adding 7% encapsulated color gave close scores to control sample thus, indicates that the addition of the natural color with level of 7% to the jelly formulation was acceptable and can replace the synthetic color.
No significant differencewas observed in physicochemical properties of jelly powder between samples and control except solubility; the solubility of the control was higher than other samples (Table 5).
This was probably due to the wall material used in encapsulated color that made the sample less soluble.
Although this small difference was statistically significant, yet the solubility was in the standard range of jelly powder standard (ISIRI, 2011).
Syneresis in samples made with adding natural encapsulated colors was significantly reduced compared with control sample, but no significant differences were found for the different wall materials (Table 6).
This may be due to the addition of wall materials used in encapsulated colors that the interaction between them increases gel strength and improves texture.
Hence, using encapsulated colors may be responsible for the reduction in syneresis compared to control sample.
The textural profile parameters, namely firmness, cohesiveness, and springiness were not significantly different among samples and control and the redness (a* value) of control sample was the highest than samples made with encapsulated colors (Table 6).
The results of texture and color were in agreement with the sensory evaluation results