Brazil is the world's third largest fruit producer. Great part of this production is commercialized within the internal market, but an important volume can't reach its consumers due to high post-crop losses (30%-40%). The southern region of Brazil is characterized by temperate climate fruit production and commercialization, among which is the peach, apples, strawberries and melons, which are economically and socially important, be it for commercialized volume or job generation, or even for establishing manpower in rural economic activities. During harvest time, great volumes are transported to the markets, causing fruit price drops and the increase of post-harvest losses. It's important to search for commercial alternatives for these products, some that could satisfy both producers and consumers, and at the same time, increase fruit agro-business' profitability. The elaboration of products with higher aggregated value might be an alternate solution. This project's goal is to generate information regarding processing techniques that allow the elaboration of products minimally processed and highly differentiated, with great quality, which would aggregate value to temperate climate fruits.