Table 1. The pH and color of edible insect-based emulsions from three species: Tenebrio molitor, Allomyrina dichotoma and Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis
| T. molitor | A. dichotoma | P. brevitarsis seulensis |
pH | 6.44 ± 0.02c | 7.20 ± 0.11a | 6.56 ± 0.02b |
CIE L* | 43.73 ± 0.01a | 29.70 ± 0.03c | 34.73 ± 0.05b |
CIE a* | 4.25 ± 0.03a | 1.66 ± 0.02c | 3.77 ± 0.03b |
CIE b* | 12.58 ± 0.01a | 3.95 ± 0.09c | 7.46 ± 0.02b |
All values represent the means ± SDs of three replicates (n = 3); the CIE color system was used to obtain the L*, a*, and b* values.
Means within a row with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).