Table 5. Sensory characteristics of Queso Blanco cheese supplemented with different concentrations of powdered microcapsules of tomato extracts during ripening at 7°C for 60 d
Concentration (%, w/w) | Appearance | | Taste | | Texture |
|
Yellowness | Sourness | Astringency | Tomato | Firmness |
Control | 1.25±0.10D1) | 1.38±0.05C | 1.51±0.31D | 1.34±0.18D | 4.25±0.11C |
0.5 | 3.39±1.07C | 2.25±0.58B | 1.82±0.53C | 2.78±0.79C | 4.39±0.38BC |
1.0 | 4.54±0.49BC | 2.25±0.00B | 2.25±0.82AB | 2.78±0.53C | 4.96±0.76B |
1.5 | 5.82±0.53B | 2.68±0.53B | 2.96±0.95A | 4.92±1.13B | 4.96±0.95B |
2.0 | 6.11±0.38A | 3.25±1.41A | 3.39±1.07A | 5.92±1.12A | 5.54±0.95A |