Amount of citric acid
0 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8%
pH Colour 6.42 ± 0.05a 5.76 ± 0.22b 5.16 ± 0.11c 4.79 ± 0.05d 4.73 ± 0.05d 4.49 ± 0.02d
             
Red 1.41+0.11a 1.87+0.22b 2.05+0.05b 2.03+0.08b 2.00+0.00b 2.05+0.05c
Yellow 1.43+0.09a 1.85+0.15b 2.07+0.16c 2.12+0.08c 2.07+0.05c 2.08+0.07c
Blue 0.24+0.09a 0.32+0.08a,b 0.25+0.10a 0.30+0.09a,b 0.30+0.12a 0.15+0.08a,b
Colour of Sample orange+1.4 orange+1.9 orange+1.9 yellow/orange+0.1 yellow/orange+0.1 orange+2.1
Values are mean ± Standard Deviation
Means in the same row followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other at P<0.05.
Table 4: Effect of different levels of citric acid on the pH and colour of the therapeutic food.