Table 5 Sensory evaluation of functional frozen yogurt during storage

From: Carob Pod Nanoparticles: enhancing physicochemical, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties of innovative functional frozen yogurt

Storage/days

Treatments

Ctrl

FYC4

FYC8

FYC12

Appearance (10 points)

1

8.93 ± 2.21a

9.57 ± 0.05ab

9.85 ± 2.01b

9.87 ± 1.25b

15

8.90 ± 0.27a

9.38 ± 2.46ab

9.83 ± 1.13b

9.68 ± 1.13b

30

8.88 ± 1.65a

9.38 ± 1.51ab

9.82 ± 1.26b

9.53 ± 1.14ab

45

8.88 ± 0.24a

9.38 ± 1.66ab

9.82 ± 1.24b

9.53 ± 1.02ab

Body and texture (30 points)

1

28.3 ± 2.24a

28.8 ± 2.13a

29.1 ± 0.94a

29.0 ± 1.28a

15

28.0 ± 1.76a

28.8 ± 1.43a

29.5 ± 1.14a

29.86 ± 1.56a

30

28.4 ± 1.42a

28.6 ± 2.80a

28.7 ± 0.34a

28.80 ± 0.16a

45

28.2 ± 1.70a

28.4 ± 1.94a

28.55 ± 2.76a

28.6 ± 4.76a

Flavor (6 points)

1

4.7 ± 1.22a

5.3 ± 0.76a

5.5 ± 1.23a

5.1 ± 1.04a

15

4.3 ± 0.34a

5.0 ± 2.02a

5.4 ± 1.65a

5.0 ± 0.93a

30

4.22 ± 0.56a

5.0 ± 0.15a

5.4 ± 1.35a

5.0 ± 0.76a

45

4.13 ± 0.87a

5.0 ± 0.10a

5.2 ± 0.24a

4.7 ± 1.22a

Overall acceptability (100 points)

1

95 ± 5.58a

97.2 ± 3.03ab

98.3 ± 3.08b

96.3 ± 5.02ab

15

95 ± 4.13a

97 ± 4.15ab

98.25 ± 1.02b

96.5 ± 3.63ab

30

94.8 ± 5.16a

96.2 ± 6.21ab

97.94 ± 4.55b

95.9 ± 2.16ab

45

94.2 ± 3.96a

96.2 ± 2.71ab

97.94 ± 2.55b

95.9 ± 2.76ab

  1. Control (Ctrl); frozen yogurt with 4% carob pods (FYC4); 8% carob pods (FYC8); and 12% carob pods (FYC12). Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (M ± SD). Within each row, values sharing the same lowercase letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05), while different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).