Table 3.
Effect of ratio of dry mater to coating material on physical, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of encapsulated banana peel powder
| Ratio | Yield (%) | Moisture (%) | TPC (mg GAE/g DM) | Encapsulation efficiency (%) | TPC recovery (%) | FRAP (mg TE/g DM) | DPPH (mg TE/g DM) | Bulk density (g/ml) | Aw | Solubility (%) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | 80 ± 1.22b | 3.17 ± 0.20a | 19.03 ± 0.74 | 95.50 ± 0.11 | 81.48 ± 3.20 | 30.11 ± 1.72c | 24.54 ± 1.89 | 0.15 ± 0.00 | 0.26 ± 0.00c | 91.55 ± 3.39a | 
| 1:2 | 79.77 ± 0.81b | 2.61 ± 8.01a | 15.42 ± 0.62 | 97.94 ± 0.03a | 94.69 ± 3.87a | 25.94 ± 1.02c | 18.51 ± 0.79 | 0.21 ± 0.00a | 0.25 ± 0.00bc | 96.05 ± 0.45ab | 
| 1:3 | 76.28 ± 0.91a | 2.49 ± 0.15a | 12.18 ± 0.45 | 98.06 ± 0.09a | 93.31 ± 3.48a | 15.47 ± 0.49b | 11.17 ± 0.41b | 0.22 ± 0.00a | 0.24 ± 0.01b | 95.80 ± 0.12ab | 
| 1:5 | 74.35 ± 0.72a | 2.36 ± 0.38a | 8.14 ± 0.22a | 98.17 ± 0.4ab | 89.19 ± 2.50a | 13.08 ± 0.56ab | 8.80 ± 0.34ab | 0.34 ± 0.01b | 0.21 ± 0.01a | 97.39 ± 0.06b | 
| 1:7 | 67.42 ± 0.81 | 2.32 ± 1.86a | 6.67 ± 0.26a | 98.74 ± 0.08b | 87.43 ± 3.43a | 9.12 ± 0.97a | 6.63 ± 0.24a | 0.32 ± 0.03b | 0.21 ± 0.00a | 97.46 ± 0.41b | 
Values are means ± standard deviations. Data in the same column sharing a similar superscript letter are not significant different (p > 0.05)