Effect of Harvest Period on the Proximate Composition and Functional and Sensory Properties of Gari Produced from Local and Improved Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Varieties

Table 4

Hedonic sensory mean scores of cassava gari. Garis are produced from local (EN and AD) and improved (TMS92/0326, TMS96/1414, and IRAD4115) cassava varieties harvested in dry season at 12 months and in rainy season at 15 months after planting (12MAP and 15MAP). These garis were compared to the commercial cassava gari (CG).

Harvest periods	Varieties	Color	Odor	Mouthfeel	Acidity	Sweetness	Overall acceptability
12MAP (May)	TMS92/0326	3.45 ± 0.6	3.40 ± 0.8	2.55 ± 0.51^e	2.80 ± 0.77^a	2.55 ± 0.51^bcd	3.75 ± 0.72^b
	TMS96/1414	2.85 ± 0.6	3.20 ± 0.8	2.95 ± 0.69^cde	2.65 ± 0.75^ab	2.65 ± 0.75^bc	3.80 ± 0.69^b
	IRAD4115	2.75 ± 0.8	3.05 ± 0.8	3.30 ± 0.57^bc	2.20 ± 0.41^bc	2.50 ± 0.95^bcd	2.75 ± 0.91^de
	EN	4.50 ± 0.7	3.50 ± 0.7	2.75 ± 0.85^de	1.60 ± 0.50^d	2.60 ± 0.68^bcd	4.30 ± 0.81^a
	AD	3.55 ± 0.7	2.95 ± 0.9	1.90 ± 0.71^f	1.65 ± 0.75^d	2.30 ± 0.75^cd	3.10 ± 0.79^cd
15MAP (August)	TMS92/0326	2.50 ± 0.6	1.80 ± 0.8	4.30 ± 0.86^a	1.90 ± 0.85^cd	2.30 ± 0.86^cd	2.55 ± 0.69^e
	TMS96/1414	2.15 ± 0.8	2.50 ± 0.60^bc	3.25 ± 0.79^bc	2.00 ± 1.03^cd	2.25 ± 0.78^cd	2.75 ± 0.79^de
	IRAD4115	2.40 ± 0.7	2.35 ± 0.49^c	3.15 ± 0.75^bcd	1.85 ± 0.75^cd	3.00 ± 0.79^ab	2.40 ± 0.50^e
	EN	2.20 ± 0.4	2.55 ± 0.83^bc	3.60 ± 0.75^b	1.95 ± 0.89^cd	3.35 ± 0.99^a	2.50 ± 0.76^e
	AD	3.40 ± 0.6	2.95 ± 0.94^ab	1.85 ± 0.49^f	1.65 ± 0.75^d	2.05 ± 0.76^d	3.00 ± 0.83^cd
Commercial gari cassava (CG)		3.90 ± 0.5	3.15 ± 0.93^a	2.85 ± 0.81^cde	2.50 ± 0.69^ab	2.95 ± 0.60^ab	3.55 ± 0.51^bc

Values are means ± standard deviation of scores awarded by panelists (). Values in the same column with the different superscript are significantly different ().