TABLE 1.
Chemical compositions of BC composites
| Composite | Component(s) added (% [wt/vol]) |
Incorporation (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pectin | Xyloglucan | Bacterial cellulose | Pectin | Xyloglucan | |
| BCP | 0.1 | 0 | 44.7 | 55.3 | 0 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 0 | |
| 0.5 | 0 | 42.8 | 57.2 | 0 | |
| BCX | 0 | 0.1 | 76.5 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 0 | 0.3 | 72.3 | 0 | 27.7 | |
| 0 | 0.5 | 67.7 | 0 | 32.3 | |
| BCPX with 0.1% xyloglucan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 34.0 | 41.5 | 24.5 |
| 0.3 | 0.1 | 33.9 | 44.7 | 21.4 | |
| 0.5 | 0.1 | 32.5 | 48.5 | 18.3 | |
| BCPX with 0.3% xyloglucan | 0.1 | 0.3 | 33.9 | 40.7 | 25.4 |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 33.2 | 43.1 | 23.7 | |
| 0.5 | 0.3 | 32.9 | 47.8 | 19.3 | |
| BCPX with 0.5% xyloglucan | 0.1 | 0.5 | 33.5 | 39.4 | 26.7 |
| 0.3 | 0.5 | 33.1 | 42.6 | 24.3 | |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 33.2 | 47.4 | 20.1 | |