Table 2.

Color of Chinese chestnuts resulting from various drying methods

Drying methods	L*	a*	b*
ND	85.43 ± 0.26b	0.76 ± 0.04b	21.34 ± 0.05b
HAD	85.21 ± 0.16b	0.95 ± 0.07ab	20.40 ± 0.13c
FVD	89.29 ± 0.24a	− 0.13 ± 0.04d	23.55 ± 0.44a
MD	83.34 ± 0.13d	1.08 ± 0.12a	21.10 ± 0.09b
MVD	84.63 ± 0.17c	0.10 ± 0.036c	18.78 ± 0.23d

a, b, c, and d in the same column indicate significant mean difference by Tukey’s LSD test at P = 0.05