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. 2017 Jan 9;54(1):114–129. doi: 10.1007/s13197-016-2442-2

Table 5.

Viscosity and colour parameters of analyzed smoothies, juices and puree

Product composition Type of product Viscosity Colour parameters
L* a* b* E
SCP Puree 288a ab 32.09de 20.10de 5.79d
AJ Juice 12m 35.78b 0.35g 5.03d 20.11
80% SCP ÷ 20% AJ Smoothie 228c 32.61de 20.75d 6.03cd 0.87
50% SCP ÷ 50% AJ Smoothie 156g 32.23de 20.32d 6.58bc 0.83
20% SCP ÷ 80% AJ Smoothie 24k 35.89b 21.71c 8.17a 4.76
PJ Juice 16l 53.58a −3.41i 2.66e 32.00
80% SCP ÷ 20% PJ Smoothie 245b 32.56de 21.63c 6.49bc 1.75
50% SCP ÷ 50% PJ Smoothie 168f 33.66cd 22.31b 6.78bc 2.89
20% SCP ÷ 80% PJ Smoothie 46j 36.22b 22.13b 6.55bc 4.66
QJ Juice 18l 31.05e 0.66g 2.38e 19.76
80% SCP ÷ 20% QJ Smoothie 192e 32.33de 20.79d 6.40bc 0.95
50% SCP ÷ 50% QJ Smoothie 120i 32.66de 19.45e 5.40d 0.95
20% SCP ÷ 80% QJ Smoothie 26k 32.27de 16.70f 4.86d 3.53
FQJ Juice 18l 36.78b −1.46h 4.36d 22.11
80% SCP ÷ 20% FQJ Smoothie 216d 32.60de 22.22b 6.97b 2.48
50% SCP ÷ 50% FQJ Smoothie 150h 33.57cd 23.39a 7.51ab 4.00
20% SCP ÷ 80% FQJ Smoothie 26k 35.00bc 23.67a 8.20a 5.20

Viscosity [mPas], L* lightness, a* indicates red for positive value and green for negative value, b indicates yellow for positive value and blue for negative value, SCP sour cherry puree, AJ apple juice, PJ pear juice, QJ quince juice, FQJ flowering quince juice

aValues are means of three repetitions

bMean values followed by different letters are statistically different at p < 0.05