Table A1.

Optical properties (L*, a*, b*-values) of alginate, chitosan, MFC and EVOH solution cast films including measurement of a standard.

Material	L*	a*	b*
Standard	94.95 ± 0	−0.53 ± 0.03	1.2 ± 0.02
Alginate	90.57 ± 1.21	−1.87 ± 0.69	7.13 ± 3.52
Chitosan	90.17 ±0.09	−2.66 ± 0.11	9.08 ± 0.35
MFC	59.09 ± 0.05	−0.93 ± 0,14	2.78 ± 0.41
EVOH	92.34 ± 0.41	−0.62 ± 0.03	1.12 ± 0.08