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. 2021 Feb 11;10(2):395. doi: 10.3390/foods10020395

Table 2.

Density and porosity of soaked glutinous rice grains with or without PEF treatment.

Treatment Bulk Density (ρb, g/mL) True Density (ρt, g/mL) Porosity (p (%) = (ρtρb)/ρt × 100)
Control 1.50 ± 0.02 a 1.39 ± 0.01 a 7.29 ± 0.01 a
PEF-50 pulses 1.50 ± 0.04 a 1.38 ± 0.01 a 7.45 ± 0.02 a
PEF-100 pulses 1.50 ± 0.00 a 1.38 ± 0.00 a 7.44 ± 0.00 a
PEF-200 pulses 1.52 ± 0.13 a 1.38 ± 0.03 a 8.65 ± 0.04 a,b
PEF-300 pulses 1.55 ± 0.01 a 1.40 ± 0.00 a 9.81 ± 0.01 b

Mean values ± standard deviation of triplicates; values in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05 level.