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. 2019 Dec 14;57(5):1731–1739. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-04206-6

Table 2.

Colour properties of white chocolate and white chocolate incorporated with cinnamon essential oil

Parameter White chocolate White chocolate with cinnamon essential oil
L* 83.6 ± 0.3 83.1 ± 0.7
a* − 0.5 ± 0.3 − 0.8 ± 0.2
b* 27.3 ± 0.4 27.8 ± 0.3
Chroma 27.4 ± 0.4 27.3 ± 0.3
Whiteness Index 68.1 ± 0.4 69.4 ± 0.4
ΔE 0.9 ± 0.1