Table 1. Changes in L, a and b Hunter values of dried barley sprouts during storage at 25, 4 and −20°C for 6 months.

Dryingmethod	Storagetemperature (°C)	Storage time (mon)
Dryingmethod	Storagetemperature (°C)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
L value
HAD¹⁾	25	49.1±0.3^Ba2)	43.1±0.4^Ga	44.4±0.3^Fb	47.6±0.2^Cb	54.3±0.6^Aa	44.9±0.2^Eb	47.1±0.1^Dc
	4	49.1±0.3^Ca	41.8±0.1^Fb	45.0±0.2^Ea	49.3±0.2^Ba	53.9±0.3^Aa	48.2±0.5^Da	48.4±0.4^Db
	−20	49.1±0.3^Ca	41.7±0.3^Fb	44.9±0.2^Ea	49.5±0.4^Ba	54.2±0.5^Aa	47.9±0.2^Da	49.0±0.5^Ca
FD	25	47.9±0.3^Ca	47.0±0.3^Da	50.1±0.2^Ba	45.5±0.4^Gb	51.9±0.6^Ab	46.4±0.5^Ea	45.9±0.4^Fc
	4	47.9±0.3^Ca	46.0±0.3^Db	49.9±0.3^Ba	46.5±0.3^Da	52.7±1.1^Aa	45.4±1.3^Eb	48.0±0.4^Cb
	−20	47.9±0.3^Da	45.7±0.2^Fc	48.8±0.2^Cb	46.3±0.0^Ea	52.6±1.0^Aa	46.3±0.7^Ea	50.0±0.9^Ba
IRD	25	42.9±0.2^Ca	35.5±0.8^Ea	40.7±0.5^Da	44.5±0.5^Bb	50.9±0.6^Ab	43.2±0.5^Ca	44.2±0.3^Bb
	4	42.9±0.2^Da	33.5±0.7^Fb	39.0±0.1^Eb	45.4±0.5^Ba	47.9±0.4^Ac	43.4±0.5^Ca	43.0±0.3^Dc
	−20	42.9±0.2^Da	33.1±0.5^Fb	40.8±0.5^Ea	43.6±0.4^Cc	51.4±0.3^Aa	43.1±0.5^Da	44.8±0.3^Ba
a value
HAD	25	−8.5±0.0^Fa	−7.8±0.1^Eb	−5±0.1^Aa	−5.4±0.1^Bca	−5.3±0.1^Ba	−5.4±0.2^Ca	−5.9±0.1^Da
	4	−8.5±0.0^Ga	−7.5±0.1^Fa	−6±0.1^Ac	−6.6±0.1^Bb	−6.6±0.1^Cc	−7.3±0.1^Ec	−7.2±0.1^Db
	−20	−8.5±0.0^Fa	−7.6±0.0^Ea	−5.8±0.1^Ab	−6.6±0.2^Bb	−6.6±0.0^Bb	−7.1±0.1^Cb	−7.4±0.1^Dc
FD	25	−6.9±0.1^Fa	−8.1±0.0^Gc	−6.2±0.0^Ec	−5.5±0.1^Bc	−5.3±0.2^Aa	−6.1±0.1^Db	−5.7±0.1^Ca
	4	−6.9±0.1^Da	−7.3±0.1^Eb	−5.8±0.1^Bb	−5.4±0.1^Ab	−5.4±0.2^Aa	−5.7±0.1^Ba	−6.6±0.1^Cb
	−20	−6.9±0.1^Ea	−7.3±0.0^Fa	−5.3±0.0^Ba	−5.1±0.0^Aa	−5.3±0.3^Ba	−5.8±0.1^Ca	−6.7±0.1^Dc
IRD	25	−3.7±0.0^Fa	−2.8±0.1^Db	−2.2±0.1^Ac	−2.4±0.1^Ba	−3.1±0.1^Ec	−2.7±0.1^Ca	−2.7±0.1^Ca
	4	−3.7±0.0^Fa	−2.9±0.1^Cc	−2.0±0.1^Ab	−2.5±0.1^Bb	−2.6±0.1^Ba	−3.2±0.1^Eb	−3.0±0.1^Db
	−20	−3.7±0.0^Ga	−2.2±0.1^Ba	−1.9±0.1^Aa	−2.4±0.1^Ca	−3.0±0.1^Db	−3.1±0.1^Eb	−3.5±0.1^Fc
b value
HAD	25	16.8±0.1^Ba	21.7±0.2^Aa	14.8±0.2^Dc	15.7±0.1^Cb	12.6±0.1^Fb	12.3±0.2^Gc	13.4±0.1^Ec
	4	16.8±0.1^Ca	21.0±0.2^Ac	15.6±0.1^Da	17.1±0.1^Ba	13.0±0.1^Ga	14.9±0.1^Ea	14.7±0.1^Fb
	−20	16.8±0.1^Ca	21.2±0.1^Ab	15.4±0.1^Db	17.0±0.2^Ba	13.1±0.1^Ga	14.6±0.2^Fb	15.1±0.1^Ea
FD	25	14.9±0.1^Ca	20.9±0.2^Ac	15.8±0.2^Bb	14.5±0.0^Dc	10.3±0.2^Gb	12.2±0.1^Ea	11.0±0.1^Fc
	4	14.9±0.1^Ca	21.2±0.1^Aa	16.3±0.0^Ba	15.0±0.1^Ca	10.7±0.5^Fa	11.3±0.1^Ec	13.0±0.2^Db
	−20	14.9±0.1^Ca	21.0±0.1^Ab	15.7±0.1^Bc	14.9±0.1^Cb	10.6±0.7^Fab	12.1±0.2^Eb	13.3±0.1^Da
IRD	25	14.1±0.1^Ca	19.9±0.2^Aa	13.6±0.2^Da	14.5±0.3^Bb	10.9±0.3^Fb	11.3±0.2^Ec	11.3±0.2^Eb
	4	14.1±0.1^Ca	19.2±0.2^Ac	12.7±0.1^Db	14.9±0.3^Ba	8.9±0.2^Gc	12.0±0.1^Ea	10.8±0.1^Dc
	−20	14.1±0.1^Ca	19.5±0.2^Ab	13.7±0.2^Da	14.4±0.2^Bb	11.2±0.2^Ga	11.7±0.3^Fb	12.0±0.1^Ea

HAD, hot air drying; FD, freeze drying; IRD, infrared radiation drying.
Values represent the mean±SD (n=15). ^A-G)Means in the same row with different capital letters denote significant difference(p⟨0.05). ^a-c)Means in the same column are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test(p⟨0.05).