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. 2019 Nov 18;57(4):1449–1461. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-04180-z

Table 5.

Effect of DFP powder on sensory attributes of chicken nuggets during refrigerated storage

Treatment	Storage period
Treatment	0 day	5 day	10 day	15 day	20 day
Appearance
Control	7.11 ± 0.10^a	6.86 ± 0.14^ab	6.56 ± 0.18^b	6.14 ± 0.11^c	5.58 ± 0.11^d
T1 (1.5% DFP)	7.11 ± 0.13^a	7.02 ± 0.20^ab	6.89 ± 0.13^ab	6.83 ± 0.14^ab	6.64 ± 0.13^b
T2 (3.0% DFP)	6.94 ± 0.17^a	6.88 ± 0.20^ab	6.81 ± 0.12^ab	6.76 ± 0.19^ab	6.42 ± 0.10^b
Flavour
Control	6.86 ± 0.18^a	6.83 ± 0.21^a	6.05 ± 0.19^by	ND	ND
T1 (1.5% DFP)	6.94 ± 0.16^a	6.83 ± 0.12^a	6.77 ± 0.16^ax	6.31 ± 0.09^b	6.17 ± 0.08^b
T2 (3.0% DFP)	6.99 ± 0.17^a	6.92 ± 0.16^a	6.75 ± 0.12^abx	6.53 ± 0.12^ab	6.36 ± 0.11^b
Juiciness
Control	6.91 ± 0.20	6.70 ± 0.14	6.44 ± 0.16	ND	ND
T1 (1.5% DFP)	7.13 ± 0.16^a	6.81 ± 0.12^ab	6.77 ± 0.15^ab	6.68 ± 0.14^ab	6.39 ± 0.10^b
T2 (3.0% DFP)	7.05 ± 0.17^a	6.75 ± 0.10^ab	6.72 ± 0.19^ab	6.61 ± 0.12^ab	6.47 ± 0.12^b
Texture
Control	6.98 ± 0.16	6.78 ± 0.20	6.72 ± 0.14	ND	ND
T1 (1.5%DFP)	6.82 ± 0.17^a	6.68 ± 0.20^ab	6.59 ± 0.14^ab	6.53 ± 0.10^ab	6.38 ± 0.10^b
T2 (3.0% DFP)	6.80 ± 0.06^a	6.70 ± 0.18^ab	6.63 ± 0.13^ab	6.62 ± 0.10^ab	6.51 ± 0.10^b
Overall acceptability
Control	6.92 ± 0.19^a	6.39 ± 0.12^ab	6.32 ± 0.35^b	ND	ND
T1 (1.5% DFP)	6.87 ± 0.13^a	6.69 ± 0.10^a	6.53 ± 0.12^ab	6.53 ± 0.11^ab	6.38 ± 0.11^b
T2 (3.0% DFP)	6.92 ± 0.15^a	6.92 ± 0.15^a	6.81 ± 0.09^ab	6.64 ± 0.11^ab	6.39 ± 0.11^b

DFP dragon fruit peel; n = 18, ND not done

Means bearing different superscripts (a–d) row wise differ significantly (p < 0.05)

Means bearing different superscripts (x–y) column wise differ significantly (p < 0.05)