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. 2022 Jun 23;59(11):4380–4389. doi: 10.1007/s13197-022-05517-x

Table 2.

Turbidity, pH and ΔE of classical and flavored malt beverage samples containing saponin and PGA

Classical malt beverage
containing saponin
Classical malt beverage containing PGA Flavored malt beverage containing saponin Flavored malt beverage containing PGA
Turbidity
Storage time (week)
0 0.45 ± 0.05dC 0.36 ± 0.01eC 0.98 ± 0.01eA 0.74 ± 0.01eB
1 0.70 ± 0.07cC 0.39 ± 0.09deD 0.99 ± 0.08deA 0.79 ± 0.08eB
3 1.02 ± 0.11bA 0.54 ± 0.06cdB 1.02 ± 0.06deA 1.00 ± 0.04deA
6 1.17 ± 0.09bA 0.63 ± 0.03cC 1.19 ± 0.01cA 1.00 ± 0.04deB
10 1.72 ± 0.05aA 1.54 ± 0.03bB 1.33 ± 0.03bC 1.11 ± 0.01bcD
15 1.78 ± 0.05aA 1.59 ± 0.04aB 1.41 ± 0.03aC 1.15 ± 0.01aD
pH
0 4.00 ± 0.03cA 4.06 ± 0.02eA 3.31 ± 0 dB 3.21 ± 0fC
1 4.00 ± 0.03cA 4.05 ± 0eA 3.37 ± 0cB 3.24 ± 0eC
3 4.07 ± 0.04bcB 4.16 ± 0.02dA 3.37 ± 0.02cC 3.28 ± 0.01dD
6 4.15 ± 0.05bA 4.24 ± 0.04cA 3.42 ± 0.02bC 3.37 ± 0cD
10 4.27 ± 0.06aB 4.40 ± 0.03aA 3.54 ± 0.01aC 3.56 ± 0.03aC
15 4.17 ± 0.05abB 4.31 ± 0.02bA 3.34 ± 0.04cC 3.43 ± 0.05bC
ΔE
1 1.89 ± 0.02d 3.24 ± 0.01e 1.31 ± 0.05e 0.39 ± 0.01e
3 4.51 ± 0.05c 3.54 ± 0.05d 2.27 ± 0.08d 1.28 ± 0.01d
6 4.55 ± 0.05c 4.46 ± 0.02c 3.83 ± 0.05c 2.65 ± 0.01c
10 4.99 ± 0.08b 5.02 ± 0.08b 4.39 ± 0.10b 3.25 ± 0.05b
15 5.50 ± 0.09a 6.54 ± 0.10a 5.31 ± 0.12a 3.85 ± 0.05a

Different a, b, c…letters within the same column and different A, B, C… letters within the same row indicate a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)