Table 2. Brown index and Hunter ’s L, a and b values of freeze-dried and hot air-dried Jicama powder

Samples	Brown index	Hunter’s values			ΔE
		L	a	b
		Hot air-dried Jicama	0.107±0.004*1)	88.01±0.67		0.43±0.11*	11.96±1.50*	-
Freeze-dried Jicama	0.029±0.002	92.86±0.11*	-0.67±0.11	3.21±0.31	10.06

Each value is expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate determinations.
Mean with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by student’s t-test.