Salt concentration effect on pickle
From table 4, among different samples (pickle) the highest score (6.8) for color was for sample P15 followed by P20 and lowest score (4.8) for P05 preceded by P10. For flavor the highest score (6.7) was for sample P15 followed by P20 and lowest score (4.7) for P05 preceded by P10. For texture the highest score (6.7) for P15 and followed by P20 and there is lowest score (5.0) for P10 preceded by P05. Finally for overall acceptability, the highest score (6.7) was
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for sample P15 followed by P20 and lowest score (5) for P05 and was preceded by P10. For color and flavor there is no statistical significant difference between sample P20 and P10 as they were suffixed by same letter (b). There is significance difference between them for texture and overall acceptability as P20 suffixed by letter “b” whereas P10was suffixed by letter “c”. Sample P15 was significantly different from all other pickle samples as suffixed by letter (a) and ranked as “Like slightly” due to its mean score (6.7) which is very near to 7 and may be ranked as “Like Moderately” as per Rangana (1991) for each of sensory parameter. Sample P15 was identified as best sample (pickle) as its score for color, flavor, texture and most importantly overall acceptability was highest among the others. Sample P15 contains more salt than P05 and P10 but less than P20. So it can be claimed that high but not excessive amount of salt gives better quality pickle where other ingredients remain same as the P15 was made with 15% salt and P20 was made with 20% salt (Table 1 & 4)