Table 1.
Color proper ty of spray-dried gar lic chives powders as affected by steam blanching pretreatment

Treatment1) Forming agent2) Color value
L* a* b* C*
NB DT 68.36±0.22d3) -12.98±0.03b 26.22±0.26b 29.26±0.24b 116.36±0.25a
CD 69.33±0.61c -13.55±0.07c 27.71±0.24a 30.84±0.22a 116.00±0.26a

SB DT 81.27±0.54a -5.55±0.07a 20.66±0.32d 21.39±0.32d 104.96±0.11b
CD 80.42±0.25b -5.51±0.04a 22.72±0.38c 23.38±0.36c 103.53±0.35c
NB, nonblanching; SB, steam blanching
DT, dextrin (DE=10); CD, β-cyclodextrin
Means±SD (n=3) in a column followed by same letter are not significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test (p<0.05).