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. 2023 Sep 25;12(19):3556. doi: 10.3390/foods12193556

Table 3.

Mean values of significant descriptive sensory attributes for the sweet pumpkin porridge samples.

Attribute P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 p-Value
Appearance
Yellow color 6.2 d 8.4 b 6.0 d 7.3 c 11.0 a 11.4 a <0.0001
Brown color 8.4 a 4.3 d 7.0 b 5.9 c 2.5 e 0.4 f <0.0001
Appearance
Viscosityt
8.0 ab 7.6 b 8.4 a 8.1 ab 4.8 c 4.9 c <0.0001
Gloss 5.0 c 5.1 c 3.7 d 8.0 a 7.1 b 7.6 ab <0.0001
Turbidity 4.9 b 4.8 b 6.5 a 4.0 c 4.5 bc 2.5 d <0.0001
Aroma
Sweet pumpkin 7.8 b 10.0 a 6.8 c 8.4 b 8.2 b 6.0 d <0.0001
Sweet 5.5 a 4.7 b 4.0 c 4.3 bc 4.9 ab 4.8 b <0.0001
Gelatinized starch 2.5 a 1.1 b 2.8 a 2.2 a 1.5 b 2.2 a <0.0001
Sour 0.5 c 1.5 b 2.7 a 3.0 a 1.5 b 1.8 b <0.0001
Flavor
Sweet 7.6 a 7.8 a 2.3 d 5.6 c 6.5 b 7.8 a <0.0001
Salty 1.1 cd 1.5 c 3.0 a 2.1 b 2.4 b 1.0 d <0.0001
Sour 0.4 d 2.1 c 3.3 b 5.1 a 2.3 c 1.9 c <0.0001
Gelatinized starch 2.5 b 3.1 ab 3.2 a 0.8 c 1.2 c 2.8 ab <0.0001
Sweet pumpkin 7.4 b 9.9 a 4.9 d 6.5 c 7.0 bc 6.4 c <0.0001
Milk 0.6 c 1.8 a 0.4 c 1.3 b 2.1 a 1.1 b <0.0001
Mouthfeel
Chalky coating 6.4 b 2.1 d 8.1 a 1.3 e 5.6 c 2.3 d <0.0001
Residual 8.2 a 1.9 e 6.6 b 1.7 e 4.5 c 3.6 d <0.0001
Smooth
swallowing
2.5 c 7.6 b 3.1 c 11.9 a 7.0 b 6.8 b <0.0001
Viscosity 6.9 bc 7.9 a 7.6 ab 7.9 a 5.9 d 6.3 cd <0.0001
Graininess 9.5 a 2.0 d 3.4 c 1.1 e 2.6 d 4.9 b <0.0001

The same letter within the same row are not significantly different (p < 0.05).