Table 2.
Sur face color values of egg yolk from laying hen with different feeding
Diets2) | Egg yolk |
L1) | a | b | ΔE |
Control | 58.90±4.83a3) | 16.60±2.43a | 34.88±3.00a | 53.56±5.31a |
A | 41.06±5.23b | 25.15±3.62b | 26.88±2.89b | 66.09±5.45b |
B | 50.68±5.33c | 17.74±2.34a | 31.17±3.33c | 57.77±4.71ac |
C | 47.34±4.34c | 19.66±2.06a | 29.44±3.33bc | 60.14±5.43c |
L, lightness; a, a plus value indicates redness and a minus value greenness; b, a plus value indicates yellowness and a minus value blueness, and ΔE, total color difference. Standard values of L, a and b were 95.83, -0.13 and -0.12, respectively.
Control : 100% commercial diet for laying hen, A, B and C : mixed diet with 90% commercial feed and 10% Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria religiosa and Hijikia fusiforme, respectively.
Mean values within a same column with different superscript letters were significantly different at p<0.05.