Table 3.

Evolution of the characteristics of CW and BCW L. pentosus ML 82 microcapsules throughout 90 days of storage

Days	Moisture (%)		aw		Color
	CW	BCW	CW	BCW	CW	BCW
0	5.50 ± 0.01a,A	5.26 ± 0.07b,C	0.380 ± 0.020a,A	0.361 ± 0.011a,B	L* = 95.17 ± 0.97a,A	L* = 93.73 ± 0.48a,A
					a* = − 1.31 ± 0.03b,A	a* = − 1.74 ± 0.09a,B
					b* = 7.97 ± 0.05b,A	b* = 8.52 ± 0.19a,C
45	2.63 ± 0.13b,C	7.69 ± 0.20a,B	0.389 ± 0.010a,A	0.344 ± 0.015b,B	L* = 87.72 ± 1.17b,B	L* = 93.03 ± 0.86a,A
					a* = − 1.10 ± 0.06b,A	a* = − 1.72 ± 0.09a,B
					b* = 7.06 ± 0.10b,B	b* = 10.92 ± 0.06a,B
90	4.60 ± 0.16b,B	15.42 ± 0.07a,A	0.393 ± 0.010b,A	0.549 ± 0.001a,A	L* = 87.60 ± 1.09a,B	L* = 86.02 ± 1.41a,B
					a* = − 0.87 ± 0.09a,B	a* = − 0.53 ± 0.32a,A
					b* = 6.14 ± 0.10b,C	b* = 21.37 ± 0.33a,A

Results are expressed in mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different lowercase superscript letters in the same row indicate statistical difference between the encapsulating agents (p ≤ 0.05) according to Student’s t test. Different capital superscript letters in the same column indicate statistical difference between days of storage (p ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey’s test