Table 5.
Water content, activity, absorption, and solubility of control and enriched extrudates.
| Sample | Water Content (g/100 g) | Water Activity (-) |
WAI (g/g) |
WSI (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R (control) | 8.39 ± 0.03 cd | 0.339 ± 0.011 cd | 5.19 ± 0.08 a | 7.54 ± 2.06 a |
| 1.5 GB | 8.48 ± 0.03 d | 0.317 ± 0.003 c | 5.23 ± 0.24 a | 16.23 ± 1.21 b |
| 3 GB | 8.87 ± 0.01 e | 0.334 ± 0.003 d | 5.29 ± 0.20 a | 15.36 ± 0.41 b |
| 1.5 GB + 2 BP | 8.27 ± 0.09 b | 0.276 ± 0.005 b | 5.72 ± 0.09 b | 16.67 ± 0.50 b |
| 3 GB + 2 BP | 7.86 ± 0.05 a | 0.269 ± 0.005 a | 5.76 ± 0.24 b | 17.90 ± 1.11 b |
| 1 GB + 1 S | 8.23 ± 0.06 c | 0.354 ± 0.002 c | 5.14 ± 0.09 a | 20.81 ± 5.06 c |
| 2 GB + 2 S | 9.01 ± 0.08 e | 0.403 ± 0.016 d | 5.28 ± 0.08 ab | 15.65 ± 1.70 b |
| 3 GB + 3 S | 9.13 ± 0.07 f | 0.407 ± 0.015 d | 5.38 ± 0.07 b | 15.22 ± 1.47 b |
| 4 GB + 4 S | 7.83 ± 0.06 b | 0.332 ± 0.003 b | 5.50 ± 0.17 c | 18.01 ± 2.22 bc |
| 4 GB + 4 S + 2 BP | 6.93 ± 0.08 a | 0.276 ± 0.010 a | 5.48 ± 0.09 c | 20.61 ± 0.89 c |
Mean values with the same letters in the column were not significantly different (α = 0.05). WAI–water absorption index, WSI–water solubility index. See Table 2 for explanation of sample codes.