Study on Quality of Different Color Cherry Tomatoes
To further explore the relationship between color and quality of cherry tomatoes and to provide a basis for cultivating high-quality cherry tomatoes,nutritional quality,sensory quality and appearance quality were analyzed in five different colored include 15 varieties of cherry tomatoes.Color data and sensory evaluation scores were discussed.The results indicated that the quality of different color cherry tomatoes had significant differences,the red variety cherry tomato had the highest content of VB and VC,while the pink variety had a lower content.Green and yellow cherry tomatoes contained no lycopene andβ-carotene,while red cherry tomatoes contained more lycopene,but the β-carotene content had no significant among three colors of cherry tomatoes.Cherry tomatoes with different colors had similar protein content,while pink varieties had higher total amino acid content.The fruit shape and color score and the total sensory evaluation score were significantly affected by color indicators(L and b)for appearance quality.It showed that yellow was the favorite color for cherry tomatoes,while sensory evaluation of green cherry tomatoes got the highest total score.Therefore,color can be used to determine the quality of cherry tomatoes,providing theoretical basis for cultivating cherry tomato varieties that are more popular among consumers in the future and providing suggestions for consumers to choose cherry tomatoes.