Table 2.
Color of burdock tea treated by steaming, drying, roasting methods

Processing conditions1) Color
Lightness (L) Redness (a) Yellowness (b)
HDR 61.36±1.102)b3) -1.06±0.04c 9.25±0.18a
SHD 64.35±0.67a 1.03±0.04a -2.65±0.04c
SHDR 57.36±1.31c -0.69±0.06b 5.58±0.12b
Abbreviation: HDR; Hot air drying and roasting, SHD; Steaming and hot air drying, SHDR; steaming and hot air drying and roasting
Values are means standard deviations of triplicate determinations
Different superscripts within a column (a-c) indicate significant differences (p<0.05).