Efeitos na caracterização físico-química e sensorial da polpa deAgradeço, do fundo do meu coração, à minha mãe Angela por estar sempre junto comigo.Às minhas queridas irmãs Flávia e Augusta por fazerem parte dessa conquista.Aos meus queridos avós Alzira e Germano Fachini, por todos os ensinamentos e pensamentos positivos. The commercial use of tropical fruit pulps that are characteristically Brazilian in food and beverage industry reflects a growing trend toward to offer processed products, differentiated on the market, presenting at the same time healthy alternatives to human nutrition that can bring social, environmental and economic impacts highly positive, influencing a whole chain of business, quite significant in Brazil and with huge potential for growth. The development of plant products, especially from native fruits, can add significant values to industrialized commercial derivatives. In this context, the present study has included the characterization of physicochemical, nutritional, microbiological, volatile compounds and sensory of fruit pulp obtained from processing of the fruits of the species Campomanesia phaea (O. Berg.) Landrum (cambuci) aiming it possible use as raw material for the application in the food and beverage industry. The work sought to know and evaluate the possible uses of this fruit in the market, after different types of agroindustrial processing (pasteurization, freeze-drying, freezing and refrigeration). The results demonstrated that the species presents a very restricted dispersion in the Atlantic Forest biome, with a production and marketing chain already installed, although still in its early stages, but with great potential for growth. The cambuci's pulps analyzed presented a great potential for commercial use mainly in relation to their aromatic and physicochemical characteristics (high yield of pulp and high acidity) with a significant concentration of vitamin C, suggesting that its intake can contribute to human health. Despite all the agroindustrial treatments proposed have been efficient with regard to conservation of the identity and quality standards, during the storage period, the whole and peeled frozen pulp samples were the ones that who stood out the most by cost and benefit, since these treatments feature less complexity in their operations. Foi também evidenciado que devido a presença de taninos na casca do cambuci, o que resulta em um paladar adstringente, o suco tropical elaborado a partir da polpa dos frutos sem casca foi o preferido pelos provadores. It was also evidenced that due to the presence of tannins in the cambuci's peel, which results in an astringent palate, the tropical juice elaborated from the pulp of the shelled fruit was preferred by testers. Segundo Souza (2009), uma das grandes barreiras para a conservação de florestas tropicais é a falta de conhecimentos sobre essas regiões. A cada ano, são descritas inúmeras novas espécies, porém, ainda existem áreas pouco conhecidas, e os recursos humanos e investimentos para esses trabalhos são limita...