Journal of Food Quality

Research Article

Evaluation of Storage and Freezing, Baking, and Boiling Treatments on Total Carotenoids Content in the Fruits of Selected Cucurbita moschata Duch. Varieties

Table 3

Total carotenoids content effected by heat treatments in dry matter (DM) [mg/100g].

Heat treatment

Fresh

Boiling

Baking

Freezing

Variety

2018^A

2019^A

Aver.^A

2018^B

2019^B

Aver.^B

2018^A

2019^A

Aver.^A

2018^A

2019^A

aver.^A

Liscia

63.25 ± 2.94^ab

30.35 ± 0.22^ab

46.80 ± 16.45^a

282.18 ± 16.71^b

59.28 ± 4.23^a

170.73 ± 111.45^ab

90.9 ± 3.95^b

28.48 ± 1.92^a

59.73 ± 31.25^ab

64.53 ± 7.24^bc

28.2 ± 4.59^a

46.37 ± 18.17^a

Matilda

52.66 ± 8.82^a

43.33 ± 1.84^c

48.0 ± 4.67^ab

189.88 ± 14.80^a

102.67 ± 5.11^ab

146.28 ± 43.60^ab

60.27 ± 1.06^a

49.06 ± 2.34^d

54.67 ± 5.61^ab

42.72 ± 0.96^ab

47.03 ± 0.92^c

44.88 ± 2.16^a

Orange

91.32 ± 18.82^b

77.01 ± 1.55^e

84.17 ± 7.15^c

329.51 ± 15.40^b

180.87 ± 10.21^c

255.19 ± 74.32^b

71.20 ± 10.78^a

82.48 ± 0.07^f

76.84 ± 5.64^b

63.01 ± 9.60^abc

80.61 ± 0.28^e

71.81 ± 8.80^b

Serpentine

49.66 ± 3.36^a

28.43 ± 1.60^a

39.05 ± 10.62^a

191.53 ± 12.66^a

59.06 ± 4.22^a

125.30 ± 66.24^ab

60.67 ± 4.15^a

35.02 ± 2.76^b

47.85 ± 12.83^a

41.18 ± 2.52^a

32.13 ± 1.00^ab

36.66 ± 4.53^a

UG 205 F1

65.08 ± 4.66^ab

61.68 ± 2.49^d

63.38 ± 1.70^b

294.43 ± 20.48^b

140.89 ± 44.95^bc

217.66 ± 76.77^ab

70.88 ± 1.30^a

68.46 ± 1.37^e

69.67 ± 1.21^ab

68.54 ± 7.56^c

68.28 ± 4.64^d

68.41 ± 0.13^b

Waltham

63.27 ± 9.74^ab

35.08 ± 0.37^b

49.18 ± 14.10^ab

181.23 ± 31.04^a

58.33 ± 2.40^a

119.78 ± 61.45^a

62.68 ± 1.75^a

41.54 ± 1.72^c

52.11 ± 10.57^ab

51.93 ± 2.07^abc

38.06 ± 1.13^b

45.00 ± 6.93^a

The values given in the table are expressed as the average ± SD (n = 3). Different lowercase letters in columns (a, b, c, d, e) between variables express statistically significant differences between the observed varieties (). Different capital letters (A, B, C) in a row express statistically significant differences in growing years and their average during storage (). Abbreviation “aver.” means average.