**3.4 Total ascorbic acid**

The results of total tenor of ascorbic acid (nectar mg/100mL) of the kiwi nectar irradiated at doses of: 0 (control); 0.5; 1.0; 2.0 kGy are in Table 1.

With relation the total tenor of ascorbic acid presents (Table 1), is noticed that the irradiation in the doses of 1.0 and 2.0 kGy promoted a reduction of 50% regarding the control and the samples irradiated with dose of 0.5 kGy.
