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. 2014 Mar 21;52(5):2886–2893. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1320-z

Table 3.

Colour attributes of milk and tofu

L a b Yi Wi ΔE
Milk
 Commercial soymilk 84.5 −2.31 8.07
 Control 83.39 ± 1.20 −0.06 ± 0.01 13.41 ± 0.12 22.22 ± 1.03 7.27 ± 1.20 5.90
 T1 84.50 ± 1.22 −0.46 ± 0.02 15.45 ± 0.32 18.26 ± 0.42 7.59 ± 0.24 7.61
 T2 85.64 ± 1.33 −0.49 ± 0.03 12.11 ± 0.0.21 22.49 ± 0.33 7.30 ± 0.98 4.61
 T3 85.76 ± 1.05 −0.41 ± 0.01 13.07 ± 0.22 27.3 ± 1.21 7.37 ± 0.36 5.47
Tofu
 Commercial tofu 80.1 −2.31 18.8 NA NA
 Control 87.22 ± 1.25 2.94 ± 0.01 13.44 ± 3.02 26.20 ± 6.66 −39.20 ± 0.32 10.34
 T1 85.20 ± 2.50 0.97 ± 0.05 16.40 ± 1.02 24.20 ± 5.76 5.10 ± 0.42 8.18
 T2 85.54 ± 1.10 2.04 ± 0.23 18.28 ± 2.11 26.67 ± 8.02 −23.40 ± 0.33 6.98
 T3 83.07 ± 1.02 2.62 ± 0.02 15.97 ± 2.46 32.28 ± 4.44 −41.50 ± 1.02 6.41

Values given are mean ± SD NA –not available

Yi yellowness index, Wi whiteness index

Control: Dehulled soybean treated in the GCB unit upto 121 °C

T1 = sprouted seeds in the (grinding cum blanching unit) GCB unit upto 121 °C

T2 = sprouted seeds in the GCB unit upto 100 °C

T3 = sprouted seeds in the GCB unit upto 80 °C