shows, the highest total colour change (DE) in ChN
and ChS was produced between before (0 days) and after 4 days of
smoking, probably because the product is modified from “unprocessed”
to “processed” and constitutes the most intense change.
The total colour change (DE) was less pronounced from 1 to 4 days
of smoking, probably because of the occurrence of a weekend between
these days, when stoking of smoke is lower. From 4 to 7 days
of smoking, the product is already cooked and intense changes are
not produced, obtaining a very low increase of DE. In fact, manufacturers
used to define 5e6 days of smoking as the end of processing.
Finally, DE increased from 7 to 11 days, when the product is
“over cooked