TABLE 4.

Effects of lentil flour and beet powder on color acceptability¹ of packaged pork bologna samples (n = 60 panelists)

Treatments	External color	External acceptability	Internal color	Internal acceptability	Purge color	Purge acceptability
CON	3.88 ± 0.07b	4.17 ± 0.17a	3.92 ± 0.07b	4.23 ± 0.18ab	3.49 ± 0.14b	4.38 ± 0.16a
0.1B	3.05 ± 0.16c	3.92 ± 0.14ab	3.03 ± 0.17c	3.97 ± 0.14cb	3.15 ± 0.14cd	4.25 ± 0.14a
0.3B	4.27 ± 0.18ab	4.20 ± 0.14a	4.02 ± 0.13b	4.38 ± 0.14ab	4.87 ± 0.13a	3.17 ± 0.15bc
0.5B	4.82 ± 0.15a	4.00 ± 0.15ab	4.62 ± 0.13a	4.75 ± 0.12a	5.40 ± 0.12a	2.82 ± 0.18bc
L0.0B	1.70 ± 0.07d	2.65 ± 0.17c	1.68 ± 0.06d	2.75 ± 0.17e	2.13 ± 0.13e	3.45 ± 0.19b
L0.1B	1.53 ± 0.07d	3.07 ± 0.19c	1.45 ± 0.06d	3.13 ± 0.18de	2.52 ± 0.15de	3.47 ± 0.15b
L0.3B	2.03 ± 0.17d	3.20 ± 0.17c	1.67 ± 0.13d	3.28 ± 0.16cde	3.70 ± 0.22bc	3.20 ± 0.16bc
L0.5B	2.85 ± 0.22c	3.33 ± 0.16bc	2.67 ± 0.15c	3.60 ± 0.15cd	5.05 ± 0.18a	2.65 ± 0.17c
LCON	3.80 ± 0.11b	4.45 ± 0.12a	3.98 ± 0.08b	4.55 ± 0.11ab	3.57 ± 0.13bc	4.52 ± 0.13a
p‐value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Note: Means ± standard error of mean within the same column with the same letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05). Six‐point acceptability scale: 1 = dislike very much; 6 = like very much. Color descriptions for external color (surface color near the edge) and internal color: 6‐point scale where 1 = gray brown, 2 = gray, 3 = dark pink, 4 = pale pink, 5 = bright pink, and 6 = bright red.

Abbreviations: 0.1B, 0.1% beet powder; 0.3B, 0.3% beet powder; 0.5B, 0.5% beet powder; CON, 156 ppm sodium nitrite; L0.0B, 6% lentil flour; L0.1B, lentil flour with 0.1% beet powder; L0.3B, lentil flour with 0.3% beet powder; L0.5B, lentil flour with 0.5% beet powder; LCON, lentil flour with 156 ppm sodium nitrite.

P‐Values in bold indicate statistically significant results.