Retention factor (RF) = (Content After Processing / Content Before Processing) * Yield factor

mean RF value min max SD n # of references
 
Vegetables - Cabbages - Kale, boiled, frozen / Kale, boiled, frozen, stored frozen
Flavonoids
Flavonols Quercetin 0.91 0.9 0.92 0.01 2 1
Kaempferol 0.92 0.9 0.93 0.015 2 1
Phenolic acids
Hydroxycinnamic acids Sinapic acid 0.96 0.96 0.96 0 2 1
p-Coumaric acid 0.94 0.93 0.96 0.015 2 1
Caffeic acid 0.97 0.96 0.99 0.015 2 1
Ferulic acid 0.85 0.74 0.96 0.11 2 1