Table 3 Effects of wall materials on the colour of the spray-dried bitter gourd powders
Wall materials | Colour parameters (\(\bar{{\rm{\chi }}}\) ±SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L* | a* | b* | Chroma | Hue angle | |
NE | 49.713 ± 0.39a | 7.18 ± 0.14f | 18.88 ± 0.17a | 20.20 | 69.19 |
SPI | 67.13 ± 0.24e | 7.75 ± 0.06° | 30.71 ± 0.13d | 31.67 | −75.84 |
LCC | 66.54 ± 0.09d | 3.68 ± 0.02b | 30.85 ± 0.1d | 31.07 | −83.19 |
GA | 65.77 ± 0.07c | 2.61 ± 0.13c | 30.98 ± 0.14d | 31.09 | −85.19 |
MD | 67.36 ± 0.16e | 0.31 ± 0.03d | 29.3 ± 0.16c | 29.31 | −89.4 |
RS | 62.73 ± 0.13b | 0.24 ± 0.0e | 25.72 ± 0.14b | 25.72 | 89.47 |