Table 1.
Chemical, nutritional composition and colour measurements of spinach powder, control cheese and spinach powder supplemented UF-soft cheeses∗.
| Parameters | Spinach powder | Control | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture% | 6.35 | 68.84 | 68.65 | 68.32 | 68.02 | 67.75 |
| Total solids% | 93.65 | 31.16 | 31.35 | 31.68 | 31.98 | 32.25 |
| ASH% | 17.97 | 2.39 | 2.50 | 2.61 | 2.75 | 2.93 |
| Total protein% | 31.15 | 9.29 | 9.50 | 9.83 | 9.91 | 10.03 |
| Fat% | 3.87 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 11.50 |
| Carbohydrate% | 16.40 | 6.48 | 6.20 | 6.47 | 6.82 | 7.28 |
| Crude fiber% | 24.26 | - | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.51 |
| (DPPH)% | 48.58 | 3.40 | 19.53 | 24.65 | 30.55 | 35.84 |
| TPC(mg/g) | 11.63 | 29.78 | 60.55 | 81.15 | 96.53 | 110.56 |
| Ca (mg/100g) | 2988 | 35475 | 39973 | 4034 | 50552 | 74891 |
| K (mg/100g) | 3334 | 1373 | 14678 | 15296 | 15487 | 19206 |
| Mg (mg/100g) | 1428 | 2639 | 3805.6 | 3952 | 4662 | 4732 |
| Fe (mg/100g) | 26.69 | 42.76 | 60.72 | 73.38 | 73.59 | 84.90 |
| Zn (mg/100g) | 323 | 23.25 | 25.06 | 26.23 | 31.88 | 64.40 |
| Cu (mg/100g) | 0.718 | 3.86 | 6.19 | 7.23 | 8.57 | 11.24 |
| Mn (mg/100g) | 4.80 | 4.35 | 10.92 | 13.30 | 19.40 | 19.60 |
| l* | 47.33 | 70.05 | 68.33 | 65.16 | 57.67 | 51.85 |
| a* | - 3.14 | - 1.17 | - 1.89 | - 2.11 | - 2.56 | - 2.68 |
| b* | 15.36 | 21.49 | 19.45 | 17.58 | 16.94 | 14.09 |
l* value represents darkness from black (0) to white (100). a* value represents color ranging from red (+) to green (−). b* value represents yellow (+) to blue.
∗
Values are average of triplicate analysis with ± SD (0.001–3.5).