The colors of MVD and AD samples showed a different behavior. The air dried apple chips were the darkest and characterized by stronger redness compared to freeze dried samples. Whereas the lightness, the yellowness and chroma values after the MVD application increased in comparison to the VI apple slice, the b*, chroma values and the hue of air dried
material were strongly reduced. The measured hue of apple polyphenol enriched Braeburn slices was not significantly influenced after MVD, when compared to the VI apple slice