Impact of Different Drying Methods on the Acerola-Ceriguela Mixed Pulp: Physicochemical Characteristics, Bioactive Compounds, and Sensory Attributes

Table 3

Colorimetric parameters of acerola-ceriguela (60% acerola and 40% ceriguela) mixed powder pulps obtained by the different drying methods.

Colorimetric parameters	Spray-drying	Freeze-drying	Spouted bed drying
L	85.38^b ± 0.19	83.71^c ± 0.14	90.34^a ± 0.11
a	10.53^a ± 1.46	6.13^b ± 0.10	1.58^c ± 0.09
b	20.46^b ± 0.98	30.28^a ± 0.40	17.37^c ± 0.18
Colour difference (ΔE)	39.91^b ± 0.38	32.84^c ± 0.74	43.51^a ± 0.26
Chromaticity (C)	23.05^b ± 0.50	30.89^a ± 0.40	17.44^c ± 0.18
Hue angle (H°)	66.39^c ± 0.17	78.54^b ± 0.17	84.30^a ± 0.27

Triplicate mean ± standard deviation. Means in each line followed by different superscript letters were significantly different , by Tukey’s test.