During storage, artichoke pieces were evaluated visually by 10
judges. Each treatment was coded, presented in random order and
evaluated based on general visual appearance using a scale, where:
9 = excellent, just sliced; 7 = very good, 5 = good, limit of marketability;
3 = fair, limit of usability; and 1 = poor, inedible (Gorny et al.,
1999). The judges were provided with a color photograph of the
samples according to this scale