Table 3 Sensory evaluation of regular gari, gari with red palm oil and yellow cassava gari

From: Vitamin A stability during storage of fortified gari produced using different fortification strategies

Attribute

Regular gari

Gari with red palm oil

Yellow cassava gari

Colour

7.8 ± 1.9a

7.2 ± 2.1a,b

6.3 ± 2.3b

Smell

7.3 ± 1.6a

6.3 ± 2.2b

6.0 ± 2.4b

Mouthfeel

7.1 ± 1.6a

6.2 ± 2.0a

6.2 ± 2.1a

Taste

7.4 ± 1.6a

6.3 ± 2.2b

6.2 ± 2.1b

Sourness

6.9 ± 1.9a

6.1 ± 2.2a

5.9 ± 2.2a

  1. Five different attributes were scored (colour, smell, mouthfeel, taste, and sourness) according to a 9-point hedonic scale. Hereby, 1 is the lowest score and 9 the highest. Scores within the same row with a different letter are significantly different (p < 0.05).