Table 1.

Luminosity values (L*) of samples submitted to different blanching treatments

	Treatment time (seconds)
MICROWAVE BLANCHING
Observation time (hours)	Raw sample	30	40	50	60	70	80
0	45.97	46.72	47.77	46.45	48.93	48.04	50.53
6	45.32	46.54	46.90	48.06	48.44	47.32	50.47
12	44.76	47.26	44.01	50.13	51.72	51.64	51.76
24	46.68	48.97	47.90	51.02	52.20	51.89	51.72
48	46.77	49.87	48.59	51.30	52.36	51.61	51.95
HOT WATER BLANCHING
Observation time (hours)	Raw sample	30	60	90	120	180
0	45.97	51.06	49.98	52.16	46.68	47.50
6	45.32	48.92	49.72	51.42	46.46	47.13
12	44.76	49.42	49.25	51.86	45.87	45.77
24	46.68	51.28	53.21	56.10	50.23	51.02
48	46.77	53.57	54.17	56.99	51.19	50.93
STEAM BLANCHING
Observation time (hours)	Raw sample	30	60	90	120	180
0	45.97	47.45	47.46	49.41	49.36	52.11
6	45.32	48.37	47.29	48.18	48.11	51.59
12	44.76	47.98	48.19	48.21	48.85	51.01
24	46.68	53.25	51.97	53.32	52.91	54.40
48	46.77	53.65	53.71	53.26	55.45	57.33