Influence of Shade in Cocoa Agroforestry Systems on Physicochemical and Functional Characteristics of Cocoa Beans in Bonon, Central-West Côte d’Ivoire

Table 4

Functional properties of cocoa beans from different fields.

Sample	OAC (%)	WAC (%)	EA (%)	ES (%)	FC (%)	FS (%)	BD (g/cm^3)	HLB
FS1	a	a	ac	a	a	a	a	a
SS1	a	a	ac	a	b	b	ab	a
S1	a	a	ac	a	ab	0.00a	b	a
FS2	a	a	c	a	a	0.00a	ab	a
SS2	a	a	ab	a	ab	0.00a	ab	a
S2	a	a	bc	a	0.00a	0.00a	ab	a
FS3	a	a	a	a	ab	0.00a	ab	a
SS3	a	a	ac	a	b	b	b	a
S3	a	a	bc	a	0.00a	0.00a	ab	a

Values with different alphabetical letters on the same line are statistically different (). FS1: full shade field 1; SS1: semishade field 1; S1: sun field 1; FS2: full shade field 2; SS2: semishade field 2; S2: sun field 2; FS3: shade field 3; SS3: semishade field 3; S3: sun field 3; WAC: water absorption capacity; OAC: oil absorption capacity; EA: emulsifying activity; ES: emulsion stability; FC: foaming capacity; FS: foam stability; BD: block density; HLB: hydrophilic lipophilic balance.