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Table 2.

Comparison of predicted and actual values of responses for optimized product

Response	Flavour¹	Consistency¹	Color & Appearance¹	Overall acceptability¹
Predicted Value*	8.76	8.72	8.68	8.71
Actual Value^#	8.72	8.74	8.62	8.70
P Value	0.79	0.73	0.67	0.87
Cal. t-Value^@	0.27	0.35	0.45	0.17
Significance	NS	NS	NS	NS

¹Sensory score on 9-point hedonic scale,

*Predicted values of design expert 12.0.11.0,

^#Actual values are average of seven trials for optimized product,

^@t-values found non-significant at 5% level of significance, Tabulated t-value = 2.447 (Cal. t-value less than tabulated t-value),

NS Non-significant