Post Harvest Management of Horticultural Crops

Fruits suitable for waxing

Immature fruit vegetables - cucumbers and summer squash
Mature fruit vegetables - eggplant, peppers and tomato, potato, pumpkin, carrot, snake gourd, coccinia and capsicum
Fruits – apple, avocado, banana, citrus (orange, mandarin, lemon, grapefruit), guava, mangoes, melons, papaya, peaches, pine apple etc.

Food grade waxes are used to replace some of the natural waxes removed in washing and cleaning operations, and helps in reducing loss during handling and marketing. If produce is waxed, the wax coating must be allowed to dry thoroughly before further handling.