Table 3. Changes of color in Queso Blanco cheese supplemented with different concentrations of powdered microcapsules of tomato extracts during ripening at 7°C for 60 d

Color value Concentration (%, w/w) Storage period (d)
0 15 30 45 60
L Control 81.10±0.27Aa1) 79.33±0.49Aa 79.01±0.29Aa 78.32±0.16Aab 77.66±0.33Ab
0.5 77.70±0.61ABa 76.60±0.38Ba 75.65±0.51BCa 74.41±0.41ABab 73.87±0.29Bb
1.0 76.93±0.61Ba 76.00±0.55Ba 75.41±0.54BCab 73.89±0.60Bb 73.11±0.33Bb
1.5 75.49±0.71BCa 73.95±0.94Cab 72.45±0.73CDab 72.05±0.72BCab 71.77±0.43BCb
2.0 74.51±0.71Ca 72.63±0.54Cab 71.25±0.53Db 70.79±0.27Cbc 69.91±0.32Cc
a Control −4.21±0.13Cb −3.95±0.07Dab −3.74±0.05Ea −3.73±0.06Ea −3.61±0.03Ea
0.5 1.15±0.41Ba 1.19±0.41Ca 1.21±0.45Da 1.31±0.19Da 1.42±0.29Ca
1.0 1.47±0.55Bb 2.10±0.31Ba 2.38±0.30Ca 2.42±0.74Ca 2.50±0.23Ca
1.5 3.03±0.88Ab 3.69±0.81ABb 3.84±0.84Bab 4.21±0.53Bab 4.46±0.24Ba
2.0 3.50±0.87Ad 4.25±0.33Ac 5.12±1.17Ab 5.59±0.59Aab 6.02±0.41Aa
b Control 16.70±0.18Db 16.77±0.09Cb 16.82±0.17Dab 16.87±0.13Da 17.05±0.14Ca
0.5 23.75±0.69Cb 25.91±0.71Bb 25.77±1.29Cab 26.36±0.78Ca 26.60±1.42BCa
1.0 25.74±1.32Cb 26.98±1.38ABab 27.44±1.61BCa 28.35±0.85Ba 28.62±1.09Ba
1.5 28.50±1.52Bc 29.49±1.52Abc 30.82±1.46ABb 30.94±1.55Bb 32.62±1.53ABa
2.0 29.84±2.28Ac 31.38±1.51Ac 33.11±1.60Abc 34.78±1.03Ab 36.89±1.33Aa