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).