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. 2020 Mar 3;17(5):1632. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051632

Table 8.

Changes in colour parameters of the tested food products.

Time Milk Pasta Mayonnaise Jam
L 0 94.50 ± 0.64 76.17 ± 1.46 90.96 ± 0.92 18.72 ± 0.36
1 89.25 ± 0.69 * 76.40 ± 1.55 85.68 ± 0.38 * 18.70 ± 0.37
3 89.50 ± 0.30 * 75.72 ± 1.38 84.15 ± 0.39 * 18.75 ± 0.35
6 89.14 ± 0.71 * 76.19 ± 1.30 84.90 ± 0.94 * 18.98 ± 0.14
a * 0 −5.07 ± 0.05 −2.83 ± 0.77 −1.55 ± 0.39 10.71 ± 0.75
1 −3.18 ± 0.04 * −3.38 ± 1.01 −1.20 ± 0.19 10.68 ± 0.75
3 −3.20 ± 0.04 * −1.97 ± 1.24 * −1.19 ± 0.19 10.53 ± 0.85
6 −3.22 ± 0.07 * −2.99 ± 0.97 * −1.20 ± 0.15 10.05 ± 0.51
b * 0 5.62 ± 0.86 50.87 ± 1.76 18.87 ± 0.58 11.23 ± 0.26
1 5.93 ± 0.95 52.02 ± 2.29 19.48 ± 0.43 11.24 ± 0.28
3 6.24 ± 0.41 47.27 ± 4.14 * 19.48 ± 0.30 11.19 ± 0.25
6 6.22 ± 0.68 50.84 ±3.27 * 19.31 ± 0.36 10.97 ± 0.32

Explanatory notes: L - refers to the luminosity or lightness component, a* - to the intensity of red (+) and green (−) and b* - indicates the intensity of yellow (+) and blue (−); * - within the columns indicate statistically significant differences within the product categories (p< 0.05).