Table 5.
Rheological parameters (RVA analysis) of different popcorn grains.
| Sample | Peak Viscosity |
Breakdown | Holding Strength | Setback Region |
Total Setback |
Final Viscosity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cP | ||||||
| Blue | 1445 ± 7 b | 184 ± 6 b | 1261 ± 13 b | 2929 ± 87 a | 3113 ± 93 a | 4374 ± 82 a |
| Purple | 965 ± 12 f | 55 ± 12 c | 909 ± 6 e | 969 ± 15 e | 1024 ± 9 e | 1933 ± 4 d |
| Black | 1261 ± 10 d | 58 ± 8 c | 1203 ± 3 c | 2287 ± 96 b | 2345 ± 91 b | 3548 ± 88 b |
| Red 1 | 1135 ± 8 e | 47 ± 8 c | 1088 ± 1 d | 867 ± 16 e | 914 ± 92 e | 2002 ± 9 d |
| Red 2 | 1304 ± 1 c | 68 ± 7 c | 1236 ± 6 b | 1551 ± 15 d | 1618 ± 14 d | 2855 ± 14 c |
| Yellow | 1834 ± 12 a | 431 ± 31 a | 1404 ± 23 a | 1738 ± 54 c | 2168 ± 22 c | 3572 ± 45 b |
Average values ± SD. Different letters in the same column are statistically different at p < 0.05.