Table 2. Color of spray-dried Gac aril powders.

Values are expressed as meanstandard deviation (n = 3) Numbers with different small superscripts in the same columns showed significant differences (p < 0.05) ns refers to no significant differences.

Sample	L*	a*	b	Chroma	hue
Gac dried powder at 140 °C	84.91a± 0.61	10.84c± 0.18	24.23c± 0.40	26.55c± 0.43	65.90b± 0.03
Gac dried powder at 160 °C	81.95b± 0.29	12.66b± 0.07	27.40b± 0.15	30.19b± 0.17	65.20c± 0.01
Gac dried powder at 180 °C	80.49c± 0.26	14.02a± 0.07	32.01a± 0.23	34.94a± 0.23	66.35a± 0.04

Notes.

Values are expressed as meanstandard deviation (n = 3).

Numbers with different small superscripts in the same columns showed significant differences (p < 0.05).

ns refers to no significant differences.