2.4 Sensory evaluation of cake
The sensory scores of fresh bake orange
flavored butter cake were shown in Figure 4. All
attributes had the scores in the range of 6-7 out of 9.
On day 3, the sensory characteristics of the cake
wrapped with chitosan film, chitosan film
incorporating orange essential oil 0.7% and 1.4%
were not significantly different between treatments
.
and all scores were greater than 5 which were in
sensory acceptable limit (Figure 5). On day 7, the
cake wrapped by chitosan film was disregarded due
to mold growth. Orange flavored butter cake
wrapped by chitosan incorporating 1.4% orange
essential oil were not significant different from those
wrapped by film containing lower oil concentration
but better in texture (Figure 6). Film containing