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Table 3.

β-carotene retention rate of emulsions during storage.

Systems		β-carotene Retention Rate at Different Storage Times (%)
Systems		0 Day	7 Day	14 Day	21 Day	28 Day
WPI β-carotene emulsion	stored at 4 °C	100 ^a	97.36 ± 0.3 ^a	90.73 ± 11.98 ^ab	89.13 ± 12.53 ^ab	78.7 ± 14.03 ^ab
WPI β-carotene emulsion	stored at 25 °C	100 ^a	98.53 ± 0.51 ^b	88.1 ± 1.75 ^a	80.93 ± 3.4 ^a	71.8 ± 4.42 ^a
WPI-MCP β-carotene emulsion	stored at 4 °C	100 ^a	97.1 ± 0.2 ^a	96.3 ± 3.96 ^b	98.03 ± 0.06 ^b	86.33 ± 6.44 ^b
WPI-MCP β-carotene emulsion	stored at 25 °C	100 ^a	98.07 ± 0.75 ^ab	99 ± 6.05 ^b	78.8 ± 1.8 ^a	73.57 ± 3.46 ^a

Note: The data are presented as means ± SD. Different superscripts (a–b) in same column represent statistically significantly different (p < 0.05).