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Table 3. Mean Hunter “L”, “a”, hue, and AE color values of menhadedn mince as
affected by different washing treatments.
Treatments L a Hue 1 AE2
pH 5.0 51.92 a 0.11 bc 89.70 a 39.35 b
pH 6.0 51.70 a 0.33 bc 88.61 a 39.59 b
pH 7.0 51.44 a 0.16 bc 89.53 a 39.73 b
pH 8.0 52.98 a 0.28 bc 88.42 a 38.15 b
pH 9.0 53.27 a -0.06 c 90.68 a 37.97 b
pH 10.0 51.95 a 0.13 bc 89.86 a 39.22 b
Tap Water 51.28 a 0.72 b 86.97 a 40.04 b
Unwashed 41.41 b 4.49 a 68.74 b 49.97 a
Overall Mean 50.74
cv (%) 3.18
SEM 2.60
LSD (0.05) 2.82
0.77 86.56
54.27 2.55
0.19 4.86
0.76 3.86
40.50
‘Hue = Tan -1 (b/a)
2AE = Total color difference = [(L-LJ2 + (a-h)’ + (b-b,)2]”
abc - Means within columns not followed by a common letter differ (P < 0.05).
CV - Coefficient of Variability
SEM - Standard error of the mean
LSD - Least significant differences at 5% level of probability.
3.87
2.46
2.75