Table 2.

Color in raw and processed pulque by thermosonication and conventional pasteurization stored for 30 days at 4 ± 1 °C.

	L*
Storage days	1	15	24	30
Treatment
Raw pulque	38.73 ± 0.01a	34.17 ± 0.06d	23.76 ± 0.06 g	18.20 ± 0.01f
1CP	37.85 ± 0.05d	34.10 ± 0.03d	27.18 ± 0.02f	24.17 ± 0.06e
75%, 6 min	38.63 ± 0.03ab	35.83 ± 0.09a	33.69 ± 0.05a	26.88 ± 0.05d
75%, 9 min	38.66 ± 0.01ab	35.34 ± 0.15ab	33.49 ± 0.05ab	27.74 ± 0.04c
85%, 4 min	38.58 ± 0.02bc	34.90 ± 0.03bc	32.68 ± 0.04c	29.00 ± 0.02b
85%, 6 min	37.96 ± 0.04d	34.50 ± 0.21 cd	33.31 ± 0.14b	28.30 ± 0.04b
95%, 3 min	38.48 ± 0.03c	35.93 ± 0.07a	31.98 ± 0.04d	28.19 ± 0.07b
95%, 5 min	38.61 ± 0.01b	34.99 ± 0.17bc	31.93 ± 0.07e	29.16 ± 0.01a

L*: lightness value.

Each value is expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 2). Means in the same column followed by different lowercase letters represent significant differences (p < 0.05).

¹: Conventional pasteurized.