. 2015 Apr 3;7(4):2469–2484. doi: 10.3390/nu7042469

Table 4.

Sensory scores of pineapple juice supplemented with microencapsulated Bifidobacterium longum with Eleutherine americana during refrigeration storage.

Microencapsulation	Time	Attributes
Microencapsulation	(Day)	Appearance	Colour	Texture	Taste	Overall Acceptability
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-E. americana extract	0	6.53 ± 0.17 ^a	6.37 ± 0.22 ^a	6.42 ± 0.17 ^a	6.37 ± 0.13 ^a	6.46 ± 0.11 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-oligosaccharides extract		6.44 ± 0.11 ^a	6.32 ± 0.12 ^a	6.52 ± 0.13 ^a	6.12 ± 0.11 ^a	6.34 ± 0.15 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-commercial fructo-oligosaccharides		6.35 ± 0.05 ^a	6.51 ± 0.09 ^a	6.33 ± 0.16 ^a	6.06 ± 0.04 ^a	6.51 ± 0.12 ^a
Non-encapsulated cells: free cells		6.42 ± 0.09 ^a	6.44 ± 0.07 ^a	6.46 ± 0.15 ^a	6.17 ± 0.15 ^a	6.45 ± 0.20 ^a
Control		6.37 ± 0.09 ^a	6.35 ± 0.12 ^a	6.34 ± 0.10 ^a	6.30 ± 0.11 ^a	6.41 ± 0.15 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-E. americana extract	15	6.46 ± 0.17 ^a	6.36 ± 0.22 ^a	6.40 ± 0.12 ^a	6.37 ± 0.13 ^a	6.47± 0.14 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-oligosaccharides extract		6.41 ± 0.06 ^a	6.41 ± 0.09 ^a	6.39 ± 0.10 ^a	6.41 ± 0.09 ^a	6.45 ± 0.11 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-commercial fructo-oligosaccharides		6.36 ± 0.23 ^a	6.35 ± 0.11 ^a	6.29 ± 0.15 ^a	6.35 ± 0.14 ^a	6.37 ± 0.09 ^a
Non-encapsulated cells: free cells		6.34 ± 0.24 ^a	6.45 ± 0.21 ^a	6.35 ± 0.14 ^a	6.38 ± 0.13 ^a	6.49 ± 0.10 ^a
Control		6.45 ± 0.08 ^a	6.37 ± 0.10 ^a	6.30 ± 0.08 ^a	6.35 ± 0.14 ^a	6.40 ± 0.12 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-E. americana extract	30	6.61 ± 0.06 ^a	6.34 ± 0.12 ^a	6.40 ± 0.09 ^a	6.25 ± 0.13 ^a	6.46 ± 0.14 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-oligosaccharides extract		6.39 ± 0.15 ^a	6.35 ± 0.15 ^a	6.37 ± 0.15 ^a	6.18 ± 0.15 ^a	6.38 ± 0.12 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-commercial fructo-oligosaccharides		6.42 ± 0.14 ^a	6.38 ± 0.14 ^a	6.25 ± 0.11 ^a	6.26 ± 0.12 ^a	6.42 ± 0.20 ^a
Non-encapsulated cells: free cells		5.52 ± 0.13 ^b	6.40 ± 0.07 ^a	5.46 ± 0.09 ^b	5.31 ± 0.12 ^b	5.51 ± 0.13 ^b
Control		5.40 ± 0.09 ^b	6.34 ± 0.10 ^a	5.37 ± 0.08 ^b	6.34 ± 0.12 ^a	5.54 ± 0.10 ^b
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-E. americana extract	45	6.29 ± 0.06 ^a	6.24 ± 0.15 ^a	6.34 ± 0.10 ^a	6.22 ± 0.10 ^a	6.40 ± 0.13 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-oligosaccharides extract		6.31 ± 0.15 ^a	6.17 ± 0.20 ^a	6.41 ± 0.12 ^a	6.18 ± 0.08 ^a	6.36 ± 0.11 ^a
Co-encapsulated cells: alginate-commercial fructo-oligosaccharides		6.25 ± 0.14 ^a	6.19 ± 0.14 ^a	6.39 ± 0.13 ^a	6.26 ± 0.11 ^a	6.42 ± 0.09 ^a
Non-encapsulated cells: free cells		5.35 ± 0.00 ^b	6.12 ± 0.00 ^a	5.34 ± 0.00 ^b	5.31 ± 0.16 ^b	5.37 ± 0.15 ^b
Control		5.32 ± 0.12 ^b	6.37 ± 0.10 ^a	5.30 ± 0.09 ^b	6.32 ± 0.09 ^a	5.57 ± 0.15 ^b

Values are means ± standard deviation from duplicate determinations; Different superscript lowercase letters (a,b) in the same column are significantly different among co-encapsulating agents (p < 0.05).