2.5. Sensory evaluation of the mixed fruit leather samples
The acceptability tests of the mixed fruit leathers and cakes produced with the leather were carried out using 20 members panelist selected from University community. The panelists were guided on how to carry out the tests. The sample was evaluated for characteristics such as Appearance, taste, texture, and overall acceptability. A 9-point Hedonic scale is described by Ihekoronye and Ngoddy (1985) was used. In the questionnaire distributed to the panelist, they were instructed to score 9 for extremely like and 1 for dislike extremely.
2.6. Statistical analysis
The test data generated from the sensory evaluation and other analysis (proximate analysis and physicochemical analysis) was subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine the significant difference, using SPSS version 17. The Least Significant Difference (LSD) of the sample was also calculated.