2.5.4. Color
The Color Difference Meter
(Model TC-P III A, Tokyo Denshoku Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
based on CIE system (L*, a* and b*)
was used to investigate the color of fried rice crackers.
The instrument was calibrated each time before its use.
Five replications of the ground fried rice crackers obtained for each frying condition were used for the color test.