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