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. 2022 Jun 11;8(6):369. doi: 10.3390/gels8060369

Table 1.

pH, color, and texture parameters of emulsion gels.

Parameters CD-Supplemented Konjac-Based Emulsion Gels (1)
CD0 CD2 CD4 CD6 CD8
pH 7.32 ± 0.02 7.36 ± 0.03 7.36 ± 0.04 7.36 ± 0.02 7.34 ± 0.04
CIE L* 72.96 ± 1.41 b 92.18 ± 0.40 a 92.35 ± 0.43 a 92.32 ± 0.34 a 92.33 ± 0.45 a
a* 0.74 ± 0.18 b 1.19 ± 0.05 a 1.20 ± 0.05 a 1.20 ± 0.07 a 1.26 ± 0.06 a
b* 8.61 ± 0.23 a 5.68 ± 0.15 b 5.44 ± 0.22 c 5.19 ± 0.20 d 4.79 ± 0.19 e
Hardness (g) 95.46 ± 12.08 c 220.56 ± 4.27 b 239.00 ± 21.48 b 267.98 ± 13.76 a 268.42 ± 21.07 a
Springiness 0.92 ± 0.01 b 0.93 ± 0.01 ab 0.94 ± 0.01 ab 0.94 ± 0.02 a 0.95 ± 0.02 a
Cohesiveness 0.29 ± 0.03 d 0.37 ± 0.02 c 0.38 ± 0.02 bc 0.39 ± 0.01 ab 0.41 ± 0.00 a
Chewiness (g) 23.03 ± 4.87 d 69.27 ± 6.37 c 81.52 ± 8.05 b 94.24 ± 5.11 a 98.07 ± 2.99 a
Gumminess (g) 28.66 ± 4.86 d 74.86 ± 7.51 c 91.16 ± 10.44 b 100.25 ± 4.17 a 105.77 ± 4.92 a

CIE, Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage. (1) CD0, 0% cyclodextrin-supplemented konjac-based emulsion gel; CD2, 2% cyclodextrin-supplemented konjac-based emulsion gel; CD4, 4% cyclodextrin-supplemented konjac-based emulsion gel; CD6, 6% cyclodextrin-supplemented konjac-based emulsion gel; CD8, 8% cyclodextrin-supplemented konjac-based emulsion gel. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n ≥ 3). For a–e in each row, different letters represent a significant difference (p < 0.05).