. 2020 Feb 5;25:e00432. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00432

Table 3.

Organoleptic scores of 7, 21 and 42 days old Doogh beverage (Mean ± SD of 32 examiners) in different experimental groups.

Time of measuring (day)	Group	Color (from 5)	Texture (from 5)	Flavor (from 10)	Total (from 20)
7	Free bacteria	4.75 ± 0.44^a	4.78 ± 0.42 ^a	9.03 ± 0.78 ^b	18.56 ± 1.01 ^a
	Microencapsulated bacteria	4.62 ± 0.49^a	4.00 ± 0.51^b	8.00 ± 0.76 ^a	16.53 ± 1.19 ^b
	Control	4.66 ± 0.48^a	4.59 ± 0.56 ^a	8.25 ± 0.88 ^a	17.50 ± 1.37 ^c
P value of between group analysis		P = 0.547	P < 0.001^d	P < 0.001^e	P < 0.001^f
21	Free bacteria	4.03 ± 0.53 ^a	4.66 ± 0.54 ^a	8.84 ± 0.57 ^b	17.53 ± 0.87 ^a
	Microencapsulated bacteria	4.00 ± 0.56 ^a	4.09 ± 0.53 ^b	8.16 ± 0.85 ^a	16.25 ± 1.37 ^b
	Control	4.03 ± 0.47 ^a	4.75 ± 0.44 ^a	8.12 ± 0.55 ^a	16.94 ± 0.91^a
P value of between group analysis		P = 0.963	P < 0.001^g	P < 0.001^h	P < 0.001ⁱ
42	Free bacteria	4.00 ± 0.51 ^a	3.19 ± 0.74^b	6.90 ± 0.58 ^a	14.09 ± 1.03 ^a
	Microencapsulated bacteria	4.06 ± 0.50 ^a	4.00 ± 0.51^a	7.97 ± 0.59 ^b	16.03 ± 0.82 ^b
	Control	4.00 ± 0.51^a	4.00 ± 0.57^a	7.00 ± 0.47 ^a	15.00 ± 0.80 ^c
P value of between group analysis		P = 0.850	P < 0.001^j	P < 0.001^k	P < 0.001^l
P value of within group analysis	7, 21, 42	<0.001^m	<0.001ⁿ	<0.001°	<0.001^p

Different letters indicate significant differences between groups in each day.