Table 1.

Level of respondent’s perception relative to appearance, aroma, taste,

and texture of Sensory Evaluation of Squash (Cucurbita) sweet jam: Tool in
Determining the Level of Acceptability
Appearance Aroma Taste Texture
Mean 3.91 3.86 3.83 1
Standard
Deviation 0.701 0.648 0.822 0
Lowest grade 3 3 3 1
Highest grade 5 5 5 1
Remarks Appealing Aromatic Sweet Not Firm
Weighted Mean: 3.15
Standard Deviation: 0.369
Lowest grade: 1
Highest grade: 5
Verbal Interpretation: Moderately Acceptable
Legend:
Scale Range Appearance Color Taste Texture Verbal Interpretation
5 4.20-5.00 Very Appealing Very Aromatic Very Sweet Very Firm Highly Acceptable
4 3.40-4.19 Appealing Aromatic Sweet Firm Acceptable
3 2.60-3.39 Moderately Moderately Moderately Moderately Moderately
Appealing Aromatic Sweet Firm Acceptable
2 1.80-2.59 Less Appealing Less Aromatic Less Sweet Less Firm Less Acceptable
1 1.00-1.79 Not Appealing Not Aromatic Not Sweet Not Firm Not Acceptable

Table 1 shows the level of respondent’s perception relative to appearance,

aroma, taste and texture of Cucurbita sweet jam, out of 35 respondents, in terms of the

Appearance of Cucurbita sweet jam, with (M = 3.91, SD = 0.701) has a remark of

appealing. And in terms of the Aroma of the Cucurbita sweet jam, with (M = 3.86, SD =

0.648) has a remark of aromatic. And in terms of the Taste of the Cucurbita sweet jam,

with (M = 3.83, SD = 0.822) has a remark of sweet. While, in terms of the Texture of

the Cucurbita sweet jam, with (M = 1, SD = 0) has a remark of Not Firm.

Table 2. Level of respondent’s perception relative to appearance, aroma, taste,
and texture of Sensory Evaluation of Squash (Cucurbita) sweet candy: Tool in
Determining the Level of Acceptability
Appearance Aroma Taste Texture

Mean 3.83 3.89 4.20 3.71

Standard
Deviation 0.857 0.676 0.720 0.957
Lowest grade 3 3 3 2
Highest grade 5 5 5 5
Remarks Appealing Aromatic Very Sweet Very Firm
Weighted Mean: 3.91
Standard Deviation: 0.129
Lowest grade: 2
Highest grade: 5
Verbal Interpretation: Acceptable
Legend:
Scale Range Appearance Color Taste Texture Verbal
Interpretation
5 4.20-5.00 Very Appealing Very Aromatic Very Sweet Very Hard Highly
Acceptable
4 3.40-4.19 Appealing Aromatic Sweet Hard Acceptable
3 2.60-3.39 Moderately Moderately Moderately Moderately Moderately
Appealing Aromatic Sweet Hard Acceptable
2 1.80-2.59 Less Appealing Less Aromatic Less Sweet Soft Less Acceptable

1 1.00-1.79 Not Appealing Not Aromatic Not Sweet Very Soft Not Acceptable

Table 1 shows the level of respondent’s perception relative to appearance, aroma,

taste and texture of Cucurbita sweet candy, out of 35 respondents, in terms of the

Appearance of Cucurbita sweet candy, with (M = 3.83, SD = 0.857) has a remark of

appealing. And in terms of the Aroma of the Cucurbita sweet candy, with (M = 3.89, SD

= 0.676) has a remark of aromatic. And in terms of the Taste of the Cucurbita sweet

candy, with (M = 4.20, SD = 0.483) has a remark of very sweet. While, in terms of the

Texture of the sapodilla sweet candy, with (M = 3.71, SD = 0.957) has a remark of Hard
Table 3. Significant difference on the level of acceptability among the two
variants of Sapodilla Sweets in terms of its sensory qualities rated by the
respondents.
Mean Standard Deviation Verbal
Interpretation

Cucurbita sweet Moderately

Jam 3.15 0.369
Acceptable
Cucurbita sweet
candy 3.91 0.129 Acceptable

The table above shows that Cucurbita sweet Jam got the weighted mean of 3.15

with a SD of 0.369 and a verbal interpretation of Moderately Acceptable while Cucurbita

sweet candy reached 3.91 as mean and a SD of 0.129 and a verbal interpretation of

Acceptable. The two variants had a significant difference in terms of level of acceptance

since the verbal interpretation for the Cucurbita sweet jam is moderately acceptable

while the Cucurbita sweet candy verbal interpretation is acceptable.