*2.1. Fruit Supply*

Commercially mature, harvested pomegranate fruit (cv. Wonderful) of uniform diameter 81.8 ± 2.5 mm and mass 286 ± 15 g were procured from a farm in Bonnievale (33◦58 12.02 S, 20◦09 21.03 E), Western Cape, South Africa. Fruit were transported in refrigerated truck to Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory at Stellenbosch University.
