Table 4 Color parameters determined in raw and SC-CO2-treated cane juice.

From: The potential use of supercritical carbon dioxide in sugarcane juice processing

Trial

Treatment

L*

a*

b*

chroma

°hue

1

raw

33.67 ± 0.02

8.71 ± 0.01

29.95 ± 0.02

31.2

73.8

 

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

37.91 ± 0.01

6.25 ± 0.02

27.92 ± 0.02

28.6

77.4

2

raw

34.17 ± 0.02

10.5 ± 0.01

32.55 ± 0.01

34.2

72.1

 

130 bar/40 °C/30 min

35.75 ± 0.03

9.37 ± 0.02

30.02 ± 0.01

31.4

72.7

3

raw

32.26 ± 0.02

10.5 ± 0.02

26.03 ± 0.01

28.1

68.1

 

295 bar/40 °C/30 min

34.92 ± 0.01

9.02 ± 0.01

26.40 ± 0.01

27.9

71.1

4

raw

36.75 ± 0.01

6.19 ± 0.02

36.71 ± 0.03

37.2

80.4

 

130 bar/60 °C/30 min

37.77 ± 0.02

6.27 ± 0.02

34.55 ± 0.02

35.1

79.7

5

raw

38.93 ± 0.03

4.61 ± 0.01

35.44 ± 0.05

35.7

82.6

 

295 bar/60 °C/30 min

44.14 ± 0.02

3.96 ± 0.05

37.62 ± 0.03

37.6

84.0

6

raw

69.03 ± 0.10

0.96 ± 0.0

36.60 ± 0.02

36.6

88.5

 

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

63.14 ± 0.02

4.62 ± 0.01

43.95 ± 0.01

44.2

84.0

7

raw

40.67 ± 0.01

4.89 ± 0.01

38.58 ± 0.02

38.9

82.8

 

130 bar/ 40 °C/ 60 min

42.55 ± 0.02

4.89 ± 0.01

37.84 ± 0.01

38.2

82.6

8

raw

72.92 ± 0.01

1.22 ± 0.02

36.71 ± 0.02

36.7

88.1

 

295 bar/40 °C/60 min

73.06 ± 0.01

4.04 ± 0.01

42.28 ± 0.02

42.5

84.5

9

raw

71.09 ± 0.02

2.64 ± 0.04

35.90 ± 0.03

36.0

85.8

 

130 bar/60 °C/60 min

60.91 ± 0.02

3.97 ± 0.02

39.33 ± 0.02

39.5

84.2

10

raw

37.02 ± 0.01

16.09 ± 0.0

45.84 ± 0.01

40.6

70.7

 

295 bar/60 °C/60 min

50.14 ± 0.02

14.74 ± 0.0

50.67 ± 0.02

52.8

73.8

11

raw

31.48 ± 0.02

4.60 ± 0.03

30.29 ± 0.03

30.6

81.4

 

213 bar/50 °C/45 min

32.53 ± 0.01

5.80 ± 0.03

24.75 ± 0.02

25.4

76.8

12

raw

55.16 ± 0.02

5.14 ± 0.02

41.59 ± 0.02

41.9

83.0

 

74 bar/ 50 °C/ 45 min

49.73 ± 0.02

6.78 ± 0.02

34.34 ± 0.01

35.0

78.8

13

raw

49.15 ± 0.01

5.65 ± 0.01

44.44 ± 0.01

44.8

82.8

 

351 bar/50 °C/45 min

51.37 ± 0.01

4.33 ± 0.02

37.39 ± 0.05

37.6

83.4

14

raw

60.81 ± 0.02

4.94 ± 0.01

44.73 ± 0.01

44.9

83.7

 

213 bar/33 °C/45 min

66.36 ± 0.02

4.05 ± 0.04

38.75 ± 0.02

39.0

84.0

15

raw

58.49 ± 0.01

3.05 ± 0.05

40.05 ± 0.02

40.2

85.6

 

213 bar/67 °C/45 min

52.32 ± 0.02

4.25 ± 0.03

36.51 ± 0.01

36.8

83.4

16

raw

52.49 ± 0.03

6.53 ± 0.05

45.88 ± 0.02

46.3

81.9

 

213 bar/50 °C/20 min

52.82 ± 0.02

6.63 ± 0.04

41.09 ± 0.02

41.6

80.8

17

raw

63.63 ± 0.01

4.84 ± 0.03

46.17 ± 0.05

46.4

84.0

 

213 bar/50 °C/70 min

65.70 ± 0.04

4.58 ± 0.02

42.14 ± 0.02

42.4

83.8

  1. L* (lightness) = 0 (black). 100 (white). +a* = red. −a* = green. +b* = yellow. −b* = blue.
  2. Mean values of 3 replicates ± standard deviation.
  3. \({\rm{Chroma}}={({{\rm{a}}}^{* 2}+{{\rm{b}}}^{* 2})}^{\frac{1}{2}}\, ^\circ {\rm{hue}}=\arctan \left(\frac{{{\rm{b}}}^{* }}{{{\rm{a}}}^{* }}\right)\).