Table 3.
Sensory evaluation of pomegranate peel beverage (Percentages of 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% W/V)
| Samples | Color (10) | Taste (10) | Flavor (10) | Overall acceptability (10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | White | Red | White | Red | White | Red | White | |
| 0.5% | 8.9*a ± 0.32 | 8.4a ± 0.52 | 8.6a ± 0.52 | 8.4a ± 0.52 | 8.9*a ± 0.32 | 8.6a ± 0.52 | 8.7a ± 0.5 | 8.5a ± 0.5 |
| 1% | 8.9*a ± 0.32 | 8.3a ± 0.48 | 8.1b ± 0.35 | 8.0a ± 0.47 | 8.2b ± 0.632 | 8.0b ± 0.47 | 8.5*a ± 0.5 | 8.2a ± 0.4 |
| 1.5% | 8.1*b ± 0.35 | 7.7b ± 0.48 | 6.7c ± 0.5 | 6.7b ± 0.48 | 7.4c ± 0.52 | 7.2c ± 0.42 | 7.3*b ± 0.48 | 7.2b ± 0.4 |
| 2% | 5.6*c ± 0.32 | 6.0c ± 0.471 | 6.2*d ± 0.42 | 5.8c ± 0.42 | 6.3d ± 0.48 | 6.3d ± 0.48 | 5.8*c ± 0.4 | 5.1b ± 0.316 |
| F value | 88.612 | 51.627 | 66.17 | 63.518 | 49.866 | 44.259 | 77.312 | 188.912 |
| LSD | 0.347 | 0.446 | 0.403 | 0.433 | 0.457 | 0.433 | 0.439 | 0.391 |
All values are mean ± standard deviation (SD)
“*”Data within the same row for each parameter are significantly different (P < 0.05), shown by t-test
Data within the same column with different small letters are significantly different (P <0.05)