Color Characteristics of Soybeans as Influenced by Freezing and Cooking Conditions

Color characteristic of thawed samples of frozen cooked soybean pree of selected cultivar (Gomultong) depending upon cooking temperature an dtime as well as freezing conditions were evaluated . Samples were either cooled in 4$^{\circ}C$ refrigerator (control), or frozen at - 4$0^{\circ}C$ deep freezer for 12 hrs and then stored in 4 $^{\circ}C$ refrigerator , or immersed in liquid nitrogen (LN2) and then each samples were cooked for 5, 10, 20 and 40 min at 65, 80 and 95$^{\circ}C$, respectively. Freezing effect was not significant for all color characteristics except for b. Significant cooking temperature by cooking time interacts were found for all characteristics excepts for L.