Table 5.

Instrumental color parameters of control (without A. platensis F&M-C256 incorporation) (C) and of “crostini” enriched with 2% (Ap 2), 6% (Ap 6) and 10% (Ap 10) (w/w) A. platensis F&M-C256 biomass.

	L*	a*	b*	C*	h°
C	69.0 ± 1.0d	−1.1 ± 0.1d	16.8 ± 0.7d	16.8 ± 0.7d	93.8 ± 0.2c
Ap 2	35.9 ± 0.4c	0.7 ± 0.2c	12.5 ± 0.6c	12.5 ± 0.6c	86.6 ± 0.9b
Ap 6	28.9 ± 0.8b	0.4 ± 0.1b	3.7 ± 0.7b	3.7 ± 0.7b	83.7 ± 1.9b
Ap 10	26.7 ± 0.6a	0.3 ± 0.1a	1.2 ± 0.4a	1.2 ± 0.4a	76.7 ± 4.3a

Results are expressed as average ± standard deviation (n = 12). Different letters in the same column correspond to significant differences (p < 0.05).