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. 2017 Sep;70:345–355. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2017.04.014

Table 3.

Residual water content, water activity and thickness of edible films containing L. rhamnosus GG. Water content and thickness was measured prior to preconditioning, water activity was measured after preconditioning at 54% RH.

Edible film Residual water content (g/100 g) Water activity aW Thickness (μm)
PEC 8.04 ± 0.62d 0.53 ± 0.01a 120 ± 20b
LSA 5.91 ± 0.57bc 0.53 ± 0.00a 130 ± 20b
HSA 2.75 ± 0.33a 0.53 ± 0.01a 40 ± 10a
GEL 5.98 ± 0.13b 0.53 ± 0.00a 140 ± 20b
κ-CAR/LBG 2.44 ± 0.18a 0.53 ± 0.00a 40 ± 10a
PEC/WPC 8.01 ± 0.60d 0.53 ± 0.00a 110 ± 20b
LSA/WPC 7.58 ± 0.03cd 0.53 ± 0.01a 120 ± 10b
HSA/WPC 5.00 ± 0.57b 0.52 ± 0.00a 90 ± 10b
GEL/WPC 6.31 ± 0.67bcd 0.53 ± 0.00a 120 ± 10b
κ-CAR/LBG/WPC 5.13 ± 0.30b 0.52 ± 0.00a 100 ± 20b

Numbers with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).