Table 2. Color values of osmotically extracted syrup from peel of Citrus junos in relation to freezing pretreatment

Freezing pretreatment
Non-frozen −20°C −70°C
Color value L* 98.38±0.12a1) 81.30±2.95b 80.81±1.99b
a* −10.77±0.30b 5.09±2.71a 5.75±2.11a
b* 34.13±1.81b 55.68±3.84a 55.95±1.09a
C* 35.79±1.82b 55.95±4.04a 56.27±1.31a
107.52±0.40a 84.89±2.51b 84.16±2.00b
Values represent the mean±standard deviation (n=3). Means within each row followed by different letters are significantly different at p<0.05.