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).