Table 1.
Effects of different freezing and thawing method on total color difference of mushroom

Freezing system Thawing system Lightness Redness Yellowness Total color difference
Control 78.66±4.15ABCD3) -0.91±0.53C 13.6±2.06D
CF2) NT1) 77.3±2.22ABCDb4) -0.78±0.37Bc 16.11±1.39Aa 3.53±1.47A
FT 75.26±2.71BCDb -0.47±0.54ABCb 13.67±1.48CDb 3.93±2.37AB
ST 77.3±2.1ABCDb -0.51±0.83ABC 14.84±1.77ABCa 2.74±1.94AB
MT 78.01±1.61ABCDa -1.03±0.54Cc 14.02±1.35BCDb 1.96±1.04Bb
ABF NT 80.55±2.25ABa -0.67±0.45Bc 15.11±1.75ABCa 3.33±1.59AB
FT 80.62±2.35ABCa -0.54±0.44ABCb 14.03±1.67BCDb 3.1±1.53AB
ST 80.98±2.03Aa -0.85±0.29C 15.75±1.34ABa 3.67±1.45A
MT 76.3±1.25CDb -0.42±0.34ABCb 14.62±1.08ABCDb 2.79±1.34ABab
LNF NT 77.71±3.85ABCDb -0.95±0.31C 13.4±0.95CDb 3.63±1.42A
FT 77.4±2.60ABCDb 0.36±0.65Aa 15.94±1.96ABa 3.78±2.18A
ST 75.03±1.76Dc -0.83±0.54C 13.43±1.12CDb 3.88±1.58AB
MT 79.55±1.98ABCDa 0.31±0.69ABa 16.07±1.52ABa 3.61±1.23ABa
Thawing was finished at 4°C of core temperature of sample (NT: Natural air convection thawing, FT: Flowing thawing, ST: sonification thawing, MT: Microwave thawing).
Freezing was done at -12°C of core temperature of sample (CF: Conventional freezing, ABF: Air blast freezing, LNF: Liquid nitrogen freezing)
A-DMeans with different superscript letters in a row are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.
a-cMeans with different superscript letters within different thawing method at same freezing system are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.