING COLLECTION

The primary data will be collected from the result of the experimental conducted. Whereas which

packaging material really suit for staying Carica papaya quality.

DATA ANALYSIS

The data analysis of this research will be most presented through experiment. Where Carica

papaya has its best result using those different packaging materials.