Table 5.

Colour parameters (and their combinations) of squeezed whole beetroot

Treatment (min)	L	a*	b*	C*	hab
10	2.65 ± 0.01f	14.22 ± 0.06f	2.93 ± 0.05f	14.52 ± 0.06f	11.64 ± 0.22f
20	3.05 ± 0.03e	16.10 ± 0.07e	3.68 ± 0.03e	16.51 ± 0.06e	12.89 ± 0.15c
30	3.96 ± 0.03d	19.27 ± 0.03d	4.17 ± 0.09d	19.71 ± 0.04d	12.20 ± 0.25e
40	4.58 ± 0.02c	22.44 ± 0.03c	5.00 ± 0.06c	22.99 ± 0.02c	12.55 ± 0.17d
50	5.84 ± 0.03b	25.24 ± 0.03b	6.38 ± 0.03b	26.03 ± 0.03b	14.17 ± 0.07b
60	7.26 ± 0.02a	27.63 ± 0.04a	8.04 ± 0.06a	28.77 ± 0.03a	16.22 ± 0.13a

Treatment (min)	a/b	Lab	La/b	L/ab	Lb/a
10	4.86 ± 0.10a	110.09 ± 2.18f	12.85 ± 0.21f	0.06 ± 0.00a	0.54 ± 0.01f
20	4.37 ± 0.05d	180.94 ± 1.29e	13.35 ± 0.28e	0.05 ± 0.00b	0.70 ± 0.01e
30	4.63 ± 0.10b	317.72 ± 4.98d	18.32 ± 0.50d	0.05 ± 0.00c	0.86 ± 0.01d
40	4.49 ± 0.06c	513.62 ± 4.29c	20.59 ± 0.36c	0.04 ± 0.00d	1.02 ± 0.01c
50	3.96 ± 0.02e	940.08 ± 6.56b	23.13 ± 0.19b	0.04 ± 0.00e	1.48 ± 0.01b
60	3.44 ± 0.03f	1611.43 ± 13.32a	24.95 ± 0.17a	0.03 ± 0.00f	2.11 ± 0.02a

Values are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 4). Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments