The fruit is oval and generally rounded at the base. The rind of the Tahiti lemon is deep green until ripe and turns pale yellow, while the flesh is greenish-yellow when ripe. The fruit must be whole, it must have the characteristic shape of the variety, it must have a fresh appearance and a firm consistency, it must be healthy, free of insects and / or diseases that detract from the quality of the product.
The fruits must be free of abnormal external humidity, produced by poor handling in the post-harvest stages, they must be free of any strange smell and / or taste, free of foreign materials or bodies such as: earth, dust, insects, pests, diseases, agrochemicals.
The fruits must be calibrated, waxed. The wax used must not contain Morpholine and Carnauba