Table 1 Color and pH of deep-fried sugar glazed sweet taro with various starch

Outside color Inside color pH


L a b L a b

Potato starch 36.74±2.68ab1) 15.76±2.76a 42.53±4.68a 59.47±1.64ab 1.66±0.35ab 16.35±0.05ab 6.22±0.03a1)
Corn starch 40.48±1.71a 12.24±1.58a 41.88±2.59a 62.03±2.23a 1.18±0.09b 17.33±0.19a 6.16±0.03a
Sweet potato starch 33.81±1.33b 15.59±0.84a 41.55±0.20a 56.99±0.45b 1.81±0.29a 15.72±0.99b 6.26±0.12a
1)Mean±SD
a-bMeans are significantly different within the same row at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test