Looking separately at the effects of the HHP treatments on hardness,measured in the pepper endocarp (Table 4), T4 was found to present significantly higher values than T1 (p b 0.05). Separate analysis of the HHP treatments’ effect on the chewiness and gumminess measured in the pepper endocarp (Table 4) showed that the values for these properties
were significantly higher (p b 0.05) in the high pressure treatment (500 MPa) than when low pressure (100 MPa) was applied.