The prepared silver beet was then soaked in 20 L of 10% salt water and allowed to
soak for 2 h at room temperature (19.3 ± 0.8 °C) then 9 h in the fridge at 5.4 °C. The salted silver beet
leaves and stems were squeezed by hand to remove excess water and then washed gently under
running tap water and squeezed again to remove excess water