Table 4.
Hunter color values changes for cut kimchi cabbage with respect to packaging mater ials during short-term storage at 5°C

Weeks Package1)
PP OPP LDPE
L 0 78.19±3.28bC2) 80.17±2.83aA 80.65±2.60aB
1 80.34±0.68bB 78.84±2.62cB 81.81±1.88aB
2 82.61±1.19bA 79.67±1.11cAB 83.76±1.81aA
3 83.06±1.88aA 78.64±0.85cB 81.40±1.08bB
4 76.15±3.53cD 79.28±1.20bAB 84.00±3.30aA
a 0 -0.75±0.15aBC -0.83±0.20aA -0.80±0.18aB
1 -0.6±0.08aA -0.85±0.37bA -1.01±0.34bC
2 -0.69±0.08abB -0.71±0.06bA -0.66±0.04aA
3 -0.83±0.11aC -1.14±0.33bB -1.05±0.25bC
4 -0.82±0.12aC -0.88±0.21aA -0.87±0.13aB
b 0 5.80±0.58aAB 5.71±0.81aB 5.62±0.71aBC
1 5.73±0.65cAB 6.61±0.58aA 6.20±0.48bB
2 5.71±0.44aAB 4.81±0.39cC 5.31±0.59bC
3 5.97±0.41aA 6.38±1.34aA 6.24±1.02aB
4 5.42±0.97bB 5.55±0.65bB 7.78±1.54aA
ΔE 0 22.21±3.14aB 20.29±2.72bB 19.80±2.48bA
1 20.11±0.65bC 21.84±2.30aA 18.88±1.87cAB
2 17.95±1.17bD 20.49±1.10aB 16.72±1.87cC
3 17.63±1.66cD 21.95±1.19aA 19.30±0.81bA
4 24.07±3.60aA 21.08±1.13bAB 17.69±2.38cBC
PP, polypropylene film; OPP, oriented polypropylene film; LDPE, low density polyethylene film.
abMeans followed by the same letters within the row of each cut kimchi cabbages are not significantly different (p<0.05); ABmeans followed by the same letters within the column per parameter are not significantly different (p<0.05).