Impact of Different Combinations of Processing Steps on Product Quality and Proximate Composition of Bêche-de-mer: A Case Study from Sri Lanka
Table 2
Initial weight, processed weight, percentage weight loss, parameters used to assess the quality of the processed products (percentages of damaged, % deformed, % visible patches, and % oversalted), and exporters’ ranking for the high-quality bêche-de-mer of H. spinifera, B. vitiensis, and S. naso.
#
Species
Sample code
Sample size ()
Initial weight (, g)
Processed weight (, g)
% Weight loss
% Damaged
% Deformed
% Visible patches
% Oversalted
Exporters’ ranking
1
H. spinifera
F20PST
15
90.57
0.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
2
F15DLT
15
90.33
0.00
20.00
0.00
56.33
5
F10DLT
15
90.55
0.00
20.00
20.00
60.00
8
F10DST
15
85.89
0.00
20.00
0.00
40.00
7
F20PLF
15
91.10
0.00
16.67
16.67
33.33
3
F10PLF
15
90.46
0.00
20.00
0.00
60.00
6
S15DSF
15
89.53
0.00
20.00
0.00
40.00
4
F20DSF
15
90.79
0.00
20.00
0.00
20.00
1
2
B. vitiensis
F10ST
15
91.78
0.00
16.67
0.00
50.00
2
F15ST
15
93.26
0.00
0.00
20.00
40.00
1
S15LT
15
92.40
0.00
20.00
40.00
20.00
5
S10ST
15
91.09
0.00
0.00
0.00
20.00
3
F10LT
15
89.45
0.00
20.00
40.00
40.00
6
S20LF
15
89.49
0.00
0.00
20.00
20.00
3
S15LF
15
92.40
0.00
20.00
20.00
40.00
4
F20LF
15
92.90
0.00
0.00
40.00
20.00
7
3
S. naso
S6LF
15
92.43
0.00
20.00
0.00
0.00
6
F6LT
15
88.72
0.00
16.67
16.67
0.00
5
F3SF
15
93.51
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2
S6SF
15
90.26
0.00
0.00
14.29
14.29
3
S3LF
15
92.46
0.00
16.67
16.67
33.33
7
F6SF
15
93.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4
F9LF
15
90.53
0.00
16.67
16.67
0.00
4
S3SF
15
86.54
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1
Average weights are given in ; the highest quality bêche-de-mer was given rank 1 in the exporters’ ranking.
