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Table 4.

Colour characteristics and transparency of the probiotic edible films containing L. rhamnosus GG.

Edible film	L*	a*	b*	Opacity (mm⁻¹)
PEC	87.8 ± 0.22^ab	−1.11 ± 0.18^def	12.03 ± 0.43^bcd	2.15 ± 0.14^b
LSA	89.4 ± 0.84^bc	−1.46 ± 0.04^ab	7.39 ± 0.57^a	3.31 ± 0.50^bc
HSA	91.5 ± 0.56^d	−1.50 ± 0.04^a	7.22 ± 0.47^a	5.08 ± 0.31^c
GEL	87.3 ± 0.82^a	−1.45 ± 0.11^ab	11.54 ± 0.66^bc	0.49 ± 0.05^a
κ-CAR/LBG	91.2 ± 0.32^d	−1.28 ± 0.05^bcd	7.12 ± 0.33^a	17.21 ± 1.25^f
PEC/WPC	90.5 ± 0.92^cd	−1.31 ± 0.04^bcd	10.04 ± 1.71^b	9.39 ± 0.54^e
LSA/WPC	89.1 ± 0.54^bc	−0.96 ± 0.06^f	14.11 ± 0.66^d	6.85 ± 0.06^d
HSA/WPC	90.5 ± 0.66^cd	−1.08 ± 0.15^ef	13.32 ± 1.95^cd	10.52 ± 0.14^e
GEL/WPC	88.9 ± 0.42^bc	−1.23 ± 0.11^cde	12.13 ± 0.86^bcd	2.72 ± 0.31^b
κ-CAR/LBG/WPC	90.4 ± 1.22^cd	−1.35 ± 0.08^abc	9.86 ± 0.27^b	9.96 ± 0.27^e

Numbers with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).