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).