Table 4.

Hydration properties of coarse, fine and superfine mushroom powders produced from white button mushrooms exposed to a 30 min UV-B treatment.

Sample	Water Holding Capacity (g)	Swelling Capacity (mL/g)	Water Solubility Index (%)
Coarse mushroom powder	5.25 ± 0.20 a	10.92 ± 0.50 a	46.69 ± 2.33 b
Fine mushroom powder	4.64 ± 0.11 b	8.20 ± 0.12 b	49.35 ± 2.04 b
Superfine mushroom powder	3.13 ± 0.08 c	4.56 ± 0.40 c	54.19 ± 1.08 a

All values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of triplicate analyses. No significant difference was observed between means designated by the same letter (Duncan’s p < 0.05).