Table 2.

Physical parameters of extrudates

Sensory attributes	Products						‘F’ value
	Sorghum	Rice	S+R	S+R+B	S+R+LM	S+R+Soy
Length (mm)	19.9 ± 3.03	27.2 ± 3.88	27.5 ± 3.51	27.0 ± 3.63	28.2 ± 3.93	27.3 ± 3.40	7.542*
Diameter (mm)	8.2 ± 0.69	8.8 ± 0.64	8.4 ± 0.66	7.7 ± 0.68	8.4 ± 0.63	8.3 ± 0.68	2.906 NS
Weight (gms)	1.3 ± 0.72	1.6 ± 0.63	2.2 ± 0.95	1.8 ± 0.61	2.3 ± 0.70	2.4 ± 0.61	3.748**
Bulk density	0.07 ± 0.06	0.08 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.04	0.08 ± 0.04	0.08 ± 0.04	0.08 ± 0.05	0.11 NS
Piece density (g/cm3)	1.2 ± 0.32	0.9 ± 0.25	1.4 ± 0.26	2.3 ± 0.31	1.4 ± 0.42	1.5 ± 0.19	24.28**
Expansion ratio	10.9 ± 0.49	12.5 ± 0.44	11.5 ± 0.32	9.6 ± 0.33	11.5 ± 0.34	11.2 ± 0.37	60.43**

Please refer to text for abbreviations of formulations

NS not significant

(n = 10)

* Significant at 5 % level

**Significant at 1 % level