Research Article

Physical, Microbial, and Chemical Quality of Hot-Air-Dried Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) Chips during Storage

Table 2

Statistical significance of main effects and interactions on the quality metrics. If an interaction term was deemed significant but one or more of the component main effects were not significant, the significance of the interaction is noted in this table but not explored further in the main text. Significant with ; significant with ; significant with .

Model componentsMeasured response variables
Moisture-relatedColorMicrobiology
Effect TestawMoisture contentΔElog10 (total aerobic plate countlog10 (yeast/mold count)

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Instrumental texture (TPA)Instrumental texture (shear)
Effect testHardness 1Energy 1Hardness 2Energy 2CohesivenessSpringinessChewinessResilienceMax loadToughnessPeak count

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Chemical
Effect testAntioxidant activityTotal soluble phenolics% tanninsCondensed tanninsAscorbic acidMalic acidCitric acidFumaric acidFructoseGlucoseSucroseCarotenoids

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