Table 2.
Texture attributes | Formulations1 | ||||||
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
Smoothness | 10.1 ± 1.88a | 9.4 ± 1.81ab | 10.1 ± 2.31a | 8.3 ± 2.17b | 7.4 ± 2.35c | 6.5 ± 1.63c | 4.7 ± 1.74 |
Hardness | 5.4 ± 1.41a | 5.6 ± 1.30a | 6.2 ± 1.37b | 6.6 ± 1.76b | 8.0 ± 2.33c | 8.3 ± 2.26c | 9.7 ± 2.68 |
Fracturability | 5.3 ± 1.80 a | 6.0 ± 2.07ab | 5.3 ± 2.00a | 6.6 ± 2.09b | 8.2 ± 2.24c | 8.6 ± 2.56cd | 9.2 ± 2.68d |
Cohesiveness | 6.6 ± 2.92a | 7.1 ± 2.66a | 6.0 ± 2.80b | 6.1 ± 2.22b | 5.8 ± 2.24b | 5.1 ± (2.05c | 4.6 ± 1.72c |
Stickiness | 5.8 ± 2.34ad | 6.6 ± 2.77 | 5.9 ± 3.21ab | 5.2 ± 2.05ad | 5.2 ± 1.78ad | 5.6 ± 2.06ab | 4.6 ± 1.64c |
Oily mouth | |||||||
Feel | 9.6 ± 1.96a | 8.9 ± 2.05ab | 8.6 ± 1.64ab | 9.0 ± 1.39ab | 8.0 ± 1.41 | 8.8 ± 0.83b | 6.8 ± 1.21 |
Chewiness | 13.8 ± 2.32a | 14.9 ± 3.00b | 14.0 ± 2.68abc | 15.1 ± 3.15b | 14.0 ± 3.57bc | 14.8 ± 3.07abc | 14.9 ± 2.55bc |
N = 18(6 panelists x 3 replicates). n = 3. The values were recorded in 15 cm intensity scale except chewiness which is the number of chew per second
a,b,c,dsame alphabet in row indicates no significant difference (p > 0.05) as determined by LSD
1Refer the formulations to Table 1