Table 1. Moisture contents, protein contents, color and pH of Ricotta cheese added with Citrus microcarpa concentrated solution as coagulation agent replacement

Traits Treatments
Control C21) C32)
Moisture (%) 67.56±2.12a 64.24±0.67b 63.37±1.42b
Protein (%) 12.71±0.35c 13.52±0.23b 14.05±0.14a
Color CIE L* 89.63±0.06a 88.07±0.06b 86.47±1.02c
CIE a* 2.48±0.05a 2.13±0.23b 1.83±0.06c
CIE b* 11.87±0.32c 16.44±0.06b 17.23±0.15a
pH 5.77±0.03a 5.69±0.03a 5.52±0.06b
All values are mean±SD.
C2, Citric acid 3%, calamansi 2%.
C3, Citric acid 2%, calamansi 3%.
Means on the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).