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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Food Eng. 2015 Aug 1;159:36–41. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2015.03.012

Table 5. Apparent densities (ρ) of porous foods determined using density equation (7) obtained on a CT and dimension or pycnometer technique.

No Food item Apparent density calculated using the density equation (7) (g/cm3) Apparent density using dimension or pycnometer techniques (g/cm3)

ρ SD ρ SD
1 French bread 0.159a 0.036 0.124a 0.010
2 Rye bread 0.258a 0.028 0.224a 0.039
3 Multigrain bread 0.241a 0.061 0.243a 0.013
4 Sponge cake 0.277a 0.043 0.343a 0.063
5 Cornbread 0.457a 0.064 0.439a 0.057
6 Sugar cookie 0.559a 0.024 0.566a 0.020
7 Granola bar 0.546a 0.049 0.624a 0.026
8 Shortbread cookie 0.643a 0.073 0.662a 0.011
9 Pop tart 0.823a 0.035 0.853a 0.015
10 Soybean oil 0.959a 0.020 0.925a 0.001
11 Mayonnaise 0.937a 0.048 0.916a 0.006
12 Tomato paste 1.085a 0.012 1.095a 0.007

Values are means, n=3; Means with different letter in a row differ significantly, p<0.05