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Table 3 Color characteristics of the 30 sources of distillers dried grains with solubles 1

From: The correlationship between the metabolizable energy content, chemical composition and color score in different sources of corn DDGS

No.

Color score

 

L*

a*

b*

1

39.15

17.27

59.75

2

30.90

27.71

35.27

3

45.58

22.44

36.32

4

51.58

21.51

44.48

5

45.19

18.67

47.32

6

45.69

23.96

46.18

7

38.30

16.31

43.18

8

49.45

16.64

40.11

9

41.79

26.84

47.37

10

42.97

20.60

47.79

11

49.81

20.36

40.64

12

39.61

16.83

37.55

13

40.40

17.90

47.73

14

38.18

18.04

45.81

15

45.27

14.57

39.43

16

36.86

19.67

48.47

17

48.51

17.35

49.57

18

45.90

19.28

51.41

19

46.35

17.63

49.35

20

42.73

17.77

46.02

21

46.52

18.46

49.71

22

57.86

14.75

55.46

23

41.69

24.72

40.94

24

34.69

16.81

42.41

25

58.82

20.17

55.11

26

59.48

17.03

50.28

27

54.28

12.39

48.59

28

40.96

17.04

46.43

29

54.55

19.73

55.26

30

57.28

18.39

53.33

SEM

0.35

0.30

1.11

Mean

45.68

19.03

46.71

  1. 1Measured by using the Hunterlab color scale; L*, a*, and b* scores are measures of degree of lightness, redness, and yellowness, respectively. Each value is a mean of 6 measurements.