Quality and Safety of Folded Vermicelli Produced by the Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania

Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology | Vol 2, Issue 1

Table 3. Findings of the assessed colour parameters of the vermicelli samples (Mean±SD)

Company No.	*Brightness (L)**	*Redness (a)**	*Yellowness (b)**
1	67.65±4.20^a	-0.68±0.01^bc	19.42±1.74^a
2	55.39±12.78^a	-0.43±0.04^abc	15.64±4.43^a
3	61.54±2.52^a	-1.32±0.18^c	14.31±0.25^a
4	68.89±1.90^a	-0.16±0.21^abc	19.20±0.35^a
5	57.79±1.87^a	-0.67±0.39^bc	15.82±0.57^a
6	53.03±5.88^a	-0.77±0.33^bc	13.68±0.83^a
7	54.68±7.47^a	-0.25±0.13^abc	14.85±1.01^a
8	62.06±1.65^a	0.04±0.02^ab	18.12±0.22^a
9	72.14±0.71^a	-0.16±0.36^abc	19.48±1.14^a
10	69.83±5.05^a	-0.47±0.46^abc	16.57±1.80^a
11	60.79±10.95^a	0.56±0.72^a	17.72±2.12^a
12	61.63±1.39^a	-0.19±0.01^abc	15.47±1.02^a
13	53.96±2.27^a	-0.26±0.11^abc	14.11±0.71^a
14	64.47±3.91^a	-0.42±0.05^abc	17.31±2.01^a
Mean	61.70	-0.37	16.55
SD	7.40	0.48	2.32

Values are given as means ± standard deviation (SD) of the duplicate determinations. Values in the same column having the same superscripted letters are not statistically significant differences (p>0.05) according to Tukey’s Honest Significant Different (HSD).