Table 2.
Dietary carbohydrate levels, % dry matter | ||||||
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0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | |
Hardness (g) | 121.25 ± 1.01c | 118.39 1 ± 9.31bc | 119.51 ± 5.06bc | 90.44 ± 9.52abc | 80.74 ± 5.14ab | 78.09 ± 6.13a |
Springiness (mm) | 0.78 ± 0.04ab | 0.79 ± 0.08ab | 0.92 ± 0.04b | 0.74 ± 0.06ab | 0.68 ± 0.05a | 0.69 ± 0.03a |
Chewiness (mJ) | 58.44 ± 1.82c | 53.20 ± 5.28bc | 57.10 ± 1.85bc | 41.58 ± 4.52b | 25.48 ± 0.57a | 25.96 ± 3.08a |
Cohesiveness | 0.41 ± 0.00 | 0.42 ± 0.08 | 0.43 ± 0.03 | 0.41 ± 0.07 | 0.41 ± 0.12 | 0.41 ± 0.01 |
Adhesiveness (g × mm) | 5.80 ± 0.37b | 5.41 ± 0.36ab | 5.57 ± 0.38ab | 5.32 ± 0.55ab | 4.77 ± 0.26ab | 4.01 ± 0.16a |
All data were expressed as mean ± SE. Mean values within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05; Tukey's test).