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. 2018 Aug 23;55(10):4174–4183. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3347-z

Table 5.

Correlations between physicochemical (cheese moisture, cheese weight loss and dry substance in whey) and sensory attributes (fibrous, adhesiveness and friability)

Cheese moisture Cheese weight loss Whey dry matter Fibrous Adhesiveness Friability
Broccoli by-products
 Cheese moisture 1 − 0.97* 0.62* 0.34 0.35 0.22
 Cheese weight loss − 0.97* 1 − 0.80* − 0.57* − 0.58* − 0.46
 Whey dry matter 0.62* − 0.80* 1 0.95* 0.95* 0.90*
 Fibrous 0.34 − 0.57* 0.95* 1 0.99* 0.99*
 Adhesiveness 0.35 − 0.58* 0.95* 0.99* 1 0.99*
 Friability 0.22 − 0.46 0.90* 0.99* 0.99* 1
White wine grape pomace
 Cheese moisture 1 0.42 0.47 0.16 0.05 0.01
 Cheese weight loss 0.42 1 − 0.61* − 0.83* − 0.89* − 0.91*
 Whey dry matter 0.47 − 0.61* 1 0.94* 0.91* 0.89*
 Fibrous 0.16 − 0.83* 0.94* 1 0.99* 0.99*
 Adhesiveness 0.05 − 0.89* 0.91* 0.99* 1 0.99*
 Friability 0.01 − 0.91* 0.89* 0.99* 0.99* 1
Red wine grape pomace
 Cheese moisture 1 − 0.19 − 0.88* − 0.90* − 0.93* − 0.96*
 Cheese weight loss − 0.19 1 0.63* 0.60* 0.53* 0.45
 Whey dry matter − 0.88* 0.63* 1 0.99* 0.99* 0.98*
 Fibrous − 0.90* 0.60* 0.99* 1 0.99* 0.98*
 Adhesiveness − 0.93* 0.53* 0.99* 0.99* 1 0.99*
 Friability − 0.96* 0.45 0.98* 0.98* 0.99* 1
Artichoke by-products
 Cheese moisture 1 − 0.95 − 0.44 0.06 0.07 − 0.01
 Cheese weight loss − 0.95* 1 0.12 − 0.37 − 0.39 − 0.31
 Whey dry matter − 0.44 0.12 1 0.87* 0.86* 0.90*
 Fibrous 0.06 − 0.37 0.87* 1 0.99* 0.99*
 Adhesiveness 0.07 − 0.39 0.86* 0.99* 1 0.99*
 Friability − 0.01 − 0.31 0.90* 0.99* 0.99* 1
Tomato peel
 Cheese moisture 1 − 0.83* − 0.89* − 0.67* − 0.64* − 0.65*
 Cheese weight loss − 0.83* 1 0.48 0.13 0.09 0.11
 Whey dry matter − 0.89* 0.48 1 0.93* 0.92* 0.93*
 Fibrous − 0.67* 0.13 0.93* 1 0.99* 0.99*
 Adhesiveness − 0.64* 0.09 0.92* 0.99* 1 0.99*
 Friability − 0.65* 0.11 0.93* 0.99* 0.99* 1

*Highly and significantly correlated. If the obtained correlation coefficient is near to 1 or − 1 there is a perfect positive or negative correlation