Table 1.

Actual and predicted values of encapsulation efficiency for experimental runs of Box-Behnken design.

Run	Guar Gum (%w/v)	Sodium Alginate (%w/v)	Pressure (Bar gauge)	Encapsulation Efficiency (%) (Actual)	Encapsulation Efficiency (%) (Predicted)
1	0.4	2.5	0.25	37.415	36.270
2	0.6	2.0	0.25	37.989	37.842
3	0.4	2.0	0.50	36.942	36.653
4	0.4	2.0	0.50	36.535	36.653
5	0.4	2.5	0.75	37.107	36.528
6	0.2	2.0	0.75	30.259	30.406
7	0.2	2.0	0.25	28.157	28.870
8	0.4	1.5	0.25	24.929	25.508
9	0.2	1.5	0.50	22.081	20.789
10	0.4	2.0	0.50	36.733	36.653
11	0.2	2.5	0.50	30.415	30.847
12	0.6	2.0	0.75	36.432	35.719
13	0.4	1.5	0.75	23.521	24.666
14	0.4	2.0	0.50	36.891	36.653
15	0.6	1.5	0.50	27.110	26.678
16	0.6	2.5	0.50	37.951	39.243
17	0.4	2.0	0.50	36.162	36.653