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. 2015 Jun 21;52(12):7795–7805. doi: 10.1007/s13197-015-1907-z

Table 1.

Changes in color parameters of fresh-cut apple coated with alginate, pectin and gellan plus apple fiber and inulin during 16 days of storage at 4 °C

Storage time (days) 0 4 8 12 16
L*
C 78.09 ± 0.50ab 76.11 ± 0.62abc 72.66 ± 0.86e 67.57 ± 1.15cd 67.93 ± 1.00d
A 78.11 ± 0.73ab 68.87 ± 1.12d 77.30 ± 0.91abc 68.82 ± 1.02cd 62.37 ± 1.23e
AF 78.24 ± 0.48ab 75.67 ± 0.82abc 74.68 ± 1.35cde 61.59 ± 0.98e 72.38 ± 0.86bc
AI 76.99 ± 0.60b 74.33 ± 0.87bc 76.25 ± 0.39bcd 70.17 ± 1.25bc 74.20 ± 0.68bc
P 78.93 ± 0.54ab 76.12 ± 1.17abc 76.67 ± 0.50bcd 76.23 ± 0.71a 76.26 ± 0.74ab
PF 78.88 ± 0.68ab 79.21 ± 0.54a 80.01 ± 0.35a 70.19 ± 0.59bc 79.36 ± 0.66a
PI 79.71 ± 0.49a 76.83 ± 0.70abc 77.94 ± 0.37abc 69.89 ± 1.09bcd 70.71 ± 0.45cd
G 78.34 ± 0.58ab 73.37 ± 01.26c 75.62 ± 0.80cde 65.24 ± 1.47de 71.33 ± 0.73cd
GF 80.19 ± 0.53a 78.04 ± 0.64ab 79.05 ± 0.55ab 74.40 ± 0.90ab 72.24 ± 0.30c
GI 79.54 ± 0.43ab 77.01 ± 0.93abc 73.84 ± 0.42de 65.80 ± 0.83cde 71.61 ± 0.83cd
°hue
C 99.34 ± 0.43b 98.47 ± 0.48c 100.31 ± 0.59f 94.18 ± 0.48c 97.86 ± 0.70c
A 102.94 ± 0.39a 105.05 ± 0.71a 103.07 ± 0.57bcd 102.85 ± 0.50a 98.60 ± 1.07bc
AF 102.82 ± 0.41a 102.46 ± 0.35ab 101.93 ± 0.40def 101.22 ± 0.98ab 101.92 ± 0.83abc
AI 103.22 ± 0.75a 102.54 ± 0.40ab 100.80 ± 0.65ef 102.42 ± 0.56a 101.71 ± 0.88abc
P 103.93 ± 0.61a 103.45 ± 0.47ab 102.50 ± 0.46cde 99.83 ± 1.46ab 101.06 ± 0.48abc
PF 103.94 ± 0.64a 103.72 ± 0.54ab 105.18 ± 0.43ab 100.97 ± 0.79ab 102.55 ± 0.68ab
PI 103.19 ± 0.87a 103.50 ± 0.87ab 106.02 ± 0.42a 97.25 ± 1.12bc 104.05 ± 0.47a
G 103.21 ± 0.71a 101.44 ± 0.72b 103.94 ± 0.33abcd 97.31 ± 1.20bc 99.67 ± 0.78abc
GF 103.72 ± 0.34a 104.99 ± 0.41a 104.25 ± 0.27abc 99.26 ± 0.84ab 98.55 ± 2.15bc
GI 103.26 ± 0.48a 103.02 ± 0.60ab 102.43 ± 0.25cdef 98.95 ± 1.12ab 100.26 ± 0.51abc

Mean values ± SD with different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among treatments