Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). *: Indicates a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) as determined using an independent-samples t-test.
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, for providing facilities and financial support.
Author contributions
AUB: Software, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. MAZB: Data curation, Writing—original draft. JJ: Validation, Visualization. MAA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing—review & editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
The sensory evaluation was conducted in accordance with the institutional guidelines in place at the time of the study at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, under which formal ethics approval was not required for this type of non-invasive study. Participation was voluntary, and written informed consent was obtained from all panellists prior to participation. The study was also conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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