Table 3. Pearson’s correlation between physicochemical properties

Physicochemical property	MC	TSS	pH	L*	a*	b*	Hardness	Strength	TPC	TFC	Bacteria	Mold and yeast
MC	1	-0.919	-0.015	0.984	-0.036	-0.903	0.385	0.494	0.931	0.982	-	-0.126
TSS	-0.919	1	0.359	-0.867	-0.04	0.672	-0.042	-0.168	-0.814	-0.912	-	0.043
pH	-0.015	0.359	1	0.031	0.299	-0.285	0.767	0.633	0.23	0.039	-	-0.275
L*	0.984	-0.867	0.031	1	-0.093	-0.919	0.384	0.493	0.882	0.938	-	-0.002
a*	-0.036	-0.04	0.299	-0.093	1	0.237	-0.116	-0.0262	0.204	0.092	-	0.059
b*	-0.903	0.672	-0.285	-0.919	0.237	1	-0.700	-0.793	-0.868	-0.872	-	0.279
Hardness	0.385	-0.042	0.767	0.384	-0.116	-0.700	1	0.979	0.563	0.43	-	-0.656
Strength	0.494	-0.168	0.633	0.493	-0.262	-0.793	0.979	1	0.615	0.519	-	-0.654
TPC	0.931	-0.814	0.23	0.882	0.204	-0.868	0.563	0.615	1	0.977	-	-0.359
TFC	0.982	-0.912	0.039	0.938	0.092	-0.872	0.43	0.519	0.977	1	-	-0.254
Bacteria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Mold and yeast	-0.126	0.043	-0.275	-0.002	0.059	0.279	-0.656	-0.654	-0.359	-0.254	-	1