Table 2. Sensory acceptance evaluation of dried sweet pumpkin by pretreatment

Test¹⁾	Flavor	Odor	Color	Hardness	Sweet	Overall taste
OD	3.00±0.90^b2)	2.67±1.1¹^a	3.09±1.13^b	3.79±0.99^a	2.67±0.96^a	2.85±0.71^a
SD	3.45±0.71^a	3.21±1.24^a	4.12±0.89^a	2.30±1.02^c	2.97±1.02^a	3.12±0.89^a
MD	2.94±1.09^b	2.73±1.10^a	3.36±1.22^b	3.18±1.16^b	2.94±0.86^a	3.03±0.88^a

OD, oven-dried; SD, steam-dried; MD, microwave-dried.
The same superscripts (^a-c) in a column are not significantly different each other at p⟨0.05 level by the Duncan’s multiple range test.