Table 1 Color of fresh pumpkin and pumpkin paste with different heating time under high pressure

Characteristics1)	L*	a*	b*
Fresh	45.04±0.31b2)	25.53±0.12a	77.10±0.52b
HHP0	48.14±0.11a	20.36±0.09b	81.88±0.18a
HHP20	44.33±0.67c	19.63±0.07c	75.46±1.12c
HHP40	44.25±0.11c	18.76±0.22d	75.24±0.19c
HHP60	42.86±0.13d	18.41±0.20e	72.88±0.21d

HHP0, high pressure heating pumpkin 0 min; HHP20, high pressure heating pumpkin 20 min; HHP40, high pressure heating pumpkin 40 min; HHP60, high pressure heating pumpkin 60 min.
^a-dDifferent letters within the same column are significantly different from each other at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.